Description
The BEST Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies – with slightly crispy edges, soft centers, dotted with gooey chocolate chips- are super quick to make and SUPER low carb! You’ll be adding these cookies to your weekly dessert rotation before you know it, especially because they’re only 1.7 net carbs PER TWO COOKIES!!!
Ingredients
1/4 Cup Erythritol (granular)
1/2 Cup Erythritol (brown)* see note 1 for substitutes
1 stick (8 TBSPs) of butter softened ( must be softened – not melted)
2 egg yolks
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1.5 cups + 2 TBSPs Almond Flour – leveled not packed (Anthony’s brand or Kirkland Signature = lowest carbs)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 of a 9 oz bag of Lily’s Chocolate Baking Chips (Or A Lily’s Chocolate Bar Chopped into Chunks)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350° F.
- Cream softened butter, Brown ‘Sugar’ Erythritol, and regular erythritol together with electric or stand mixer until fluffy.
- Add egg yolks and vanilla and mix until well combined.
- Add almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, all at once. Mix until combined- it should be thick 🙂
- Add in half a bag of Lily’s Chocolate Baking Chips or a Lily’s Chocolate Bar chopped into chunks into the dough and mix gently. You can fold these in with a spatula or mix in mixer on a low speed for just 5-10 seconds.
- Prepare Baking Sheet with Parchment Paper or nonstick baking mat. Roll dough with your hands into 1-1.5 inch diameter round balls. This should make around 14-18 cookies, depending on size (the size of dough balls in the picture above made 16 cookies). Place each ball on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart (they spread during baking). Do NOT flatten the dough balls. Place them in oven as round balls -this is what gives them the nice soft/chewy centers. *see note 2 instructions if you want crispy cookies.
- Bake on the middle rack in the oven for 10 minutes, or until the edges just start to turn golden brown. They will look like they are still a bit gooey and aren’t done at 10 minutes, but they harden up as they cool (side effect of erythritol) I promise! Don’t overbake- or your cookies will be hard and dry, not soft and delicious in the middle.
- Let your cookies cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
- When eating cookies that have been cooled for a longer period of time (next day), then you can gently warm them in the microwave for 5-10 seconds (no more!) if you want them the same extra soft/chewy texture as fresh-baked, but they’re great with or without warming them too. There is a slight ‘cooling’ effect from the erythritol when eating next day (weird effect of erythritol!), but the gently microwave warming eliminates it if it bothers you. 😉 Store in an airtight container on the counter for up to a week.
Notes
Net Carbs = .87 Grams Per COOKIE. *Sugar alcohols from erythritol are not counted in total net carbs, since they don’t affect blood sugar (they’re 0 net carbs)! *Note 1: If you don’t have brown ‘sugar’ Erythritol on hand, you can make YOUR OWN! Just mix 1/2 tbsp of molasses per 1/2 cup of granulated white erythritol, and voila – brown ‘sugar’. *Note 2: If you want CRISPY (all the way through) cookies, then flatten the cookie dough balls out, with the palm of your hand, just before baking on the baking sheet. Also, you probably want to decrease the baking time 1-2 minutes (depending on your preference), so they don’t burn since they cook quicker this way! They will still look a bit soft when they come out of the oven, but they get CRISPY as they cool!
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 10
- Category: dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie (1/16th of Recipe)
- Calories: 140
- Fat: 13.1 g
- Carbohydrates: .87 g
- Protein: 2.8 g