We love pumpkin around here, my husband especially, so I thought I’d surprise him with homemade pumpkin cookies tonight. I haven’t had a lot of success when making keto/low carb cookies. They usually feel like a dessert of sand in my mouth, which isn’t very enjoyable. So, since my pumpkin bread has been such a hit, I thought I would tweak that recipe to make cookies instead. I changed up the ingredients a bit so that it would make a sturdier cookie. I was very pleased with the final result. When your non-keto kids come back for seconds and thirds you know you have a winner. These cookies are very soft and chewy and the texture is different than the carb- gluten-filled cookies that we are used to in our former way of eating. However, they are very moist and flavorful. I just want to set up the right expectation if you are brand new to following a ketogenic/low carb lifestyle. Nothing you make will taste exactly like the white flour and sugary counterparts, however, there are great alternatives out there to satisfy when cravings hit. With that being said, these Pumpkin Cookies are a fabulous option for the keto/low carb lifestyle.
If you love pumpkin, check out my Pumpkin Bread, Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins, and Pumpkin Fluff Recipes.
Serves: 30
- ⅓ cup + 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon granulated Swerve
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ¼ cup Lily's Chocolate Chips
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Soften butter and cream cheese.
- Beat butter, cream cheese, eggs, swerve, pumpkin puree, vanilla, and pumpkin pie spice until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine coconut flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Add flour mixture to other ingredients and mix well.
- Finally, stir in chocolate chips.
- Put dough in
refrigerator for 30 minutes before baking. - Scoop dough on parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
- Bake in a 375-degree oven for approx 12-14 minutes or until
bottom of cookies begin to brown.
Nutritional Information Based on MyFitnessPal App – Calories 25g, Fat 1.1g, Protein 1.2g, Carbs 1.6g – Fiber 0.2 = 1.4 Net Carbs per cookie based on 30 cookies
Check out all of my Keto Recipes in my Keto Recipe Index.
Should say keto/low carb cookies in the first paragraph. Autocorrect strikes again?!
Yes! Autocorrect strikes again. This was after it corrected it to leto first. lol! Thanks!
Hi, thanks for the recipe. I noticed it said over should be 375 before the recipe then 350 after. Which one is it? Also, you included chocolate chips in the recipe, but no note as to when to add them in. I assume after they’ve been in the refigerator?
I have made the appropriate updates to the recipe. It’s pretty much the hazards when working with a 2-year-old and 10-month-old climbing on you most of the time. lol. Thanks for the heads up.
What could I sub in for the cream cheese? I just can’t stand the stuff! Any lactose-free alternatives?
I’d just leave it out.
I would just omit.