Aunt Rocky’s Low Carb Pumpkin Cranberry Cookies (Gluten-free, Sugar-free, Coconut-free)

Measure dehydrated cranberries into a small mixing bowl. Cover with hot water, add 2 to 4 drops of liquid sweetener (to your taste). Let sit for at least 20 minutes for cranberries to become soft again.

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Cover 2 large cookie sheets with a silicone mat or parchment, and set aside.

When cranberries are soft and plump (if using), drain well. Add remaining wet ingredients: eggs, vanilla, pumpkin flavor, canned pumpkin, melted butter, and cream. Whisk well.

In a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients and whisk until there are no lumps and all ingredients are blended: almond meal, pumpkin flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, salt, both sweeteners, nuts (and chocolate chips if using in place of cranberries).

Pour wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients, and mix all with rubber spatula or large spoon.

Once thoroughly mixed, spoon by rounded 1-tablespoon cookie scoop onto cookie sheet. Flatten the cookies a with your fingers to form a 2-inch round cookie.

Bake 20 minutes, or until edges are beginning to brown (tops will not really brown). Cool completely on rack before serving.

Notes:
• I make these with cranberries around the holiday season, and chocolate chips at other times of year. No negligible difference in nutrition panel.
• If you can’t get pumpkin flour, you may use coconut flour as a substitute, but the cookies won’t have as much pumpkin flavor.
• I get no kickback for products used in my recipes. Brand names are included to assure more accurate nutritional estimates. Nutrition information is based on My Fitness Pal’s online recipe analyzer. The recipe is stored there and available to MFP users for logging in their food diaries. Sugar alcohols and liquid Sucralose are excluded from nutrition counts, as they are not absorbed by the body and rate zero on the glycemic index.
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Per cookie: Calories 33, Total Fat 3 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Sodium 60 mg, Potassium 10 mg, Total Carbohydrate 1.4 g, Dietary Fiber 0.5 g, Net Carbs 0.9 g, Sugars 0 g, Protein 1 g. Macros: 77% fat, 11% protein, 11% carbs.

© April 18, 2018 Roxana Lopez for Aunt Rocky’s