Keto Cream Cheese Cookies
These keto cream cheese cookies are so chewy, gooey, and soft, you won’t believe it is low carb! Made with 5 simple ingredients, they are a simple and delicious cookie that is sure to impress! 2 grams net carbs per serving.
Keto Cream Cheese Cookies
When it comes to easy keto cookies, my favorite recipes to make are chocolate chip cookies, coconut flour cookies, and these keto cream cheese cookies.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve found myself craving something sweet in the afternoon. I’m not generally a snacker, but with the longer days (I’ve been getting up at 5.30 am!), the afternoon pick me up has become a bit of a necessity. I try to keep my snacks on the healthier side but sometimes you need something that would pair well with coffee. While some people lean towards some cake or a muffin, I’m happy with a good cookie.
One of my all time favorite cookies is the humble peanut butter cookie. It’s a classic that I’ve grown up with, and continue to make to this day. I love trying out variations of it, like making them with almond flour, a coconut flour version, and even one with oatmeal. However, my current obsession is making them with cream cheese!
I’ve been meaning to share a keto cream cheese cookies recipe for quite some time. It’s taken my humble cookie to another level, and I’ve even got my friends hooked on it. It needs just 5 main ingredients and takes less than 15 minutes to make.
No sugar, no flour, and no grains are needed, but you’d never tell. The texture is soft and gooey in the middle, with crispy edges. They are sweet and with a hint of tang from the cream cheese, without being overpowering!
I had some friends over for coffee the other day and served these cookies to them and NO ONE believed me when I told them they had cream cheese and were low carb- They thought these were bakery cookies!
How do you make peanut butter cookies with cream cheese?
The Ingredients
- Cream cheese– Softened to room temperature. Dairy free cream cheese can also be used.
- Peanut butter– Smooth and creamy peanut butter, with no added sugar.
- Granulated sweetener– I used swerve brown sugar, but monk fruit sweetener and erythritol can also be used.
- Baking soda– Helps the cookies from overspreading.
- Eggs– Room temperature eggs are best.
- Vanilla extract– Optional, but highly recommended for any good cookie recipe!
The Instructions
Start by mixing together all your ingredients in a large mixing bowl until combined. Next, use a cookie scoop to scoop out heaping two-tablespoon portions of the dough and place on a lined baking sheet.
Now, bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the pan completely.
Tips to make the best low carb cream cheese cookies
- If you’d like thicker cookies, you can chill the dough for 45 minutes before baking them.
- Do not overbake the cookies, as they continue to firm up while they are cooling down.
- Avoid using low fat or reduced fat cream cheese, or your cookie dough will be super soft and lose stability once baked.
- Feel free to add some chocolate chips or chopped nuts into the dough.
Storing and freezing cream cheese keto cookies
- To store: Leftover cookies can be stored at room temperature, covered, for up to 5 days. If you’d like them to keep longer, store them in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
- To freeze: Place cookies in a ziplock bag and store them in the freezer for up to 6 months.
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Keto Cream Cheese Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup cream cheese 8 oz, softened
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup granulated sweetener of choice * See notes
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add all your ingredients and mix well, until combined.
- Using a cookie scoop or a large spoon, scoop out heaping 2 tablespoon portions of the cookie dough and place them on the lined tray. Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the pan completely.
What did you sprinkle on the cookies in the picture…. coarse salt/sugar? They look incredible. 😉
Hi David- just a sprinkle of the sweetener!
My cookies seem gummy or kind of rubbery in texture. I used room temperature eggs and regular cream cheese at room temperature. The only thing I changed was using monk fruit. Any idea what might have caused this?
Love your recipes by the way, I rarely find one I don’t like on your site.
Thank you
Hi Karen! What brand of cream cheese did you use? Sometimes they have added stabilizers in it that can cause foods to be gummy.
If these taste Anything like they look!!!!
*trying not to make these, tonight.
Review to follow, asap.
Please co- They are SO easy!
These are so good! Came together really quick too. Thanks for a great recipe.
Thank you, Susan!
Am I missing the note about the sweetener? I do not see it with the other notes?
Hi Diane! Sorry, it is fixed now- It just says I used keto brown sugar, but erythritol and monk fruit sweetener work too!
Can you use Splenda as the sweetener?
If you use the baking stevia I don’t see why not!
Hi Arman,
I used Philadelphia full fat cream cheese.
As a side note, my husband really likes them and they don’t taste bad, I just didn’t like the gummy/rubbery texture.
Thank you so much for your help
Love love love these!!! It was so hard not to just eat them raw!!
Omg! ThANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS RECIPE..
This has been the first keto cookie recipe that has turned out tasty to me. I used monk fruit in the raw and used 1/2 of a 1/2 cup.🥰
🙂 you are too sweet, Cheryl!
Wait I don’t see your stars! Loved this recipe and I will be trying more of your collection.
Best keto cookie. Perfect texture. Excellent flavor.
Awesomely delicious.
I do not like peanut butter, what can I substitute for that ingredient?
Almond butter or cashew butter.
My cookies did not firm up at all, cooked golden around edges, used Philadelphia cream cheese regular, taste good, but way to soft can’t pick up?
Hi Tara- did you let them cool completely?
It doesn’t say in the notes on what granulated sugar to use.
Can you use regular sugar?
Yes of course 🙂
These cookies look awesome and I can’t wait to make them for Super Bowl Sunday! Can you tell me what size cookie scoop you used? Thank you!
Hi! I used a 2 inch scoop!
Omg this is amazing 😋😋😋😋😋
Thank you, Krystal!