These Keto Almond Flour Cookies are so incredibly easy to make. Buttery, short and delicately sweetened. Only 3 ingredients and incredibly easy to bake.
Choc chip keto cookies on a plate.

You are going to just love this low carb keto almond flour cookies recipe. They are gluten free, have only 3 (yeah 3 basic) ingredients and are so versatile. Don’t miss my tips and flavour variations below.

Why We Love this Recipe

These almond flour cookies are my absolute favourite keto cookie recipe.

Low carb – these are keto almond flour cookies with less than 1g net carbs per serve. Each cookie if made to the recipe is approximately 0.4g net carbs per serve.

Everyday ingredients – Made with everyday ingredients found in most pantries.

Quick and easy – ridiculously easy to mix and bake.

Thermomix friendly – these cookies can be mixed easily in your ThermomixMagimix or food processor in no time and with easy cleanup.

Related recipes: Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies / Homemade Keto Chocolate

The Ingredients

Scroll to the bottom of this post for the amount of each ingredient needed to make these gluten-free almond flour cookies.

Almond Flour Cookies ingredients in 3 bowls

Just 3 simple everyday keto pantry ingredients.

  • Almond Flour – Use blanched almond flour or almond meal. Unless you are nut free you are likely to have some almond meal in your pantry. We have a lot of keto almond flour recipes and this happens to be possibly my favourite. Scroll to the hot tips for my best substitutions. If you need a nut free recipe, you could try this coconut flour cookies recipe. I haven’t made any so far, but will get around to it one day.
  • Powdered Erythritol – Make sure you use a sweetener that recrystallises in this recipe. Powdered erythritol or erythritol monk fruit blend or erythritol stevia sweeteners are best. Sweeteners such as allulose or xylitol do not crisp as much when they cool and will result in a soft cookie.
  • Butter – honestly, I use salted or unsalted it is up to you! For a vegan almond flour cookie simply replace the butter with coconut butter. It does add a coconut flavour and a crisper, denser texture to the cookies.
A glass of keto milk and cookies.

Flavour Variations

Making your almond flour cookies recipes into new flavours is so easy. Here are just a few of my favourite ways to make them.

1. Choc Chip Sea Salt Cookies 🍫🧂

Fold in sugar-free dark chocolate chips and finish with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt before baking. The perfect balance of sweet and salty!

2. Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies 🍋✨

Add zest of one lemon and 1 teaspoon of poppy seeds to the dough. Drizzle with a sugar-free lemon glaze for an extra zingy touch!

3. Cinnamon Spice Snickerdoodles 🍪🔥

Mix in 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg. Roll the dough balls in a blend of cinnamon and sweetener before baking for a warm, spiced treat!

4. Oatmeal cookies with almond flour are also a possibility with a low carb option. I use Lupin Flakes from Lupins For Life for the most amazing keto oatmeal recipes! Lupin flour (and flakes) are really low in carbs, gluten free and a great source of plant-based protein.

5. Almond Flour Chocolate Cookie 🍪🍫

Mix in 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder to the mixture. Add a handful of sugar-free chocolate chips and bake. I would dip half of these delicious gluten free cookies in some melted chocolate as well for a touch of extra decadence and yumminess!

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1. Add all the ingredients to a food processor or large mixing bowl. Pulse or mix until combined. To make the almond flour cookies in a Thermomix; mix the ingredients 15 sec/speed 6.

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Optional step 2. To make almond flour chocolate chip cookies, fold in half a cup chocolate chips, nuts etc. that you want in your almond cookies.

Step 2. Roll the dough into a log and wrap it in cling film. You can roll as one large log or into smaller logs. I split the mixture and flavour it in different ways and wrap it individually. Freeze for 1 hour or more.

Step 3. Remove the cookie dough from the freezer and after 5 minutes rest slice with a sharp chefs knife into cookies. You can cut as thick or as thin as you prefer. Place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven for 10-12 minutes.

Almond Flour Cookies on a baking tray.

Step 4. These delicious healthy almond flour cookies are ready when they are slightly golden around the edges but still blonde in the centre. Leave on the tray to cool at room temperature and they will continue to crisp up.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should the butter be chilled or melted?

The butter should be chilled and the cookie also chilled before baking. This keeps the cookie firm and stops it from spreading.

The cookies don’t look cooked at 12 minutes?

They continue to cook and firm up after removing from the oven. Trust me they will be a delicious keto shortbread consistency once they cool.

Are they soft, chewy or crispy cookies?

These low carb almond flour cookies are just like shortbread. Buttery, “short” and soft and crisp all at once.

How do I store almond flour cookies?

Store them in the fridge for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container. Alternatively, pop them in azip lock bag and freeze them. Eat from the freezer or thaw for half an hour.

Lastly, you can substitute the dairy for coconut butter (not oil) as above for a dairy-free, paleo and keto almond flour cookie. If you want to use coconut oil, then try a different recipe like this Gluten Free Thin Mints Cookies recipe. You can still make them low carb, just swap the maple syrup for a fibre syrup.

More Recipes to Try

We have more than a few keto cookies that you can enjoy. Here are just a few of my favourite low carb cookies that might just go well with a coffee (and a chocolate chip almond flour cookie too).

  1. Keto Monte Carlo Cookie
  2. Keto Iced Vovo Biscuits
  3. The Best Keto Brookies Recipe
  4. Keto Nutella (just so you can make your own keto chocolate sandwich cookies like I have)!

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Choc chip keto cookies on a plate.

Keto Almond Flour Cookies

These Keto Almond Flour Cookies are so incredibly easy to make. Buttery, short and delicately sweetened. Only 3 ingredients and incredibly easy to bake.
5 from 110 votes!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Freeze: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Dessert Snack
Cuisine: American, Australian Keto
Diet: Gluten Free
Recipe Category: Low Carb
Calories: 173kcal
Author: Megan Ellam
Servings: 12 serves (2 cookies per serve)
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Ingredients 

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter 110g, butter must be chilled and cut into cubes
  • 90 g (½ cups) powdered erythritol
  • 2 cups blanched almond flour or almond meal 240g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional

Instructions

CONVENTIONAL METHOD

  • Place all the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until the mixture comes together.
  • Transfer the dough to a silicone mat and shape the mixture into a log. Wrap in cling film and chill in the freezer for 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 160°C.
  • Remove the shortbread from the freezer and allow it to rest for 5 minutes. Using a sharp knife slice 1cm thick cookies and place them onto the prepared baking tray. The dough should still be frozen and firm.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes. The shortbread will be very soft when you remove it from the oven. Leave to cool down completely (1-2 hours) and the pastry will crisp up upon cooling. Refrigerate after the shortbread has cooled completely.

THERMAL METHOD

  • Place all the ingredients into the mixer; mix 15 sec/speed 6. The dough is very soft at this stage. Follow from step 2 in the conventional method.

Notes

VARIATIONS
Flavour the shortbread with any extracts, zest, unsweetened cacao, spices, if preferred.
SUBSTITUTIONS
For a vegan and dairy-free alternative, replace the butter with coconut butter.
Use 2 cups almond flour or blanched almond meal. 1 cup weighs approximately 120g. Try other nut flours such as hazelnut or macadamia meal. Do not substitute coconut flour as the quantities will be very different.
For a nut-free keto pie crust try a 50/50 mix of pepita and sun flour (untested).
Any powdered sweetener with a ratio of 1:1 (to sugar) can be used. It is not recommended to reduce the sweetener as it does help the pastry to crisp.
STORAGE
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 month or freeze in an airtight container.
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Nutrition

Serving: 1serve (2 cookies per serve) | Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 2mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 236IU | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg | Magnesium: 1mg | Net Carbs: 1g
Tried this recipe?Mention @meganellam or tag #madcreations!

Megan Ellam is an Australian keto recipes blogger living in Thornton, NSW. She is the author of amazing keto cookbooks such as Slow Cook Keto, Keto LocoSimply Delicious, and Every Day Keto.

Megan has been following a ketogenic diet since being diagnosed with insulin resistance in early 2017. After a long cooking career Megan simply swapped her “foodie focus” to easy keto recipes. Her keto Australian recipes all include both metric and US customary measures so that everyone can enjoy them.

Megan also makes all the recipes suitable for conventional cooks, Thermomix recipes and thermal cookers e.g. Magimix recipes.

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97 responses to “3-Ingredient Almond Flour Cookies”

  1. Chenรฉe

    5 stars
    These cookies are SO beautiful and delicious — and it’s even better that they’re Keto friendly!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      Absolutely Chenรฉe! How good are they!

  2. Annie

    5 stars
    I love everything almond, and this recipe did not disappoint. I made it for a group of friends, and everyone loved it.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      I am so happy everyone enjoyed them Annie!

  3. Liz

    5 stars
    These came out beautiful – a perfect golden color!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      I love hearing that Liz

  4. veenaazmanov

    5 stars
    Easy, quick and healthy. Perfect snack box option.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      Absolutely Veenaazmanov

  5. Heather

    5 stars
    I love all of the flavor varieties for these cookies! Thanks for the great tips ๐Ÿ™‚ Cannot wait to try with the lemon zest!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      I hope you enjoy them with the lemon Heather!

  6. Freya

    5 stars
    Oh my gosh, these were so delicious! My boyfriend, whose on a keto diet right now, was so happy when I made a batch for him!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      Yay! That is good Freya. Happy to help.

  7. Aya

    5 stars
    This was so easy to make and absolutely delicious! I loved the taste of almonds in these cookies and the crunch they had.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      They are so good aren’t they Aya!

  8. Amanda Dixon

    5 stars
    These cookies came out so good! They were so soft on the inside, but I love how the edges stayed crisp.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      Yeah they are pretty delicious aren’t they Amanda!

  9. Allyssa

    5 stars
    Thanks a bunch for this amazing almond flour cookies recipe! So tasty and delicious! Highly recommended!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      Woohoo! Thanks for the recommendation Allyssa.

  10. Jerika

    5 stars
    I love your recipe aside from being a low-carb cookie, easy to prepare, and have the ingredients that we can easily look in our pantries. So convenient for a busy person like me.:)Thanks.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      Absolutely Jerika! It is just what we need in our COVID world now isn’t it.

  11. Kayla DiMaggio

    5 stars
    Totally blown away by these cookies! 3 ingredients and delicious! Made these for a work potluck and my whole department devoured them!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      Woohoo! What luck for Potluck! haha

  12. Toni

    5 stars
    These are really amazing cookies! My kids enjoyed every bite!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      That is so great to hear Toni!

  13. Sonia

    5 stars
    These really are the best keto cookies. So easy and just like the real thing.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      I am so glad you are loving them Sonia x

  14. Jerika

    5 stars
    I can’t wait to try these Almond flour cookies.:) Yum!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      I hope you enjoy them Jerika!

  15. Jerika

    5 stars
    I can’t wait to try these Almond flour cookies!:) Yum!

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      They are sooo good I promise you!

  16. Wendy Cox

    5 stars
    Quick, easy and so delicious. Crispy buttery and soft, all in 1 cookie. AMAZING.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      I am so glad you enjoyed them Wendy.

  17. Suzie S

    5 stars
    These are so delicious ๐Ÿคค I will have to hide them from everyone. I added lemon zest as I had some spare lemons. Very easy to make too.

  18. Katy

    5 stars
    Great recipe, came together really quickly. Only issue I had was my oven is small & the heat is a bit uneven so some were darker than others. But we didnโ€™t mind! Very tasty & will make again. I used a superfine almond flour which was perfect for these.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      I am glad you enjoyed them Katy. Just note when they are done they are really pale and soft but they crisp after cooling.

  19. Linley

    5 stars
    Easy to make, and delicious. Made with milk and white chocolate chips. Was a hit with my non keto hubby who chose another one of those for afternoon tea instead of muesli bar.

    1. Megan Mad Creations Hub

      I am so happy to hear you all enjoyed them Linley. I am really trying to create recipes the whole family will enjoy regardless of dietary lifestyle.

  20. Megan Mad Creations Hub

    5 stars
    How good are these cookies

5 from 110 votes (68 ratings without comment)

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