Best Keto Snowball Cookies (Keto Christmas Cookie Recipe) (2024)

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My keto snowball cookies are a delicious holiday classic made low-carb and sugar-free! They're soft and buttery with a melt in your mouth texture. A must bake keto Christmas cookies recipe!

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  • Ingredients You'll Need
  • How to Make Keto Snowball Cookies
  • Other Keto Dessert Recipes
  • 📖 Recipe
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All we want for Christmas is cookies, cookies, cookies. Let it snow in your kitchen with these beautifully festive snowballs that will bring joy to your keto table.

You won’t miss carbs and they are so easy to make that we have a feeling you’ll want to make these all year round. And you know what? Nothing is stopping you!

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We all know how hard it can be to stick to a low carb diet during the holiday season. With so many get-togethers and parties with food that is as far from keto as possible. Well, now you don't have to worry!

Our keto snowball cookies are low carb and taste just like traditional snowballs. They are soft, buttery and melt in your mouth while you eat them! Each cookie contains just 1.1g net carbs and luckily this recipe makes a large batch.

Ingredients You'll Need

To make snowball keto cookies you'll need (exact measurements in the recipe card below):

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  • Almond flour - very fine blanched almond flour.
  • Erythritol
  • Butter - soft butter at room temperature
  • Milk - full-fat
  • Vanilla extract
  • Salt
  • Dried cranberries - you can add a dried cranberry to each snowball but this will make the cookie have 2.8g net carbs, so you won't be able to eat as many!

How to Make Keto Snowball Cookies

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius) and line a baking pan with baking paper.

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Grab a large bowl and combine ½ cup of your powdered Erythritol with the almond flour and salt.

Add the softened butter, milk and vanilla extract to the dry ingredients.

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Start kneading all the ingredients together until it reaches a dough texture.

Now it's time to start shaping the snowballs! This recipe makes a good-sized batch of 26 snowballs so it's great to share with others.

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Divide the dough into 26 pieces and shape them into balls with your hands.

Arrange the snowballs on your baking pan and bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.

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Let the snowballs rest until they reach room temperature and then dust over the remaining Erythritol.

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Optionally, add a dried cranberry to each cookie (a great idea if others aren't worrying about carbs!)

Other Keto Dessert Recipes

Here are some more delicious sweet treats that won't knock you out of ketosis:

  • Cocoa Chia Pudding
  • Keto Donut Holes
  • 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
  • Keto Coconut Cookies
  • Chocolate Cheesecake Fat Bombs

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Keto Snowball Cookies Recipe

Jennifer Zhang

My keto snowball cookies are a delicious holiday classic made low-carb and sugar-free! They're soft and buttery with a melt in your mouth texture. A must bake keto Christmas cookies recipe!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 26 cookies

Calories 73 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups Almond Flour
  • ¾ cup Erythritol powdered
  • ½ cup Butter softened
  • 1.8 oz Cranberries dried (optional)
  • ¼ cup Milk full-fat
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a baking pan with baking paper.

  • In a mixing bowl combine ½ cup of the powdered Erythritol with the almond flour and salt.

  • Add the butter, milk and vanilla extract and knead with your hands to make a dough. Divide into 26 pieces and shape into balls. Arrange them on the prepared baking tray.

  • Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.

  • Let them reach room temperature before you dust them with the remaining powdered Erythritol.

  • Top each cookie with a piece of cranberry and serve.

Notes

Net Carbs: 1.1g

Net Carbs (with Cranberries): 2.8g

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 73kcal | Carbohydrates: 1.3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5.2g | Saturated Fat: 2.6g | Cholesterol: 9.4mg | Sodium: 23.2mg | Potassium: 6.3mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 29.9IU | Calcium: 1.5mg | Iron: 0.1mg | Net Carbs: 1.1g

Nutritional information for the recipe is calculated based on the ingredients in each recipe. It is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe we provide. Erythritol and other sugar-free sweetener carbs are not included in the carb counts. Net carbohydrates are the total carbohydrates minus dietary fiber.

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  • What is the milk for? It’s not in the directions

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    • Hi Rosy, sorry I forgot to add it. It goes in with the butter and vanilla extract. I've fixed the recipe and instructions, thanks for pointing that out 🙂

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    FAQs

    Why are my snowball cookies falling apart after baking? ›

    There was probably too much flour added or they were over-baked. Add another tablespoon of butter or a tablespoon of milk. If they are falling apart a few days later, then they were sitting out too long. Keep them in an airtight container to help them last longer.

    Do keto cookies have carbs? ›

    How many carbs are in Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies? This recipe makes 26 delicious cookies packed with dark chocolate chips and pecans. As written these scrumptious Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies have just 1.1 net carb each!

    What are snowball cookies made of? ›

    Snowballs, a.k.a. Russian tea cakes or Mexican wedding cookies, are melt-in-your-mouth cookies made with staple ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, flour, finely chopped nuts, and salt. The round cookies are rolled in powdered sugar, so they sort of resemble snowballs.

    How to make and freeze Christmas cookies? ›

    After baking, allow cookies to cool completely. Place them in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet to freeze them, then store them in a freezer-safe zip-top storage bag labeled with the name and date. Squeeze out extra air and place flat in the freezer. To save space, you can flat-stack freezer bags.

    Why are my snowball cookies flat in the oven? ›

    Why do my snowball cookies go flat? These snowball cookies should not flatten. If they do it's likely the dough wasn't chilled long enough and the ingredients were too warm to begin with so they spread. It's also possible you accidentally measured the ingredients incorrectly!

    How do you make cookies not fall apart? ›

    Too much flour = crumbly cookies

    If you don't want to measure by weight, try sifting your flour first and scooping flour into your measuring cup with a spoon, and don't pack it down into the cup. If all else fails, try reducing the amount of flour in the recipe by 10%.

    What cancels out carbs on keto? ›

    Keto Net Carb Diet. On the ketogenic diet, the "net carb" is the amount of carbs in a food minus the fiber and sugar alcohol. Fiber and sugar alcohol are subtracted because the body does not fully absorb them. The keto net carb diet limits daily carbohydrate consumption to 20-50 grams to induce ketosis.

    How many keto cookies can you eat a day? ›

    We recommend one serving (two cookies) per day as your daily snack — although we won't judge if you find yourself reaching for more.

    Will one cookie throw me out of ketosis? ›

    The bottom line. You should avoid cheat meals and days on the keto diet. Consuming too many carbs can kick your body out of ketosis — and it takes several days to 1 week to get back into it. In the meantime, your weight loss may be disrupted.

    Can you use walnuts instead of pecans in snowball cookies? ›

    You can make these cookies with wild black walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, hickory, or butternuts—all will work fine. We usually use unsalted butter to make this recipe. If you use salted butter, omit the pinch of salt.

    What is Snoop Dogg cookies? ›

    Snoop Dogg's peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe - His original cookie features creamy peanut butter and semisweet chocolate morsels, making it the perfect indulgence this holiday season. #

    How early should I start baking Christmas cookies? ›

    You'll find that most of your favorite Christmas cookie recipes can be made anywhere from a month to six months before the 25th of December. (Consult this handy how-to guide to the matter.) Generally, most recipes will be best if baked and then frozen.

    What is the best container to freeze Christmas cookies? ›

    Your best choices are airtight containers (plastic or glass) because they protect the cookies from breaking. Choose shallow, square or rectangular containers with flat bottoms. (Rounded bottoms cause cookies to bend.) Place waxed paper or parchment paper in between layers.

    What Christmas cookies stay fresh longer? ›

    Crisp, dense cookies like shortbread, biscotti, and snowballs are sturdy enough to hold up for the long haul. Be sure to let your biscotti logs cool completely after the first baking so they'll slice without crumbling.

    Why is my snowball cookie dough crumbly? ›

    It is probably because the cookie dough needs more liquid or fat or the dry or wet ingredients are unbalanced.

    How do you keep cookie dough from falling apart? ›

    Dry – “Dry” or “Crumbly” dough is a product of over-mixing or using too much of any ingredient during the mixing process. This can be reversed by adding one to two tablespoons of liquid (water, milk or softened butter) to your mix.

    Why are my peanut butter cookies breaking apart? ›

    If your peanut butter cookies turn out too dry and crumbly, consider adjusting the baking time and temperature for a moister texture. To achieve the perfect balance of moistness and crumbliness in your cookies, try the following: Check Baking Time: Verify you are not overbaking the cookies.

    Why is my cake falling apart after baking? ›

    The oven was too hot.

    If your oven temperature is too hot it can affect the rise and structure of your cake. Get an oven thermometer and make sure your temperature falls within the right range.

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