Just because you or your friends are enjoying a low carb lifestyle doesn't mean you have to forgo tea treats.
These delicate chocolate cream cheese cookies are great to enjoy.
Course Afternoon Tea, Snack
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 40cookies
Ingredients
Cookie
1cupcoconut flour
1/4cupbaking cocoa powder
1/3cupunsweeteend/dark chocolate chipsI use Lilys or Made Good
1tspvanilla extract
2tsp.baking powder
1/4tsp.Sea Salt
1/2cupunsalted butter, softened
1packagecream cheese, softened
1cupsugar substitute
1tspinstant espresso
4largeeggs
Chocolate Icing
1/3cupunsweetened or dark chocolate chipsI use Lilys or Made Good
1/4cupunsalted butter
1tspMCT oil or coconut oil
1/2cupketo icing sugarI use Swerve
1/2tspinstant espresso
1pinchPinch of sea salt
Pinch of sea salt
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Instructions
Make the Cookies
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Melt the chocolate and set aside.
Combine the cream cheese, butter, sugar substitute, vanilla extract in your mixer on high speed. Add the 4 eggs one at a time on slow speed, ensuring each egg is incorporated before adding the next.
Add the melted chocolate and mix. Stir in by hand the coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, instant coffee, salt and mix well.
Using a 2" cookie scoop, add dough in spoonfuls to a parchment lined cookie sheet. Flatten slightly so you have a base for the icing.
Bake for 15-17 minutes. Do not over bake.
Allow cookies to fully cool
Make the Icing
Melt the chocolate. Add the MCT oil or coconut oil
Add the icing sugar.
Stir in the pinch of sea salt and instant espresso coffee.
Allow the icing to set about 5 minutes.
Spread about a teaspoon of icing onto each cookie.