Name: Keto Fathead Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 2 ounces Cream Cheese; 1 cup Mozzarella (shredded); 3 tbsp Real Butter (softened); 1/2 cup Swerve Sweetener; 2 Egg Whites; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; 1 cup Almond Flour; 1 tsp Baking Powder

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Fathead dough is a popular low carb dough that has revolutionized pizza. It is used in many savory and sweet applications like these keto fathead sugar cookies. Save this recipe for the holidays, you will be glad you did!

Keto Fathead Sugar Cookies

If you eat keto or low carb you have most likely heard of fathead dough and have become a super huge fan. If you’re new and haven’t heard of it- let me introduce you… Fathead dough started with pizza. A low carb or keto way to get your pizza fix in far less than carbs than normal pizza crust. We are talking like maybe 2 net carbs per slice compared to about 40.

Since fathead worked out so well for pizza, people like myself have experimented to see what other applications we can use it in, both sweet and savory. Fathead dough uses a melted mixture of cream cheese and mozzarella to create the gluten missing from low carb flour such as almond flour. It helps give a more realistic texture that holds up instead of crumbling. I have used fathead dough for cookies, dessert bars, homemade calzones, hot pockets, and now cookies. Fathead down is a great ratio of the typical keto macros high fat moderate protein and low carb you basically can’t go wrong with this dough.

My keto fathead “sugar” cookie recipe worked out beautifully. It has the soft, buttery texture of regular sugar cookie dough and I bet could even be rolled out and used with cookie cutters!

The trick with this dough is to not over refrigerate it. The dough will actually crumble if it is too cold.

Making our Keto Fathead Sugar Cookies- Video

If you have sugar free chocolate chips melt them down, add a little heavy cream and make a ganache to dip one side of these in. OR dust with powdered sweetener!

You can also try our amazing Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies

Keto Fathead Sugar Cookies

Fathead dough is a popular low carb dough that has revolutionized pizza. It is used in many savory and sweet applications like these keto fathead sugar cookies.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 35 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 12 servings

Calories 107 kcal

Ingredients

2 ounces Cream Cheese
1 cup Mozzarella shredded
3 tbsp Real Butter softened
1/2 cup Swerve Sweetener
2 Egg Whites
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 cup Almond Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder

Instructions

Melt cream cheese and mozzarella in a small bowl, microwaved for 1 minute. Mix well to combine.
In a separate bowl cream butter, sweetener, vanilla and egg whites. Add baking powder and almond flour, continue mixing. Mixture will be crumbly.
Add cream cheese mixture to the flour mixture. Stir. Hand work dough until fully combined Shape into a ball. Let rest 5 minutes.
Shape into a cylinder (like store bought cookie dough) , refrigerate 30 mins.
Cut into 12 slices. Bake on 350 in a preheated oven for 15-18 mins.
Cool on rack. Serve!