Low Carb Vegan Linzer Cookies (gluten-free, nut-free) – Meat Free Keto

I believe cookies are actually the last word Christmas meals, so for the previous week, I’ve been considering of all of the low carb Christmas cookies I wish to bake this 12 months! The opposite day, I made low carb gingerbread cookies, and final evening, I pulled out my little Linzer cookie cutters – and low carb vegan Linzer cookies have been born!

Linzer cookies are a redux of Linzertorte – a standard Austrian torte named for town of Linz. This torte is often made with crust of nuts and flour, and crammed with raspberries. I do know. Seems like heaven. 

Linzer cookies are a tiny tackle this deal with, and once more, historically use a nut flour for the 2 “crust” cookies, and are crammed with a tart raspberry jam. To echo the basic lattice crust, the highest cookie has a bit cutout – often in a spherical or coronary heart form – via which you’ll see the jam. These low carb vegan linzer cookies take a small departure from the standard recipe in that I don’t really use nuts, as a result of I’m allergic to some nuts and notice that others are too!

I additionally elected to make use of cranberry sauce right here instead of jam. To maintain my cranberry sauce as low in carbs as potential, I make it myself. You’ll find the recipe right here. I additionally wish to make these cookies a bit fancier by melting some dairy-free white chocolate and spreading a skinny layer on the highest of the underside cookies within the sandwich earlier than including the jam. It’s really actually arduous to discover a sugar-free model of vegan white chocolate, however as a result of it’s such a small amount, it’s a negligible quantity of carbs for me – remember what’s finest for you, although!

Baking notes for Low Carb Vegan Linzer Cookies:

• As a substitute of a store-bought, sugar-free jam, I used this selfmade sugar-free cranberry sauce.
• You can also make these additional fancy by spreading a skinny layer of melted white chocolate on the highest of the underside cookie in every “sandwich” earlier than including the jam or cranberry sauce.
• Whereas I attempt to offer correct vitamin info, there are variations throughout manufacturers and varieties of components. So, in the event you’re utilizing different manufacturers than these talked about, your macros could also be totally different. All vitamin data is calculated from the USDA values for every ingredient, except a model is particularly talked about (or no generic itemizing is obtainable), and are for info functions solely! 
• To calculate internet carbs – subtract the grams of fiber, allulose and sugar alcohols (if relevant) from the full grams of carbohydrates within the recipe.
• For this recipe, every cookie accommodates 1.8g of internet carbs (5.4g – 3.6g of fiber)

Low Carb Vegan Linzer Cookies

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Servings 10 cookie sandwiches

Energy 84

For the Cookies

• 6 tbsp coconut flour (45g)
• 3 ounces softened vegan buttery unfold (85g/6tbsp)
• 1 ounce softened vegan cream cheese (28g/2tbsp)
• 2 tbsp granulated sweetener
• 1 tsp almond or hazelnut extract

For the Filling

• 1/4 cup sugar-free jam or cranberry sauce (60ml/4 tbsp)
• 2 tbsp sugar-free, dairy-free white chocolate chips (non-compulsory)

• Preheat oven to 350F.

• Cream collectively butter, cream cheese, granulated sweetener and flavoring.

• Stir in coconut flour till fully integrated. You’ll need to knead it for the final little bit.

• Roll the dough out to be about 5mm thick. I do know, I switched to metric there, however it actually is the very best descriptor – manner higher than, “a bit greater than 1/eighth of an inch.”

• Use your cookie cutter to chop out 10 backside items after which 10 prime items (with the little gap). You might have to re-roll among the dough, and relying on how chilly your kitchen is, you might have to sit back it a bit as properly.

• Bake for 10-12 minutes, till the sides simply begin to flip golden.

• Take away from the oven and let cool for a minimum of a half hour! This can give them an opportunity to arrange. When you attempt to decide them up too early, they may crumble.

• Unfold a few tsp of sugar free jam on a backside piece, prime with the little prime items. To make these additional fancy, I soften a bit vegan white chocolate and unfold a really skinny layer on the underside cookie.

• Admire how cute your cookies are, after which eat them.

To calculate internet carbs – subtract the grams of fiber, allulose and sugar alcohols (if relevant) from the full grams of carbohydrates within the recipe. For this recipe, every cookie accommodates 1.8g of internet carbs (5.4g – 3.6g of fiber) Whereas I attempt to offer correct vitamin info, there are variations throughout manufacturers and varieties of components. So, in the event you’re utilizing different manufacturers than these talked about, your macros could also be totally different. All vitamin data is calculated from the USDA values for every ingredient, except a model is particularly talked about (or no generic itemizing is obtainable), and are for info functions solely! 

Serving: 1 | Energy: 84kcal | Carbohydrates: 3.8g | Protein: 0.9g | Fats: 8.4g | Fiber: 3.6g

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