Keto Shortbread | Gluten Free Shortbread Recipe (2024)

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If you're craving a rich, buttery Keto Shortbread recipe, you need to make this one! It's full of all wonderful things you love about shortbread, but without all the carbs and sugars!

Why should I make these Keto Shortbread Cookies?

• Low Carb. Only 2 net carbs per serving.
• Gluten Free. This keto shortbread is made with almond flour so it is allergy friendly.
• Minimal Ingredients. Only 4 ingredients to have these tasty treats at your fingertips.
• Easy. Mix the ingredients, bake, cool, and eat.

This is actually an incredibly easy recipe with very few ingredients. You don't need to be good at baking for these to turn out amazing. They're made in a baking pan, so you don't even need to use a cookie cutter!

When you decide to go keto or low carb or even gluten-free, one of the things that seems to be the hardest to give up is sweets and desserts.

You will only need four ingredients to make these, and I love the way they turn out. They're buttery and delicious, just like a good shortbread recipe should be. That's why you should make them.

Can I Use Almond Flour On Keto?

If you're familiar with a low carb lifestyle and keto ingredients, you're probably aware that all-purpose flour isn't keto friendly.

The great news is that many of your favorite desserts can be keto-fied by using almond flour. With 2.5 net carbs per serving, almond flour is a great solution if you're eating a keto diet.

Can You Swap Almond Flour And Coconut Flour For Each Other?

One thing I get asked often when I post low-carb baking recipes like these is if coconut flour can be subbed for the almond flour. The short answer is that it can't.

Almond flour and coconut flour are two completely different substances and react to ingredients and baking times completely differently. Substituting one for the other would likely end in a baking disaster.

Coconut flour absorbs water like no body's business, so you can't just swap those two. You pretty much have to develop a new recipe if you want to use coconut flour.

What Sugar Is Best For Shortbread?

There are tons of opinions about what kind of sugar is best for shortbread, brown sugar or caster sugar. My opinion? Neither.

Both of these options leave you with a shortbread recipe that is incredibly high in carbs that I can't eat. So, for this Keto Shortbread recipe, I chose to use Truvia.

What Ingredients Will I Need For This Gluten Free Shortbread?

For this recipe you will need:

1. Butter
2. Truvia
3. Almond Extract
4. Almond Flour

In low carb baking I know there are a lot of recipes you will find that have a ton of ingredients, and half of those ingredients won't be in your cabinets. I hate recipes like that. I just want to cook, not have to buy out a whole store before I can eat.

If you're new to low-carb eating you may not have almond flour or a sugar substitute yet, but they're good to have on hand. I create a lot of recipes with those ingredients, so they won't sit around in your pantry once you get them.

Does Shortbread Contain Gluten?

Traditional shortbread recipes will contain gluten because of the type of flour they use. That's why Keto shortbread makes the perfect Gluten Free shortbread.

By using almond flour instead of all purpose flour, you're creating a perfectly gluten-free and low carb shortbread that everyone will love.

How Do You Make Keto Shortbread?

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 6 inch round baking pan and set it aside.
2. Using a stand mixer, blend together the butter and Truvia, about 3-4 minutes.
3. Add 1 teaspoon almond extract and blend, 30 seconds.
4. Add almond flour little by little and blend, another 2 minutes.
5. Remove the dough and pat it into the baking tin.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
7. Remove the pan carefully and while the shortbread is still warm and soft, cut into 8 pie-shaped pieces.
8. Allow the shortbread to cool before serving.

Want To Try Keto Lemon Shortbread?

It's so easy to adapt this recipe to make it have a lemon flavor instead of an almond flavor. Simple sub the almond extract for lemon extract and add a little lemon zest before baking. Then you will end up with buttery, lemon shortbread!

Want More Delicious Keto Desserts?

• Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies - nothing is better than a warm chocolate chip cookie straight from the oven - and these do not disappoint!
• Keto Pound Cake - This one is a reader favorite and for good reason! No one will ever guess it's Keto-friendly!
• Keto Chocolate Cake - it's the cake of your dreams, but it's Keto-friendly so you can actually eat it! You have to try this one.

Whatever occasion you're making this Keto Shortbread for, you're going to be happy you did. Nothing better than a classic shortbread recipe you don't even have to feel guilty about eating.