Best Keto Snowball Cookies (Keto Christmas Cookie Recipe) (2024)

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My keto snowball cookies are a delicious holiday classic made low-carb and sugar-free! They're soft and buttery with a melt in your mouth texture. A must bake keto Christmas cookies recipe!

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  • Ingredients You'll Need
  • How to Make Keto Snowball Cookies
  • Other Keto Dessert Recipes
  • 📖 Recipe
  • 💬 Reviews

All we want for Christmas is cookies, cookies, cookies. Let it snow in your kitchen with these beautifully festive snowballs that will bring joy to your keto table.

You won’t miss carbs and they are so easy to make that we have a feeling you’ll want to make these all year round. And you know what? Nothing is stopping you!

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We all know how hard it can be to stick to a low carb diet during the holiday season. With so many get-togethers and parties with food that is as far from keto as possible. Well, now you don't have to worry!

Our keto snowball cookies are low carb and taste just like traditional snowballs. They are soft, buttery and melt in your mouth while you eat them! Each cookie contains just 1.1g net carbs and luckily this recipe makes a large batch.

Ingredients You'll Need

To make snowball keto cookies you'll need (exact measurements in the recipe card below):

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  • Almond flour - very fine blanched almond flour.
  • Erythritol
  • Butter - soft butter at room temperature
  • Milk - full-fat
  • Vanilla extract
  • Salt
  • Dried cranberries - you can add a dried cranberry to each snowball but this will make the cookie have 2.8g net carbs, so you won't be able to eat as many!

How to Make Keto Snowball Cookies

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius) and line a baking pan with baking paper.

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Grab a large bowl and combine ½ cup of your powdered Erythritol with the almond flour and salt.

Add the softened butter, milk and vanilla extract to the dry ingredients.

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Start kneading all the ingredients together until it reaches a dough texture.

Now it's time to start shaping the snowballs! This recipe makes a good-sized batch of 26 snowballs so it's great to share with others.

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Divide the dough into 26 pieces and shape them into balls with your hands.

Arrange the snowballs on your baking pan and bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.

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Let the snowballs rest until they reach room temperature and then dust over the remaining Erythritol.

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Optionally, add a dried cranberry to each cookie (a great idea if others aren't worrying about carbs!)

Other Keto Dessert Recipes

Here are some more delicious sweet treats that won't knock you out of ketosis:

  • Cocoa Chia Pudding
  • Keto Donut Holes
  • 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
  • Keto Coconut Cookies
  • Chocolate Cheesecake Fat Bombs

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Keto Snowball Cookies Recipe

Jennifer Zhang

My keto snowball cookies are a delicious holiday classic made low-carb and sugar-free! They're soft and buttery with a melt in your mouth texture. A must bake keto Christmas cookies recipe!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Cookies, Dessert

Servings 26 cookies

Calories 73 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups Almond Flour
  • ¾ cup Erythritol powdered
  • ½ cup Butter softened
  • 1.8 oz Cranberries dried (optional)
  • ¼ cup Milk full-fat
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a baking pan with baking paper.

  • In a mixing bowl combine ½ cup of the powdered Erythritol with the almond flour and salt.

  • Add the butter, milk and vanilla extract and knead with your hands to make a dough. Divide into 26 pieces and shape into balls. Arrange them on the prepared baking tray.

  • Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.

  • Let them reach room temperature before you dust them with the remaining powdered Erythritol.

  • Top each cookie with a piece of cranberry and serve.

Notes

Net Carbs: 1.1g

Net Carbs (with Cranberries): 2.8g

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 73kcal | Carbohydrates: 1.3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5.2g | Saturated Fat: 2.6g | Cholesterol: 9.4mg | Sodium: 23.2mg | Potassium: 6.3mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 29.9IU | Calcium: 1.5mg | Iron: 0.1mg | Net Carbs: 1.1g

Nutritional information for the recipe is calculated based on the ingredients in each recipe. It is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe we provide. Erythritol and other sugar-free sweetener carbs are not included in the carb counts. Net carbohydrates are the total carbohydrates minus dietary fiber.

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  1. Rosy Cabrera

    What is the milk for? It’s not in the directions

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    • Jennifer Zhang

      Hi Rosy, sorry I forgot to add it. It goes in with the butter and vanilla extract. I've fixed the recipe and instructions, thanks for pointing that out 🙂

      Reply

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FAQs

Why are my keto cookies crumbly? ›

Crumbly cookies are usually a result of the cookie dough not binding properly. To fix this, you can add an extra egg, or binders such as some xanthan gum or guar gum, psyllium powder or flax meal.

How long can you store snowball cookies? ›

How Long Do Pecan Snowball Cookies Last? Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to five days. Freeze for up to three months for longer storage.

Why can't you use baking powder with almond flour? ›

Since baking powder contains baking soda, baking powder cannot be used in almond flour baking. Instead, eggs (or applesauce or bananas) can be used as the leavening agent to help baked goods rise and achieve a light and fluffy texture.

Will one cookie ruin ketosis? ›

That depends on the cookie. And also on what else you're eating that day. Generally, people have to eat under 50 grams of carbs per day to achieve ketosis. And eating all those carbs at once is likely to kick you out of keto.

Why do my snowball cookies go flat? ›

Why did my snowball cookies turn out flat? Snowball cookies should not flatten. Since they do not contain a leavening agent, the main factor to check is that the dough is chilled before baking.

Why are my snowball cookies flat in the oven? ›

Snowball Cookie Tips

If your cookies go flat, check the oven temperature. An oven temperature that's too low can result in your cookies spreading out more. Butter that's too soft or melted can also lead to flat cookies.

How many days before Christmas should you make cookies? ›

Aim to make them about two weeks in advance if you keep them at room temperature. Making them one week or a few days in advance is even better if you are going for the freshest possible cookies. Remember that you can always make a new batch if you accidentally keep your cookies out for too long and they become stale.

How do you keep cookies from being crumbly? ›

If you overmix the dough, the cookies will be dry and crumbly. The best way to fix this is to add more liquid to the dough. This can be done by adding milk, water, or even melted butter. You may also need to add more flour to the dough if it is too wet.

What do I do if my cookies are too crumbly? ›

Dry – “Dry” or “Crumbly” dough is a product of over-mixing or using too much of any ingredient during the mixing process. This can be reversed by adding one to two tablespoons of liquid (water, milk or softened butter) to your mix.

Why are my cookies crumbling apart? ›

If you don't use enough fat in your cookie dough, it will be crumbly. Butter, shortening, and vegetable oil are all good sources of fat in cookies. Not chilling the dough: Chilling the cookie dough before baking helps to develop the gluten and make the cookies chewier.

Why are my almond flour cookies falling apart? ›

Typically, almond flour cookies fall apart because of a measuring error; weigh your flour to be certain you are using the correct amount. Additionally, it's important to let the cookies cool completely and set before removing them from the baking sheet.

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