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So you’re all into your keto lifestyle, but thinking you won’t be able to make your favorite sugar cookies this year? Think. Again. My keto sugar cookies are here to save the day! You can even frost and decorate this keto sugar cookie recipe – I doubt anyone will know the difference. And talk about easy! These coconut flour sugar cookies take just 20 minutes start-to-finish. Make these low carb sugar cookies any time of year, just change up the cookie cutters and sprinkles to match the holiday.
I have plenty of keto cookie recipes with almond flour, but many of you have been asking me for low carb cookies with coconut flour, so here they are! Grab your cookie cutters and go make the best keto sugar cookie recipe out there.
Are Sugar-Free Cookies Keto Friendly?
The answer all depends on what kind of sugar cookies you are talking about! 😉 This keto sugar cookie recipe is obviously keto friendly and has just 1 gram net carb per cookie.
Traditional sugar-free cookies may be lower in sugar but still made with white flour and would still be high in carbohydrates. Stick with my coconut flour cut out cookies for sugar-free, keto sugar cookies!
How To Make Keto Sugar Cookies With Coconut Flour
These keto chewy sugar cookies can be made in just 2o minutes!
- Make the coconut flour sugar cookie dough. Beat the butter and sweetener until fluffy.
- Beat in remaining ingredients. Beat in eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and sea salt. Gradually beat in coconut flour.
- Thicken the keto sugar cookies coconut flour dough. Sprinkle the xanthan gum over cookies dough, then beat in. Let the cookie dough sit for a few minutes, which is important to let it thicken.
- Form your cookies. Use a cookie scoop and flatten with your palm, or cut out cookies using cookie cutters.
- Bake your gluten free coconut flour Christmas cookies. Bake cookies until they firm up, but are still soft, about 7-8 minutes.
TIP: The cookies won’t darken much, and will continue to firm up as they cool. Be careful to not over bake them, as coconut flour can dry out easily.
- Make keto cream cheese frosting if you are making keto frosted sugar cookies (highly recommended! ;)). Let cookies cool completely and then frost. Add sprinkles for a festive touch.
Here’s how they look if you do cut-out shapes? So cute!
How Many Carbs In A Sugar Cookie?
These low carb keto sugar cookies have just 1 gram net carb per cookie! Crazy! The full nutrition stats can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Store Coconut Flour Sugar Cookies
Store this coconut flour sugar cookie recipe in an airtight container. The cookies can be left at room temperature for 4-5 days, or you can freeze them if you need to store them for a longer period of time.
Can You Freeze Low Carb Sugar Cookies?
Yes, you can absolutely freeze these low carb keto sugar cookies. If they are frosted, freeze them in a single layer. Once they are frozen solid, they can be transferred to a freezer bag.
When you’re ready to eat, simply remove from the freezer and let thaw to desired temp or consistency. The sugar free coconut flour cookies will last 2-3 months in the freezer.
More Keto Cookie Recipes
If you like these sugar free keto cookies, you might like some of my other low carb keto desserts:
- Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies – These are a classic for a reason! I highly recommend keeping a bag in your freezer at all times.
- Coconut Flour Keto Shortbread Cookies – These are a great cookie to gift to others – they are so cute and everyone loves shortbread.
- Gluten-Free Ginger Snaps – Add these to your holiday baking list!
- Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Protein Cookies – It’s a hybrid protein bar and cookie, all rolled into one.
- Low Carb Cream Cheese Cookies – This quick and easy cookie recipe makes it easy to squash those cookie cravings.
If you want a paleo version of sugar cookies, try these paleo “sugar” cookies.
Tools To Make Keto Sugar Cookies
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- Hand Mixer – I love that this small hand mixer can do anything that a larger one can, but it tucks away in the cupboard when I don’t need it.
- Small Cookie Dough Scoop – If you aren’t rolling out these keto diet sugar cookies, use a small cookie dough scoop so the cookies are uniform in size.
- Holiday Cookie Cutters – You need these to turn low sugar coconut flour cookies into keto Christmas sugar cookies! They include fun shapes like trees, angels, snowflakes, and more.
- Sugar-Free Keto Sprinkles – These are the sprinkles pictured in this post. They may not be as vibrant, but they are all-natural and made without sugars and artificial colors, and that’s what’s important to me!
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Coconut Flour Keto Sugar Cookies Recipe
Low carb keto sugar cookies with coconut flour are perfect for any holiday! This 20-minute keto sugar cookie recipe has sugar-free options for sprinkles and frosting, too.
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Coconut Flour Sugar Cookies:
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (176 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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In a deep bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together the butter and sweetener, until fluffy.
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Beat in the eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and sea salt.
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Gradually beat in the coconut flour.
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Sprinkle (don't dump) the xanthan gum over the cookie dough, then beat in. Let the cookie dough sit for a few minutes to thicken.
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Baking option 1:
Use a small cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto the baking sheet. Flatten with your palm to 1/4 inch thick (they will not spread much during baking), keeping them at least an inch apart.
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Form the dough into a ball and chill for 1 hour. Once the cookie dough is firm, remove it from the fridge and place between two pieces of parchment paper. Roll out to about 1/4-inch thick. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters. You can remove the excess dough away from the cut outs and just leave the cookies on the parchment paper, then slide onto the baking sheet. Alternatively, you can carefully use a thin turner to transfer the cutout cookies to the parchment lined baking sheet. Any cookie dough you tore away from the cutout, you can form a ball with it and roll out again to make more cookies.
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Bake for about 7-8 minutes, until cookies start to firm up, but are still soft. (They won't darken much, and don't firm up fully until after they cool.) Remove from the oven and cool completely before moving or adding icing.
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If you want cookies with frosting and sprinkles, make the cream cheese frosting recipe according to the instructions here. You'll use 2/3 of the entire batch for the cookies. Spread the frosting over the cookies (about 1.5 tsp (7.5 g) per cookie) and top with sprinkles (about 1/4 tsp (1.25 g) per cookie).
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Serving size: 1 small cookie
*Nutrition facts do not include optional frosting and sprinkles.
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53 Comments
Lisa Evans
Delicious! Very easy to make.
Sherry Campbell
Easy to make, not too sweet and great without the frosting; on a rainy day I decided to make these and my husband and I both ate 5 of them! I put a few sugar free sprinkles on top. Now my husband is eating them with his frozen yogurt (he’s not keto).
Jolynn
Hi there, thanks for this recipe, I can’t wait to try it as is. But I am also looking for something a lot like this that I can add some extra protein too, to have almost like a quick breakfast cookie bar style thing. Do you think it would mess this recipe up too much to add some protein isolate? Thanks for any help! Love the website and I’ve already made the coconut flour tortillas. They are amazing and a lifesaver for me!
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Jolynn, I don’t recommend adding protein powder to this recipe, it would change the texture too much. I have a recipe for Chocolate Chip Protein Cookies and Protein Cookie Dough Bites that both contain protein in the recipe. I hope this helps!
Jolynn Jarvis
Thanks so much for the info and love the idea for the protein breakfast cookie! Will try all of these!
Jennifer Smith
If I only have your allulose/monkfruit blend, I should use less, right? Thank you.
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Jennifer, Yes, reduce the amount to 1/4 cup of Monk Fruit Allulose Blend. This Sweetener Calculator is a great tool to bookmark for sweetener conversions.
Veronica
Hello how much for replacement of the allulose to stevia? Since I use stevia only and date syrup or honey.
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Veronica, This recipe will not work with a liquid stevia sweetener, but it will work with a granulated stevia baking blend. You can use this sweetener calculator to determine how much you will need. Enjoy!
Jessie
I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting this recipe. I tried this the other day and it is amazing! I’m not gonna lie, I was quite surprised at how wonderful they were! I’m going to be making more tonight. Thanks again!!!❤️
Rachel Castaneda
Used monk fruit sugar. Pretty underwhelming but not terrible.
RS
Thank you for this wonderful recipe! I was excited to find that it’s made with coconut flour as I prefer that. These are some of the best low carb and keto cookies I’ve had! The taste reminds me of the sugar cookies I’ve been used to. Except much more suited to my new diet! Highly recommend!
Kira
These cookies turned out tasty. I used coconut oil instead of butter, so I feel like they had more of a coconut flavor. The dough was a little crumbly and I couldn’t make a balls, so I put a few splashes of heavy whipping cream and it made the dough moist and I was able to form the balls. I put keto buttercream frosting on top. Yum!
Missy
I have an egg allergy which really stinks when one is trying to do keto. Any chance you’ve tried this with egg replacement like flax? I know coconut flour requires a lot of moisture. Any help/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Missy, Yes, flax eggs should work fine, but they may be a bit more delicate.
Roberta
Maya, please… could you help me to make my nephew happy and make some sugar-free sprinkles? I can’t find none here where we live nor on Amazon in our Country and can’t imagine how to elaborate a recipe to get something similar…I hope you’ll find something to suggest us 🙂
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Roberta, I don’t have a recipe for keto sprinkles, but you can make royal icing with Besti sweeteners and food coloring. Let it dry overnight and then chop into sprinkles.
Erin McCallum
By far the best Keto cookie using coconut flour. I can’t use almond flour so I’m always excited to find a new recipe using coconut flour but usually I am disappointed because they turn out dry. NOT the case with your cookie. Moist, light and fluffy and not too sweet – absolutely delicious. I made the cream cheese icing and another great recipe. The combo is delicious. Thanks so much, I am adding this to my book and I know I will use it often!
Jack
Is 1/3 cup butter realy 56g? Google says its 75g please help
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Jack, Thank you for catching this! The recipe has been updated with the correct amount of butter on the metric version of the recipe.
Shane
Beats around the bush. I JUST WANT TO KNOW TWO THINGS… INGREDIENTS, and INSTRUCTIONS.
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Shane, The ingredients and instructions are located in the recipe card. If you cannot see it, you may want to check your browser settings to make sure you aren’t viewing the website in ‘Reader Mode.’
MarthaJane Murphy
I love these cookies!! Substituted lemon extract and monk sugar. My biggest issue is not eating all of them.
Amy
Wow these are absolutely best keto cookie that I’ve made so far (not sure if I’ll waste my time on any other cookie recipe). These are by the fluffiest, lightest and moist cookie by far. I was skeptical with the coconut flour because I don’t care for coconut or coconut flavor but didn’t taste it at all. I didn’t add the frosting since I added Lily’s butterscotch chips. The actual cookie wasn’t very sweet. I was able to get 16 cookies out of the recipe. I gave 6 to a friend but due to my lack of self control and how delicious they are, they may all be gone today. I can see myself using this recipe to make chocolate chip cookies too. Thank you Maya for another outstanding recipe!
MarthaJane
I love these cookies!! Substituted lemon extract and monk sugar. My biggest issue is not eating all of them.
Diane Sheats
Maya, I really look forward to trying these, mainly because almond flour is so expensive! Coconut flour recipes use so much less flour, too, and although almond flour baked goods are nutritious (all that protein!) sometimes I want something not so heavy.
I got excited when I saw your link titled “Coconut Flour Keto Shortbread Cookies – These are a great cookie to gift to others – they are so cute and everyone loves shortbread.” But taping took me to Almond Flour Shortbread (which I had already bookmarked to try soon). I thought you would like to fix that typo.
THANKS again for your amazing site and fabulous recipes. 🙂
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Diane, Thanks so much for letting me know! I hope you enjoy the Coconut Flour Cookies!
Robin Swett
The cookies are very good!! I have tried so many recipes with almond flour and they all taste gritty. So glad to find these made with coconut flour. I didnt use the xanthan gum. I think I would bake mine just a minute or two longer to get a little more crispy. Topped w 1/2 recipe cream cheese icing & pecan pieces
Rita
I didn’t enjoy the cake like spongy texture, most sugar cookies I am fond of are more dense
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Rita, Sorry these weren’t to your taste. If you are looking for a denser and more crisp cookie, I suggest trying Low Carb Cream Cheese Cookies.
Julie Bunn
Absolutely love your sugar cookie recipe! Was wondering if you have a chocolate sugar cookie recipe?
Melissa
Hi Julie, I don’t have a chocolate recipe at the moment, but I do have a keto chocolate frosting recipe that would be delicious on these cookies!
Lynn
Maybe sub 1 T cocoa for 1 T coconut flour. ???
Ana
Just made this and I LOVE THE FLAVOR!!! I would like to try to do some sort of crisp coconut cookies with this to have with coffee (that is how it is served in several coffee shops in my country, the Dominican Republic), I was thinking on rolling up the dough very thin between two sheets of parchment paper and skip the xhantam gum so they get more crispy and crumbly, please let me know if you have any other suggestion to make them extra crispy.
Thanks for all the recipes that you share, You are awesome!
April Leger
These turned out so good! I decided not to use the Xanthan gum and the texture was perfect – just the right balance of chewy and crispy. My husband, who is diabetic absolutely loved them. They were yummy plain, but the cream cheese frosting put them on another level! Yum-O!
Celest
My cookies came out perfect! Thanks!
Reanna
These are so delicious and easy! I also made the keto cream cheese icing and LET ME TELL YOU I’m in loveee. (Side note: my bf is not keto and loved these!)
rose mary agee
Do you have recipes for scones?
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Rose Mary, You can find my recipe for Almond Flour Blueberry Scones here!
Annette Callaghan
I need to replace the Allulose as I live in South Africa and your brand is not available here. Is there an alternative please? Thank you.
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Annette, I think the most widely available keto friendly sweetener is erythritol. That is most likely what you will find in your area. I hope this helps.
Glory Moore
Used this recipe for Christmas and LOVED the cookies! Very versatile too if you just change the way you decorate them. Everyone I shared them with had positive opinions and I thought they were fantastic! I am a cookie lover and I love these cookies!
Caroline
Can you use stevia instead of Allulose with the same measurement given in the recipe?
Maya | Wholesome Yum
Hi Caroline, It would not be the same measurement. Check the sweetener conversion calculator here to determine the amount – it will vary widely depending on the brand and blend of stevia.
Carolyn
Hi Maya,
I can’t get allulose here in Australia. Would xylitol be the best alternative ?
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Carolyn, Erythritol or Xylitol are good alternatives to allulose. They both have a slight cooling effect to them. If you are sensitive to that, I suggest going with an erythritol blend, which is not as noticable.
Cindy
Where can I get allulose? I want to make these for the holiday!
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Cindy! I have my own lineup of keto sweeteners – Besti! We have two varieties of allulose: Monk Fruit with Allulose Blend, which is just as sweet as sugar; and Pure Allulose, which is 70% as sweet as sugar. Both are great options as daily use replacement for sugar, including baking and cooking applications. You can read about our full line of sweeteners and their best uses HERE: The Best Keto Sweeteners List & Comparison
Taylor
These were so yummy! So soft with amazing flavor. Will definitely make again!
Jacki DeVaney
Is it possible to substitute Swerve or Lakanto Monk Fruit in place of the allulose?
Maya | Wholesome Yum
Hi Jacki, Yes, but the texture won’t be quite as nice. If you prefer erythritol or monk fruit sweetener, I recommend my natural keto sweeteners here. Hope you’ll give them a try!
dave
Do these cookies turn out crispy or have a snap?
Wholesome Yum M
Hi Dave, These sugar cookies are pretty soft. Think more ‘lofthouse’ style sugar cookies.