Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies – Keto and Gluten Free and really tasty, not to mention easy to make. Made with Chia Jam, recipe attached to the cookie recipe.
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These Thumbprint and Chia jam cookies are super easy to make and taste delicious, they make me think of almond shortbread cookies.
Baked goods that are easy, keto and gluten free, are a win win friends. You can prepare the cookies ahead of time and freeze them or keep them for 3-4 days in the fridge. Don’t these Olive and Linen Towels look amazing!
The jam is below as well and will get you through some of those sweet cravings you might have. There is no boiling or sterilization needed!
I found this recipe at All Day I Dream About Food
Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies – Keto and Gluten Free
You will need:
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup Almond flour – I like Bobs Red Mill
1 tbsp coconut flour -I like Bobs Red Mill
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 cup confectioner’s Serve Sweetener
1 Egg Yolk
1 tsp almond extract
1/4 cup Raspberry Chia seed Jam – recipe below.
Glaze
3 tbsp Confectioner’s Swerve Sweetener
1/4 tsp almond extract
1 tbsp water (may need less you want it to be semi thick)
Instructions:
Cookies:
- Preheat your oven to 325°F and line your baking pan with parchment paper
- In a medium bow, whisk together your dry ingredients – almond floor, coconut flour and baking powder.
- In a large bowl beat together softened butter and sweetener until well combined and fluffy, then beat in egg yolk and almond extract. Make sure everything is well incorporated.
- Form into 24 dough balls approximately 1inch and place them 2 inches apart on baking sheet. Press each ball down to about 1/2 high and then press in the centre with your thumb – thus thumb print cookies!
- Spoon Chia jam into the hollowed out centre of each cookie.
- Bake until just starting to brown around the edges, 10-12 minutes.
- Cool on the pan, the cookies will not seem set but will continue to firm as they cool.
Glaze:
In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients listed until you can easily drizzle over the cooled cookies.
Recipe Notes:
Serves 12 (two cookies per person)
Each cookie is has 4.98g of carbs and 2.44g of fiber.
Total net carbs + 2.54g
Food energy: 178kcal
Saturated fatty acids: 5/69g
Chia Jam recipe found at Ditch the Carbs
Ingredients:
125g cherries or berry of choice
3tbsp chia seeds
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp granulated sweetener of choice or more to your taste
80 ml of water
Instructions:
- If using frozen berries, allow the to defrost. Mash the berries with a fork until a lumpy puree is created.
- add the chia seeds, lemon juice, sweetener and water. Mix well.
- Pour into a little jam jar or storage container and let sit – about 3 hours or over night if possible.
- once the chia jam has set, mix again to ensure all the berries and chia sees are evenly distributed.
Enjoy!
Serving size is 1 tbsp
Calories 25
Total fat 1.3g
Carbs 3.5g
Dietary fiber 2.3g
Sugar 0.8g
Protein 0.0g
Net carbs 1.2g
I really hope you give these a try! If you like these you should try my Cinnamon Rolls.
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Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies - Keto and Gluten Free
These cookies make me think of Almond Shortbread cookies.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 3/4 Almond flour - I like Bobs Red Mill
- 1 tbsp coconut flour -I like Bobs Red Mill
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup confectioner's Serve Sweetener
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1/4 fup Raspberry Chia seed Jam - recipe below.
Glaze
- 3 tbsp Confectioner's Swerve Sweetener
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1 tbsp water may need less you want it to be semi thick
Instructions
-
Preheat your oven to 325°F and line your baking pan with parchment paper
-
In a medium bow, whisk together your dry ingredients - almond floor, coconut flour and baking powder.
-
In a large bowl beat together softened butter and sweetener until well combined and fluffy, then beat in egg yolk and almond extract. Make sure everything is well incorporated.
-
Form into 24 dough balls approximately 1inch and place them 2 inches apart on baking sheet. Press each ball down to about 1/2 high and then press in the centre with your thumb - thus thumb print cookies!
-
Spoon Chia jam into the hollowed out centre of each cookie.
-
Bake until just starting to brown around the edges, 10-12 minutes.
-
Cool on the pan, the cookies will not seem set but will continue to firm as they cool.
-
Glaze:
-
In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients listed until you can easily drizzle over the cooled cookies.
Reciepe Notes:
Serves 12 (two cookies per person)
Each cookie is has 4.98g of carbs and 2.44g of fiber.
Total net carbs + 2.54g
Food energy: 178kcal
Saturated fatty acids: 5/69g
Chia Jam recipe found at Ditch the Carbs
Ingredients:
-
125g cherries or berry of choice
-
3tbsp chia seeds
-
1 tsp lemon juice
-
1 tbsp granulated sweetener of choice or more to your taste
-
80 ml of water
Instructions:
-
If using frozen berries, allow the to defrost. Mash the berries with a fork until a lumpy puree is created.
-
add the chia seeds, lemon juice, sweetener and water. Mix well.
-
Pour into a little jam jar or storage container and let sit - about 3 hours or over night if possible.
-
once the chia jam has set, mix again to ensure all the berries and chia sees are evenly distributed.
Enjoy!
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Serveing size is 1 tbsp
-
Calaries 25
-
Total fat 1.3g
-
Carbs 3.5g
-
Dietary fiber 2.3g
-
Sugar 0.8g
-
Protein 0.0g
-
Net carbs 1.2g
I am going to try these cookies they look amazing!!
They taste just like almond shortbread! So yummy.
Karan
Xxox
Karan your cookies sound delicious!! Love how easy it is! My favorite cookie is the Snowball cookie , festive and nutty.., yumm 😍
Merry Christmas sweet friend! ❤️
Oh my, that does sound yummy! I’ll have to check that out. Thanks Debbie ❤️
Oh my word Karan!! These look scrumptious!!!
Megan they are now a fav for sure!!
Heading to your blog soon!!
❤️
These look amazing! My faves are Chocolate Crinkles, Butter Balls, and Peanut butter cookies!
Oh those do sound yummy!!
This recipe looks so good and so fresh. You are so creative Karan!
Thanks Amy, finding yummy recipes I can eat is a goal! I’m so tired of dry cardboard food!
These taste amazing and you wouldn’t guess they were gluten free and keto.
karan
xxox
The cookies look amazing can’t wait to try them !
I’ll bring some Christmas eve! They taste like almond shortbread!
karan
xxxo
These thumbprint cookies look like something I would love to try! Taking a classic and giving it a twist!
I love the fact that they taste like the classic but are gluten-free! Hope you have a wonderful night and thank you for stopping by.
Karan
Xox
My favorite cookie recipe has maple syrup and will definitely make your pants tighter, but they are the best sugar cookies I’ve ever had:
1 1⁄4 cups sugar
1 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
2 eggs
1⁄4 cup regular pancake maple syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups flour, plus
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
I love that toubsharwd the actual recipe!! Adore you girl!!
Karan
Xxox
Yum! And so pretty too! Love your festive red towels!!
Aren’t their towels just so pretty!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Karan
Xxox
I actually made thumbprint cookies today with raspberry preserves. They are one of my FAVES. This has been so fun, Karan. Thanks for all you did organizing.
Sounds so yummy. I can’t wait to try your dog cookies!! So happy we did this together.
Karan
Xxox
Thank you, i will be taking these to my daughters for Christmas morning.
Dollops of raspberry jam.
Oh im so glad!! let me know how they go over!!
xxox
I really like just a simple snickerdoodle cookie, but another favorite recipe is homemade brownies covered in caramel and chocolate chips (recipe calls for pecans too, but my kids aren’t fans).
Oh my that sounds so yummy!
Karan
xxox
Love that these are keto approved. Can’t wait to make these AND your cinnamon rolls. Yum!!
These look amazing! My favorite are the Italian annisette cookies!! So yummy!!! What a great giveaway!
Oh yes! I love those too!!
Merry Christmas
xxox
It’s not Christmas if there’s no homemade chocolate chip cookies!
My hubby would have to agree with you there!
Merry Christmas.
karan
xxox
These sound just yummy Karan!!! My fave has got to be my soft sugar cookies. They are something I make every year 💗
I love anything cherry and almond! My fave has got to be my soft sugar cookies that I bake every Christmas! Merry Christmas Karan!
Love Tracey
I love sugar cookies!! I’m going to have to see if I can adapt my recipe to gluten free and keto.
Merry Christams Tracey.
Karan
xxox
These look super delicious! I love a classic sugar cookie or gingerbread cookie! Totally simple & boring but timeless & tasty for sure!!
Oh my me too! Sounds so yummy.
Karan
Xxox
One of my longest and most favourite recipes is double chocolate oatmeal cookies ❤ crunchy or soft baked, both are yum!
Those sound delish!!
Karna
I don’t understand how you get your amount of carbs per cookie to be that low. I used the same measurement as you and when calculated in my fitness pal I get almost 10 carbs per cookie including the glaze and jam.
It makes 24 cookies and if you’ve used the same ingredients it should come out the same.
Karan