Lately I’ve been in charge of doing most of the cooking and baking and these Almond Ricotta Cookies are my last stroke of genius. The tough part about making delicious cookies using almond flour is that I can’t try them due to my tree nut allergy. This means that Matt has to be the judge of all our cookies, sadly for me, but his judgement is probably better trusted than mine! He’s eaten way more sweets and treats in his pre-keto days and these are some of his favorite cookies by far!
Simple Low Carb Desserts!
I’ll admit that I do like a decadent, rich dessert from time to time, but I mostly prefer a simple, easy to eat kind of dessert. I don’t want to feel sick after 3 bites, because that isn’t really enjoyment to me! These almond ricotta cookies are the perfect cookie recipe for the simple dessert lover in you. It is guaranteed to be a hit no matter who tries it because you can never go wrong if you go the simple route. If you’re looking for more simple recipes we got a bunch on our food blog, like our breakfast cookies, low carb cheese crackers, and olive oil cake!
Easy Ricotta Cheese Recipes!
It wasn’t until recent that I realized my love for ricotta cheese. I’ve always had a distaste for cottage cheese and I put them in the same category, but boy have I have been wrong. Not only does ricotta cheese make some dang good, soft cookies, but it is also the perfect filling for lasagna. We use ricotta cheese in our zucchini lasagna recipe, which is great for any night of the week or weekly meal prep!
Low Carb Almond Ricotta Cookies
The best part about these cookies is not only that they are simple and delicious, but you can completely transform them by adding a spice or nut. I’d probably go with maple extract instead of almond and added in some finely chopped pecans for a maple pecan twist, but possibilities are endless! These cookies are not only great for the upcoming holidays, but perfect for pot lucks, office parties, friend gatherings at your house and for your kids bake sale (make sure it has a note about the almond flour for nut allergies)! Aside from those with nut allergies, these almond ricotta cookies are the perfect after dinner treat!
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Almond Ricotta Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Almond Flour
- 4 oz full fat ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 large Egg
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 cup Low Carb Sugar Substitute
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine the melted butter, ricotta cheese, egg and extract in a large bowl and whisk together.
- In a smaller bowl combine the almond flour, erythritol, baking powder and soda and combine. In two parts add the dry to the wet mixture and whisk to combine.
- Using a cookie scooper scoop out 18-20 equal sized cookies onto the baking sheets. Slightly flatten them out (as seen in our recipe video).
- Bake for 13-15 minutes, until edges start to brown. Once edges begin to brown remove from the oven and allow to coll for 20-30 minutes prior to handling or they will fall apart.
- Note: They will spread in the oven so don't press them out too much or at all.
Notes
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
These are freaking AWESOME!!!! Thank you for another incredible recipe!!!
Thanks so much! WE’RE SO HYPED YOU LIKE THEM!
Can I use coconut flour instead?
Not for these, no. they’ll be too dry
Hi,
can we use erythrytol for coffee during keto to replace sugar?
Any caution need to be exercised? Tx.
I would exercise a bit of caution and not go too overboard. I personally use stevia or monk fruit and consider erythritol to be more of a treat sweetener.
I just made my first batch of these cookies. I substituted almond extract for lemon extract. I LOVE THEM!! this will be my go to sweet treat.
These are bomb.
My husband said, “these will be what get me through keto”.
The texture is VERY soft. Kind of a shock the first bite but you get used to it. The flavor is amazing! I think I may add some lemon zest next time for some variety.
Thank you for this recipe!! I doubt we’ll let ourselves run out of these cookies at our house.
Haha, we love these too!
So I just made them and I felt maybe the almond extract is a little strong. I think I might try maple of vanilla extract next time. Do you think doing pay of the flour with coconut flour would make the dough a little less wet?
Great question! We say give it a shot!
Made these for christmas and they were great! I still have some ricotta left so I am making another batch tomorrow. Thank you for all you guys do ?
Enjoy!!
How can you touch the cookies if your allergic to nuts?
Just tried your recipe… yum!
Although I do have a question next time I bake these yummy cookies, If I were to decrease the baking soda to 1/4 teaspoon would this result in a crunchier cookie?
hmm, it’s definitely possible. Try taking out of the oven and leaving it sit in the pan for longer than recommended. Maybe even until completely cooled.
I love this recipe – so much that I’ve made it twice! I ran out of Almond flour for the second batch so I used some coconut flour (about 50/50 mix) and they came out really soft and much fluffier. I also added a bunch of cinnamon for the second batch – so good. Thanks for a great recipe that I’m sure to use again and again.
They look delicious. Matt mentioned Coolwhip. Is Coolwhip keto-friendly? I thought it wasn’t. I’m just trying to be sure. Thanks!
Karen
If it fits your macros, Karen, we support it!
Can I substitute Ricotta cheese?
Sure! Check the macro content for cottage cheese and see if that’ll work.
Any way to make these a little crispier?
cook for just a hair longer?
Could you sub cottage cheese for ricotta? Would that be too wet?
You may want to drain it first.
How much Stevia to eretritol? I cook but no bake, love to try this first hand. Thanks.
It’s to taste. Just dip in and see if it’s sweet enough for ya!
Unbelievable! Kept trying to read this recipe and every time I scroll down a video of a different recipe on the right side starts to play with sound! I pause it and as soon as I scroll it starts playing again! Do you have any idea how annoying that is? I barely made it down to the comments section. I’m sorry but videos shouldn’t play automatically and definitely not with sound!
Same problem here – somehow there is another video playing now and I can’t get away from them! It took forever to get out of the loop of the sisters building that wall unit! Hope a new web design is in the works because it is truly very difficult and time consuming to find the recipes. We got the “10 Best….” and the print is HUGE! We have to scroll and scroll and we don’t need all those large-print capital letters! Would be great if, like many sites, the list of recipes could be a link to your video and a printable recipe (that hopefully would contain the nutritional info on the same page).
So sorry to be critical but we really do want to be loyal followers. We truly believe Keto will continue to be the food lifestyle of choice for more and more dieting or just health-conscious people. After we finally work through all that getting to the recipes, everything we have made has been delicious. You are an adorable couple and your videos are excellent. Cute dog too.
Keep up the good work and hope to soon see a simple website.
Thanks so much for the feedback. We’re going to try and fix all these issues. May I ask what you’re viewing our site on? Desktop, mobile, iphone, android? Unfortunately we have been working so much on creating content that we haven’t gotten around to updating the site. We’re still a 2 person operation around here. We’re going to do some major overhauls soon. We appreciate it.
I like to make my Christmas cookies ahead of time. How long will these keep in a Tupperware? Do they need to be refrigerated because of the ricotta?
1-3 weeks tops. Ricotta is cooked into the cookie so you’re fine!
A few weeks at most, refrigerate. Add a paper towel in the tupperware to collect any moisture
okay yeah I just made these! so yum!! Well I used a combo of stevia and erythritol. I added salt and could have added more. Also, recommend some cinnamon sprinkle on top, delish!
Thanks dudes.
GREAT TIP! Cinnamon sprinke sounds fab!
Do you think you could swap almond extract for vanilla extract?
Absolutely! They may change the flavor though
These look and sound great! Question: Do you think I could swap Serve granulated sweetener 1:1 in this recipe? I think my diabetic hubby would love to find these on Santa’s cookie plate this year 😀
You absolutely could!