Keto Linzer Cookies

Keto Linzer Cookies – low-carb, gluten and sugar-free sandwich cookies filled with sugar-free blueberry jam. Very easy to make, festive and perfect for the holidays. These cookies make a great holiday gift.

Ever since I shared these almond Linzer cookies on the blog, earlier this year for Valentine’s Day, I have been wanting to make their sugar-free version.

This task was pretty easy and I was able to make soft and flavorful, nutty almond flour cookies, that hold their shape and taste delicious.

The cookie dough recipe I used is almost identical to my Keto Cut Out Cookie recipe, but I just wanted the cookies to be slightly more soft and moist.

What ingredients do you need to make low-carb, Keto Linzer Cookies?

granulated erythritol or Swerve

butter

egg

Xantan gum (optional)

salt

vanilla extract

almond extract – optional, don’t goo too crazy with it, because the cookie dough has a great amount of almond flour and already has an almond flavor

coconut flour

almond flour

low-carb confectioners sweetener

How to make Keto Linzer Cookies?

1. Beat together the butter and sweetener for 1 minute. Then add egg, almond and vanilla extract. Beat to combine.
2. Add in the flours, salt and Xantan gum, beat until just combined.
3. Gather the dough into a ball and press to form a disk, wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight.
4. Roll out the dough between two pieces of parchment paper into a 1/8-inch thickness. Cut equal amount of rounds, using the cutter without the insert and with the insert. Transfer to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Refrigerate for 15-30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, until the edges are golden. Cool cookies for 10 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.
6. Dust the top parts with powdered low-carb sweetener. Then add about 1/2 tsp of sugar-free jam to the bottom of halves and sandwich together with the tops.

Tips to make the perfect Linzer cookies:

• Chill the dough before rolling
• Roll out the dough into an 1/8 -inch thickness between two pieces of parchment or wax paper, otherwise the dough will stick to your rolling pin and make things a lot harder.
• Chill the cookies after they have already been cut out. This will prevent them from spreading, even though this particular recipe doesn’t use a leavening agent and the dough does not spread.
• The dough is pretty soft and fragile, so if you are not an experienced baker, I recommend that you cut out the cookies on the same parchment paper that you are going to bake them.
• (If you are baking on Silpat mat) To transfer the cookies from the parchment paper to the Silpat mat, I used a pastry spatula.
• Don’t over bake the cookies, they need to be set, but not over baked and hard. I baked my cookies foe 10-12 minutes at 350 F, until the edges turned golden.

What kind of jam to use to sandwich these sugar-free Linzer cookies together?

If you are not concerned with carbs, you can use any jam of your choice.

But since these are low-carb and sugar-free cookies, we need a low-carb filling. I used store bought sugar-free jam, but you can easily make it yourself as well. I just did not have the time to do it, since I’ve been busy making Christmas cookies for the last 2 weeks.

Seedless jam is recommended for Linzer cookies, because of its texture. It is not fun for most people to bite into a delicious cookie like this and feel the seeds of the jam inside.

What kind of cookie cutters work best for Linzer Cookies?

I recommend getting a Linzer cookie cutter set, which is really inexpensive and very convenient to make pretty cookies.

I own this Wilton Set.

If you don’t want to get a set, you can still cut out round cookies and then on half of the cookies, cut out a small round or a star with a smaller cookie cutter.

How to store Linzer cookies?

Keep baked and sandwiched together cookies in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.

More Holiday Cookie Recipes:

• These Keto Orange Cookies from Tessa Domestic Diva are perfect for the holidays.
• Keto Gingerbread Cookies
• Looking for a fun cookie recipe, using cream cheese? Look no further. These Keto Cheesecake Cookies from Thessa The Domestic Diva are soft, chewy and super easy to make.
• These Heart Thumbprint Cookies from Salted Plains are made with almond flour and sweetened with maple syrup. Fill cookies with your favorite jam. A gluten-free, vegan thumbprint cookie recipe.
• Low-Carb Cut Out Cookies
• Gluten-Free Linzer Cookies from Moon and Spoon and Yum – easy to make and perfect for a holiday treat.
• Walnut Snowball Cookies
• These Heart Jam Cookies from Salted Plains are made with almond flour and sweetened with maple syrup and filled with your favorite jam.