Cookie Cut Outs

By KellyJo

Ingredients

• FROSTING:
• “HEALTHIFIED” CHRISTMAS COOKIES
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup cream cheese
• 1/2 cup confectioners Swerve (or powdered erythritol and 1/2 tsp stevia glycerite)
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp extract (orange/lemon/vanilla/almond)
• 1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
• 2 cups blanched almond flour
• 2 cups confectioners’ Swerve (or powdered erythritol and 1 tsp stevia glycerite)
• 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil
• 2-4 TBS unsweetened almond milk
• 1 tsp extract (orange/lemon/vanilla/almond/strawberry)
• Natural Food Coloring

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from mariamindbodyhealth.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

In a large bowl, cream the butter and the cream cheese for 1 minute.

Add the natural sweetener, baking powder, extract and salt and continue mixing until creamy.

Stir in the flour and chill.

Place the chilled dough out onto a greased piece of parchment and top with another piece of greased parchment Roll the dough out to 1 centimeter thick. Uncover the top parchment and use your favorite cookie cutters to cut out cookies.

Place cookies on a baking sheet about 1 inch apart and bake for 12-15 minutes.

To make the frosting, combine all the ingredients in a medium bowl (start with 2 TBS almond milk and add more to get desired thickness).

Add desired extract and color.

Place the frosting into Ziploc bags and cut a small corner out.

Squirt onto cookies.