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These Low Carb Lemon Thumbprint Cookies are sweet little bites filled with a delicious sugar free lemon curd. I served them up next to a hot cup of Bigelow Lemon Ginger Probiotics Tea to celebrate hot tea month and the feel better goal accomplishments I made over the last year!
A little more than a year ago I decided that I was going to get healthy and stay healthy and the way I was going to do that was incorporate exercise and healthy eating habits into my life!
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Mid-year I decided to go to a low carb lifestyle and that made a huge difference in how I felt! This year, I plan to continue with my lifestyle change and plan to have an improved report for next year. This of course, continues to incorporate the use of my favorite Bigelow Teas!
Last year I incorporated more exercise and changed my eating habits. To date, have lost over 30 pounds and have just recently met 51% of my goal!!
There has been nothing "easy" about it, other than it is easy for me to enjoy the food and drink that I do put into my body. Recipes like these Low Carb Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies, paired with a hot mug of Bigelow Tea help to keep me on track and feeling great about myself.
When the temps turn as cold as they have here in New York recently, celebrating hot tea month is even more satisfying! I love my tea and drink it throughout the day whether at home or in the office. I love how drinking hot tea not only warms me up, but it also makes me feel good about myself!
How about you? Have you made lifestyle changes that have made you feel better about yourself or are you thinking about making those changes? Many people choose to do so at the beginning of a new year. Never fear, even though the year has already started, you can still make those changes and reach your goal! While your doing it, enjoy a cup of Bigelow Tea and make a batch of these cookies. Promise, you will feel the immediate results of feeling better about yourself!
Low Carb Lemon Thumbprints
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 2 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 6 tablespoons butter room temperature
- ½ cup granulated erythritol sweetener
- 2 cups almond flour
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Lemon Curd
- ½ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 cup powdered erythritol
- 3 large eggs
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter , softened
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
Instructions
- Make the lemon curd ahead of time and place in refrigerator to chill.
FOR THE LEMON CURD
- In a double boiler, whisk together the lemon juice, sugar free sweetener, and eggs until well combined.
- Cook over medium high heat stirring constantly for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the butter and lemon zest. Stir until combined and creamy. Chill until ready to use.
FOR THE COOKIES
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter. Mix in the sweetener until well combined.
- Add the almond flour, coconut flour, salt, and vanilla extract. Mix until stiff dough forms.
- Measure about ¾ tablespoon dough and shape into ball. Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and put a small indent in dough with thumb.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely.
- When ready to serve, place 1 teaspoon lemon curd in center of cookie. Store unused lemon curd in refrigerator.
Notes
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Brooke
Do you think I could get away with just lemon extract?
Shelby Law Ruttan
It depends on what you want to use it in place of. If you want to use lemon extract instead of zest, that should be fine. But lemon juice is essential for the lemon curd. I hope that answers your question. Shelby
Angela Mansell
The cookie recipe says granulated swerve but then the cookie instructions say mix in powdered sugar. So is it granulated swerve or powdered sugar?
Shelby Law Ruttan
Hi Angela, in the recipe it indicates granulated swerve for the cookie dough and powdered swerve for the lemon curd. However, since I posted this recipe, I have used powdered swerve in the cookie instead of granulated and it does work.
Jonell
This recipe is DELICIOUS! My son loves key lime pie so we substituted lime for the lemon, and instead of vanilla extract, we used 1/2 tsp rum extract and 1/2 tsp coconut extract. You can use this base cookie recipe for just about any flavor, and also, I absolutely love, love, love that this cookie is soft and chewy. 😀 Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Shelby
Thank you for sharing Jonell! I love the lime twist too (am a huge fan of lime here also!)
Michelle
Which sugar free sweetener do you use? Would Truvia or Pyure work?
Shelby
Yes, I'm sure Pyure would work, I have used that one before. I normally use Swerve granular and powdered. I'm thinking truvia would probably work but I don't recommend the blend as that has sugar in it (if you are trying to completely eliminate sugar).
Carolyn
You had me at lemon! I can't wait to try making this recipe!
Rebecca | Let's Eat Cake
I love thumbprint cookies and I think these would be super fun to make!
Megan @ MegUnprocessed
Mmmm lemon thumbprint!
Courtney Buteau
These cookies look so delicious! I agree with you, drinking hot tea just makes me feel good. I've been drinking multiple cups this winter! My nana always had cookies with her tea, I need to start doing that more. A nice way to slow down! 🙂 #client