Festive Keto Cranberry Orange Cookies

These delicious keto cranberry orange cookies combine the flavors of fresh cranberries and orange for one festive seasonal cookie.

It’s the perfect holiday cookie recipe with its bright red cranberries!

This time of year, I tend to outdo myself in trying to create a sweet treat that is low in carbs and keto-friendly to make it to our family table.

A cranberry-orange cookie with only 1.3 net carbs is a must-cookie recipe during the holiday season.

In my book, Christmas celebrations should include as many easy low-carb cookie recipes as possible.

I added these keto cranberry orange cookies to my growing Keto Cookies collection.

These keto cranberry cookies are going to look stunning on your cookie platter, but more importantly, your family and friends will love the bright flavors of fresh tart cranberries and orange.

I promise that if you’ve never tried the combination of cranberry and orange before, you’re going to be surprised by how amazingly well these flavors go together.  

And you’ll be thrilled that these low-carb cranberry orange cookies can be shared as a healthy option.

Low-Carb Cranberry Orange Cookies

My Keto tangy cream cheese lemon cookies partly inspired my keto cranberry orange cookies. If you haven’t tried my lemon cookies, I encourage you to do so ASAP.

Because these should also be included in your keto Christmas cookie platter.

I try my best to listen to my reader’s suggestions. This is why I did my best to deliver when they asked for more low-carb, keto-friendly recipes that were also nut-free.

I truly hope that my nut-free friends will enjoy these coconut flour cranberry cookies, too.

One way we can get off track during the holidays on a keto diet is by overconsuming nuts in the form of nut flour.

Because of this, even individuals who do not have a nut allergy can appreciate these keto cranberry orange cookies.

Ingredients Needed For Keto Cranberry Cookies

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The following are the ingredients you’ll need to make these low-carb cranberry cookies:

Note that the full printable recipe card is at the bottom of the page, as is the nutritional information.

• Coconut flour
• Fresh or frozen cranberries
• Baking powder
• Sea salt
• Unsalted butter
• Full-fat cream cheese softened
• Granulated sugar substitute
• Eggs, room temperature
• Orange extract

Keto Orange Glaze

• Confectioner’s sugar substitute
• Lemon juice
• Heavy cream
• Orange extract
• Orange zest
• Pinch of sea salt

Tools You’ll Need

• Baking sheets
• Parchment paper
• Electric mixer
• Large bowl for the cookie dough
• Separate bowl for the orange icing

How To Make Coconut Flour Cranberry Cookies

But why coconut flour as a flour alternative? Well, coconut flour is not actually flour in the traditional sense.

Do you know that coconut flour has no grains or nuts and is made completely of pure coconut? This makes for a great nut-free, low-carb baking flour.

Making these low-carb cookies is a delicious breeze.

You’ll start by combing the dry ingredients first—the coconut flour, baking powder, and salt—and setting them aside.

Then, in a large bowl, with an electric mixer, you’ll cream the butter, cream cheese, sweetener of choice, orange zest, and orange extract.

Using a rubber spatula, scrape the bowl a few times to ensure it is all well combined.

Then, you will need to chill the cookie dough for at least 30 minutes so that the cookies do not spread when baking.

Once the cookie dough has chilled, you’ll bake the cookies in a preheated 350-degree oven for about 15 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges.

Allow the cookies to cool, and make the orange icing by combining all the ingredients.

Then, drizzle the top of the cookies with the icing.

Store any leftovers in an airtight container for five days in the refrigerator, or freeze for up to three weeks.

The Process of Making Coconut Flour

Ever wonder what the process is for making coconut flour?

To turn a coconut into a flour-like consistency, there are some important steps that need to be taken.

First, you have to separate the coconut milk from the coconut meat, and then bake the coconut that is extracted until it completely dries out.

At that point, you can mill the dry coconut meat and leave it with a powder that resembles flour.

Although you cannot substitute coconut flour equally for regular flour, it is a viable solution once you learn how to bake with it.

Coconut Flour, A Favorite In The Health Community

Coconut flour is a favorite in the low-carb, keto, and paleo communities, as well as for those who need to eat a gluten-free diet. 

Coconut flour is easy to digest, so anyone with a nut allergy can appreciate this nut-free flour option.

It is a great choice, especially for a flour alternative that won’t raise blood sugar.

If all that isn’t enough to convince you, how about the added benefit that coconut flour is also less expensive than nut flour?

That makes a recipe like these coconut flour cranberry cookies the perfect treat!

Best Sugar Substitutes For Sugar-Free Cranberry Cookies

When choosing the best sugar-free sweetener, I have several options for you to choose from.

I really like Lakanto Monk Fruit Sweetener because the texture is spot on and because there is barely any aftertaste. Plus, it uses only natural ingredients.

This is a great one, especially if you are new to sugar substitutes, because it mimics sugar the most, in my opinion.

I’m also partial to Swerve, an erythritol blend, although you should keep in mind that it does have a bit more of a cooling aftertaste that some people dislike. 

Alternatively, you could also use a stevia- and erythritol-based brand like Pyure. 

This is if you prefer to use stevia in your baked goods. If you go this route, you need to reduce the amount by half since it is twice as sweet.

Lastly, if you can’t easily find a more natural sugar substitute, you can also use Splenda with great success.

I know not everyone would agree with me here, and I respect that, but in my book, it’s still better than regular sugar.

However, when it comes to icing, you will have to use a confectioner’s sugar substitute. Both Lakanto and Swerve have great ones.

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If you love the combination of cranberry and orange, then make sure you try our Keto Cranberry Orange Bread. It’s the perfect keto treat.

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