Keto Mini Gingerbread Men
These gingerbread cookies are spicy from both a pinch of cayenne, black pepper, and cinnamon. You will love the additive combination of spice with ginger flavors. The dough is simple to make. Room temperature butter and cream cheese are blended with sweetener until light and fluffy. The mix is joined with the dry ingredients: almond flour, baking powder, vanilla extract, and molasses. The spices used are clove, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and black pepper. The dough is rolled thin, chilled, and then cut into miniature gingerbread men.
How to Make It
Step 1
Preheat an oven to 350 F. Cream room temperature butter and cream cheese together with one cup of Swerve in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment for 2-3 minutes. You will want to scrape down the bowl at least once.
Step 2
Add in all the dry ingredients and spices as well as the molasses and vanilla extract. Mix well for at least one minute beating the cookie dough on low speed.
Step 3
Place the cookie dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll it out to a ¼” – ⅓” thickness. Use a thicker dough if using a cookie cutter larger than 2” inches.
Step 4
The mini cookie cutters used in this recipe can handle the thinner rolled dough. Place the two sheets of parchment with the cookie dough inside on a baking sheet and place it in the fridge to chill for 10-15 minutes until firm. Use a miniature cookie cutter about 1” large to cut mini gingerbread men out of the dough. The dough should stick inside the cookie cutter. Use your fingertip to gently poke the dough out onto a baking sheet. Bake for 6 minutes.
Step 5
The cookies should be golden brown on the bottom and the edges. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.
Step 6
Combine the remaining Swerve and heavy cream together in a bowl with a small rubber spatula. Place it into a piping bag fitted with a small round tip.
Step 7
Pipe the gingerbread with any decorations you would like. Gingerbread men will store for up to one week in an airtight container.
Ingredients
- Butter
1 stick
- Cream Cheese
1 ounce
- The Ultimate Icing Sugar Replacement by Swerve
1 cup
- Almond Flour
2-¼ cup
- Coarse Kosher Salt by Morton
¼ tsp
- Baking Powder
½ teaspoon
- Vanilla Extract
1 teaspoon
- Cloves, Ground
½ teaspoon
- Nutmeg Ground
¼ tsp
- Ginger, Ground
1 tablespoon
- Cinnamon
2 teaspoon
- Cayenne
⅛ teaspoon
- Black Pepper
⅛ teaspoon
- Molasses
6 teaspoon
- The Ultimate Icing Sugar Replacement by Swerve
1 cup
- Whipped Heavy Cream Sweetened & Ultra Pasturized by Land O Lakes
6 tbsp