Keto Chinese Walnut Cookies
Chinese Walnut cookies inspired these Keto cookies. Softened butter, sweetener, and salt are creamed together until light and fluffy. Walnuts are toasted and processed into a small crumb and then blended into the cookie along with almond flour. The cookie dough is rolled into a ball and then decorated with walnut halves. You will love enjoying these with a wonderful cup of coffee. They are filled with a high amount of healthy fats compared to carbs, so they can easily be enjoyed on a Keto or Low Carb diet. The macros in the cookies are great if you are trying to bulk on Keto too!
How to Make It
Step 1
Preheat an oven to 310 F. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add softened butter, Swerve, and kosher salt. Use a paddle attachment to blend the mixture until light and fluffy. This will take 2-3 minutes, scraping the bowl down occasionally.
Step 2
Add one egg and mix until fully blended.
Step 3
While making the cookie dough, place about 1 cup of walnuts on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes until toasted. Turn the oven up to 350 F after the walnuts are removed from the oven.
Step 4
Once the egg is blended into the butter mixture, add in the almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Pulse the toasted walnuts in a food processor until they are into small pieces, not a fine powder. Measure out ¾ cup of the chopped walnuts and add them to the stand mixer. Blend until just combined.
Step 5
Portion out the cookies using a 1 oz cookie scoop. You do not need to roll them into a ball (if you do, they may not spread into a cookie shape).
Step 6
Press 1 walnut half into each cookie—Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Allow them to cool for a couple of minutes before removing them from the cookie sheet.
Ingredients
- Butter
1 stick
- The Ultimate Icing Sugar Replacement by Swerve
½ cup
- Coarse Kosher Salt by Morton
¼ tsp
- Raw Egg
1 large
- Almond Flour
¾ cup
- Coconut Flour
¼ cup
- Baking Powder
¼ teaspoon
- Baking Soda
¼ teaspoon
- Walnuts
¾ cup, chopped
- Walnuts
¾ cup, chopped