Low Carb Cranberry Orange Shortbread

Low Carb Cranberry Orange Shortbread 1

For me, shortbread is the ultimate Christmas cookie. And this delicious low carb Cranberry Orange cookie is easy and perfect for sharing. You can freeze the dough ahead of time so it’s ready whenever you need it. 

Unsweetened dried cranberries are tough to find but some places do carry the freeze dried kind, which work well for this. Trader Joe’s and Amazon are good places to get them. You can also make your own using my recipe found here.

But if you really can’t find them and don’t want to make your own, sub in 1/2 cup of finely chopped fresh cranberries. Whether they are fresh or dried, chopping the cranberries is important to being able to slice the shortbread more easily!

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Low Carb Cranberry Orange Shortbread

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • Sweetener equivalent to 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 3/4 cup almond flour
  • 2 tbsp coconut flour
  • 2 tsp grated orange zest
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp orange extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup sugar-free dried cranberries, finely chopped

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sweetener together until lightened and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the almond flour, coconut flour, orange zest, vanilla extract, orange extract, and salt until well combined. Stir in the chopped cranberries.
  2. Divide the dough between two sheets of waxed paper and roll the two section into logs about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap tightly in the waxed paper and freeze at least one hour.
  3. Preheat the oven to 325°F and line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners. Using a sharp knife, slice the dough into 1/4 inch slices. Place on the prepared baking sheets.
  4. Bake 5 minutes, then remove from the oven and use a flat bottomed glass to press down slightly to flatten. Bake another 10 to 13 minutes, until golden brown.

Yield: Makes about 40 cookies (2 per serving)

Cholesterol: 12mg

Food energy: 102 kcal

Total fat: 9.28g

Calories from fat: 83

Carbohydrate: 2.87g

Protein per serving: 2.26g

Total dietary fiber: 1.44g

Carolyn Ketchum
Carolyn Ketchum

Carolyn Ketchum writes All Day I Dream About Food, a food blog that focuses primarily on low carb, gluten free recipes. She has a Masters in Physical Anthropology and Human Evolution from Arizona State University and has an extensive background in higher education administration. She currently lives in the Boston area with her husband and three children. You can check out her experiments with low carb baking at All Day I Dream About Food.

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Jamie
Jamie
4 years ago

These were AMAZE BALLS! LOVED THEM! Going to see if I can make them using only coconut flour since my boss is allergic to nut flours! I love how flavorful these are and how incredibly SIMPLE!!! You knocked another one out the park, Carolyn!

marina
marina
6 years ago

this dough smells so aweome cooking. thank you for recipe!

Kelli
Kelli
6 years ago

Do I roll this into 1 log, or two? Have all the ingredients and ready to get started!!!

Jamie Worlds
Jamie Worlds
4 years ago
Reply to  Kelli

two

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