I’m going to be very honest, we just happened to accidentally make these cookies!
We had about 5 batches going at once, there was a miscom between us and batches got mixed, and out came this recipe of Cream Cheese Caramelized Sea Salt Hazelnut Cookies! We thought it was amazing so we went ahead and published it!
On a completely separate note and since we’re on the subject of honesty, I wanted to let our visitors in on something. One of the most common statements I read about food blogs is, ‘why do they talk so much about how the recipe came about ya-da ya-da and not just get straight to the recipe’?
I can relate because before we started LCA, I was one of those people thinking the same thing. Now being on the other side of things, I can explain to you why.
For your recipes to be found on google or any other search engine, there are certain ‘rules’ you have to follow. And one of those ‘rules’ happen to be having a certain amount of words per post.
If we just jumped straight into the recipe, we probably would be breaking that ‘rule’ and our recipes would probably never show on google.
So next time you are browsing our website or someone else’ food website, something to think about!
These cookies come out to ~1.5g net carbs per cookie, very low-carb/keto friendly for a dessert! The taste for these, like most of the caramelized butter cookies, come on at mid palate.
It is initially semi-sweet and then explodes with nutty flavors from the butter and hazelnuts with creamy shortbread type finish.
For this one, you will need Almond Flour, Swerve/Monkfruit and Roasted Hazelnuts as the special ingredients, which can be purchased on Amazon or a local specialty supermarket.
Now, let’s get started!
Prepping Time 10M
Cooking Time 16-20M
Cooling Time 10M
Total Time 40M
Net Carb/Cookie ~1.5g
Servings 12 Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cup Almond Flour
- 1/4 Cup Monkfruit, Swerve or Sweetener of Choice
- 1/3 Cup Salted Butter
- 2oz Cream Cheese (softened)
- 1/4 Roasted Hazelnut
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Directions
1) Gather all the ingredients.
2) Preheat oven to 325F.
3) In a small Teflon fry pan, add butter on medium-low heat. Melt and continuously mix the butter until color turns amber/light brown, about 3-4 minutes. Once browned, remove from heat and let it cool down.
4) In the meantime, use a food processor and pulse roasted hazelnuts until coarsely chopped and set aside. If you don’t have a food processor, you can place the nuts into a plastic bag and use rubber mallet to break into chunks.
5) In a large mixing bowl to combine Almond Flour, Swerve/Monkfruit, sea salt, chopped roasted hazelnut, cream cheese, vanilla extract and browned butter. Mix well for about 1 minute with a hand/stand mixer. Note – make sure browned butter is at room temperature when pouring otherwise it will ‘cook’ the batter.
6) Roll the dough into 1 inch size balls and place on a silicone baking mat or greased baking sheet.
7) Press down the dough balls using the palm of your hand to roughly 1/4 inch thickness.
8) Bake at 325 F for 16-20 minutes (ours took 16 minutes) or until bottom edges start to slightly brown. Once done, wait at least 10 minutes for cookie to cool down prior to handling. We prefer enjoying the cookies once they have completely cooled down and hardened, which takes about 1 hour, but it’s up to you!
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Keto Cream Cheese Caramelized Sea Salt Hazelnut Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cup Almond Flour
- 1/4 Cup Monkfruit, Swerve or Sweetener of Choice
- 1/3 Cup Salted Butter
- 2 oz Cream Cheese (softened)
- 1/4 Cup Roasted Hazelnut
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- In a small Teflon fry pan, add butter on medium-low heat. Melt and continuously mix the butter until color turns amber/light brown, about 3-4 minutes. Once browned, remove from heat and let it cool down.
- In the meantime, use a food processor and pulse roasted hazelnuts until coarsely chopped and set aside. If you don't have a food processor, you can place the nuts into a plastic bag and use rubber mallet to break into chunks.
- In a large mixing bowl to combine Almond Flour, Swerve/Monkfruit, sea salt, chopped roasted hazelnut, cream cheese, vanilla extract and browned butter. Mix well for about 1 minute with a hand/stand mixer. Note - make sure browned butter is at room temperature when pouring otherwise it will 'cook' the batter.
- Roll the dough into 1 inch size balls and place on a silicone baking mat or greased baking sheet.
- Press down the dough balls using your palm of your hand to roughly 1/4 inch thickness.
- Bake at 325 F for 16-20 minutes (ours took 16 minutes) or until bottom edges start to slightly brown. Once done, wait at least 10 minutes for cookie to cool down prior to handling. We prefer enjoying the cookies once they have completely cooled down and hardened, which takes about 1 hour, but it's up to you!
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