Heart Shaped Keto Shortbread Cookies

Heart shaped Keto shortbread cookies are the perfect dessert to make for your sweetie. It's true low carb love with only 3g net carbs per cookie.

“Hey!  Wait!  I’ve got a new complaint!” -Heart Shaped Box, Nirvana

It’s noon here, and I’ve spent the morning making heart shaped cookies and singing along to Nirvana.  I found their “Heart Shaped Box” video on Youtube and it is even kookier than I remembered.  It’s got an elderly crucified Santa Claus, a creepy wizard child, and a skinless angel mom.  Ah, grunge rock.

But heart cookies, let’s talk about them.

These Keto Shortbread cookies are really tasty.  They are made from a buttery almond and coconut flour shortbread dough, that’s been chilled, then rolled out and cut into heart shapes.  Then they are baked and iced with sugar-free chocolate.  

And sprinkles.  

You can’t forget the sprinkles.  I found a brand of Keto-friendly sugar-free sprinkles on Amazon that are really good.  Before I found them, I’d only seen Keto sprinkle recipes online, and good grief, who wants to make each individual sprinkle by hand?  (Not this lady.)

Tips and Tricks for Heart Shaped Cookies

• The butter has to be at room temperature, so you’ll need to soften it first.  Either leave it out on the counter for 30-60 minutes or microwave it for 15 seconds at 30% power.  Press it with your finger to see how soft it is and microwave for another 15 seconds if needed. 
• You can make this cookie dough ahead of time and freeze or refrigerate it until you need it.  It’ll keep for 7 days in the fridge or 2 months in the freezer.
• The dough needs to chill for at least 20 minutes in order to roll out properly, so you’ll have just enough time to listen to side A of Nirvana’s In Utero album.

Also...

• Don't touch the cookies when they come straight out of the oven, because they'll be soft and crumbly. But they firm nicely up as they cool.
• This recipe is gluten, grain, and sugar-free. It is all the frees.
• The cookies will take a longer or shorter amount of time to bake, depending on how big each cookie is.  Use 10 minutes as a starting point and take them out when the edges are just beginning to brown.

And there you have it.

Soon you’ll be in cookie Nirvana.

Ok, chow for now!

(But let's keep in touch.)

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