Chocolate-Cherry Root Beer Cookies with Cherry Icing
A positively gourmet flavor combination that is *chef’s kiss*
Ingredients
COOKIES
- 2largeegg(s)
- 0.5cupgranulated erythritol
- 0.25cupavocado oil
- 1tsp.cherry extract
- 2servingsRoot Beer Float Keto Chow
- 0.25cupcocoa powder
- 0.25tsp.baking soda
- 0.25cuppecansground
ICING
- 1cuppowdered erythritol
- NaNTbsp.heavy cream
- 1tsp.cherry extract
- NaNdropspink food coloring (optional)
- sugar-free sprinklesor mini sugar-free chocolate chips for decoration optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- To make the cookies, beat the eggs, erythritol, avocado oil, and cherry extract together in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the Keto Chow, cocoa powder, and baking soda and mix well.
- Stir in the ground pecans.
- Use a #40 ice cream scoop or Tbsp. to form 15 cookies and place them onto the prepared trays.
- Gently flatten the cookies with the bottom of a glass or the flats of your fingers until they are about half an inch thick.
- Bake for 10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies look set.
- Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack. When they are completely cool, make the icing.
- Place the powdered erythritol in a medium mixing bowl and add the heavy cream one Tbsp. at a time, mixing until it has a smooth, spreadable consistency with no lumps.
- Stir in the cherry extract. Add the pink food coloring, if using, a drop at a time, stirring after each addition until it reaches the desired color.
- Spread icing on each cookie and decorate with sprinkles or mini chocolate chips if desired.
- Store in a single layer, in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days or in the freezer for up to three months.
Notes
Yield: 15 cookies Serving: 1 cookie
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 93.3kcalCarbohydrates: 13.4gProtein: 4.9gFat: 7.6gSaturated Fat: 1.9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.08gMonounsaturated Fat: 4.07gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 143mgPotassium: 284.7mgFiber: 1.4gSugar: 0.4gVitamin A: 227.99IUVitamin C: 16.04mgCalcium: 106.17mgIron: 0.43mgSugar Alcohol: 11.34gNet Carbs: 0.67g
Photos bySarah DeYoung Photography