Easy Keto Cream Cheese Cookies

These easy keto cream cheese cookies are deliciously simple to make and have a tender, soft-baked cookie texture that melts in your mouth.

It’s a recipe for low-carb cream cheese cookies that are grain-free, nut-free, egg-free, sugar-free, and keto-friendly!

These cream cheese keto cookies are made with simple ingredients like coconut flour, cream cheese, and butter to mimic traditional cream cheese cookies.

If you’re a fan of soft cookies, this is the keto cookie recipe you should make the next time you need to silence your sweet tooth.

They are not only delicious, but they also happen to be egg-free and nut-free for those who want a recipe for easy keto cookies that use just a few essential keto-friendly ingredients to make a delicious keto cookie.

And since one of those ingredients is coconut flour, those in the keto community who have nut allergies can enjoy this cookie, too.

The recipe does not call for any form of egg because it gets all the moisture it needs from the generous amount of cream cheese and butter.

It’s my desire to be able to offer more allergy-friendly low-carb keto recipes since I know many who come to this lifestyle are also dealing with food intolerance.

In case you don’t know, I have a complete list of Keto Cookies that any cookie lover would enjoy exploring.

Make sure you remember to also check out our Keto Cream Cheese Recipes for other delicious recipes that feature cream cheese, including our keto cream cheese pound cake that started my love affair with cream cheese.

Keto Cream Cheese Cookies

My recipe for cream cheese coconut flour cookies turned out exactly as I had hoped. Not only are they delicious, but, as an added bonus, they are very low in carbs.

Each cookie has only 1.5 net carbs per cookie, which makes it a keto cream cheese cookie recipe that fits your daily macros seamlessly.

This is due to the fact that I used coconut flour, a tremendously low-carb keto-friendly flour substitute.

Using coconut flour instead of almond flour makes it a little higher in fiber and lower in carbs compared to other keto flours on the market.

Cream Cheese Keto Cookies

Avoiding foods for allergies or dietary reasons can sometimes be overwhelming and frustrating.

This is why these cream cheese keto cookies made with coconut flour and without eggs can serve as an option for those on a keto diet.

When I first embarked on this keto lifestyle, I had a difficult time finding exactly what foods I could enjoy without worrying about getting kicked out of ketosis.

It’s why I started sharing my keto recipes. I wanted to give you a recipe that didn’t use eggs, grains, sugar, or nuts but would give you delicious cookies you would be proud to share with the whole family.

These low-carb cream cheese cookies not only accomplished my goal, but they are so yummy that even those who don’t have to avoid allergens will enjoy them.

Ingredients And Tools Needed To Make Coconut Flour Cream Cheese Cookies

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• Coconut flour
• Unsalted butter, softened
• Full-fat cream cheese, room temperature
• Granulated sugar substitute
• Baking powder
• Vanilla extract
• Sugar-free confectioner’s sugar substitute 
• Hand mixer or stand-up mixer
• Medium-sized mixing bowl
• Cookie sheet
• Parchment paper
• Small cookie scoop 

Best Sugar-Substitutes For Sugar-Free Cream Cheese Cookies

My top choice for these keto-friendly cream cheese cookies is a monk fruit and erythritol blend.

My personal favorite is Lakanto’s brand. It’s great for anyone doing a ketogenic diet. 

But you can also use Swerve, another granular sweetener that has erythritol. 

You could also use the stevia and erythritol-based brand Pyure for most of my baked goods.

However, if using Pyure, you will want to use half the amount called for in this recipe since it’s a much sweeter choice.

But if stevia is your preferred choice, then feel free to use the Pyure brand.

If you can’t easily source a more natural sugar substitute, you can also use Splenda with great success.

If using Splenda, it needs to be the one that has a bulking agent. This is the one that comes in large bags. I don’t recommend Splenda Bake because it’s actually a half-sugar, half-sucralose product.

When it comes to vanilla glaze, you will have to use a confectioner’s sugar substitute. Both Lakanto and Swerve have great ones.

How To Make Keto Cream Cheese Cookies

To make these keto cream cheese sugar cookies, you’ll start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees and lining a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or lightly buttering it.

Then, in a small bowl, carefully measure the dry ingredients. It’s essential when measuring coconut flour that you do not pack the flour into a measuring cup.

I like adding it by tablespoons into the measuring cup to ensure it’s correct. Once the coconut flour is measured, add the baking powder and salt to the bowl and combine well.

Next, using an electric mixer in a large bowl or stand-up mixer, beat the butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract, and granulated sugar substitute on the high setting for 3–4 minutes until light and fluffy.

Be sure to scrape the bowl with a spatula a couple of times to ensure the mixture is fully incorporated.

Once the wet ingredients are combined, reduce the speed to medium and begin to add the coconut flour, a few tablespoons at a time.

Combine the mixture well, being sure to scrape the bowl until it is fully combined.

Then, using a small cookie scoop or tablespoon, add the cookie dough balls onto the parchment-lined baking sheet about an inch apart, and gently press down on each cookie with your fingers to flatten slightly.

Bake the cookies for about 18–20 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges. Transfer to a wire rack and allow the cookies to cool before adding the icing.

I recommend making the sugar-free icing while the cookies cool. Do not make the icing before to ensure it doesn’t begin to set, and make it difficult to ice the cookies.

To make the keto-friendly vanilla icing, combine the powdered sugar-free sweetener and salt with the two tablespoons of heavy cream and the vanilla extract.

If the icing is too thick, you can thin it down with a little more heavy cream, up to 3 tablespoons. Then, add a small dollop of icing to each cookie and allow the icing to set before eating or storing.

Store the cookies in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to five days or in the freezer for up to three weeks.

Customizing Keto Coconut Flour Cream Cheese Cookies

What’s also great about these soft-baked keto cookies is how simple they are to customize.  This makes them a great year-round recipe, but especially welcomed during the busy holiday when you make lots of keto Christmas cookies.

Swap out the vanilla extract in the cookie dough and the icing with lemon or orange extract for a citrus twist.

Add 1/2 cup of sugar-free chocolate chips for a hint of chocolate flavor, or even an almond extract for different ways to customize the recipe to your liking. The sky’s the limit with this easy recipe. 

Easy Keto Baking Recipes

If there is something I want to make sure of in the recipes I share, besides being low in carbs and keto-friendly, they are also easy to make.

After all, is it too much to ask for? I mean, no one wants to waste valuable time or product experimenting, right? If you can’t recreate my recipes in your kitchen as easily, I feel like I’ve failed you.

That, my dear, is not cool with this girl. I only want to hear how the recipes I share with you have enhanced your diet and made this keto lifestyle a reality.

Failure is not an option! Are you still wondering how to bake with low-carb flour? I encourage you to read my keto baking tips.

These tips will get you baking successfully with these tricky flours in no time. Learn the basics of keto baking and stop tossing failed keto attempts.

I want you to feel confident about your low-carb, keto baking skills.

This recipe was originally published in 2018, but I felt it needed some extra tweaking.

The only change I made was to eliminate 1/4 cup of unsweetened coconut flakes and add vanilla icing to the top of each cookie. I also made the cookies slightly larger since they are so low in carbs.

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