This delicious-sounding recipe arrived in my mailbox over the weekend and I thought it would be fun to adapt to a low carb version. With a little mixed-flour magic, this turned out to be one of the best cookies I’ve ever had, regular or low-carb. It does use several different flours and that might be a factor, but I think it would still be good if it was made all from almond flour. I did use Whey Protein Powder also and it adds a really nice texture to the cookie. You can buy small containers at most grocery stores and Wal-Mart. Just check the nutrition information for the lowest carb one you can find. I also added a little cinnamon to the recipe.
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie
(original recipe by Hershey, adapted by me)
24 to 28 Sugar-free Candy Kisses or 12 to 14 Russell Stover’s chocolate miniatures*
1/2 cup Butter Flavored Shortening
3/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup Sugar Substitute
1/3 cup Light Brown Sugar Substitute
1 Egg
1 tablespoon Whipping Cream and 1 tablespoon Water
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup Carb Quick
1/4 cup Almond Flour
1/2 cup Coconut Flour
1/2 cup Whey Protein Powder (optional)
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
Additional granulated sugar substitute
Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Remove wrappers from chocolates. Beat shortening and peanut butter in a large bowl until well blended. Add both sugar substitutes, beat until fluffy. Add egg, cream, water and vanilla; beat well. Stir dry ingredients together and gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls, about the size of a walnut in the shell. Roll in sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate into the center of each cookie. Cookie will crack around the edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
2 dozen yield = 1.8 g per cookie calories = 96
(I actually got 27 cookies from the recipe, but you may get more or less, but you should get about 24.)
*I used Russell Stover’s sugar-free miniatures solid chocolate candy cut in half. It is the lowest carb that I’ve found for chocolates with 0 net carbs in a serving of 5. Calories for 5 are 190. You only use 1/2 chocolate piece per cookie.