Keto Walnut Cookies
Glazed Maple Walnut Cookies are a must for your cookie tray. Tender maple-flavored cookies with oodles of walnuts, a hint of cinnamon, and a rich maple glaze. They have only 1.5 net carbs each, so these low carb cookies are the perfect indulgence.
These remind me of visiting family in New Hampshire and honeymooning in Quebec with every bite. I love to add these to cookie platters during the holiday season. With a nutty flavor and a kiss of cinnamon, they are such a unique bite compared to classic Jam Thumbprint Cookies or Keto Lemon Cookies.
More in the mood for chocolate? Try these Keto Chewy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies! Or check out my Keto Snowball Cookies.
Ingredients
- Walnuts – Walnuts are the star of the show in this recipe. You can sub in any freshly ground nut of your choice. You want it to be the consistency of a meal, not a flour.
- Almond Flour – I’ve really come to prefer almond flour in baked goods. It gives a tender crumb in cakes, cookies, and biscuits.
- Coconut Flour – Just a little bit of coconut flour goes a long way. Coconut flour helps to balance the oiliness of almond flour since it is naturally drier and absorbs more liquid than other alternative flours.
- Sugar-Free Sweetener – I like to use a blend of sugar alcohols (xylitol, erythritol, or allulose) and stevia in my recipes. By using a combination of sugar alcohols and stevia you can use half the amount required of regular sugar.
- Gelatin – this keto recipe does not have eggs so the gelatin acts as a binder and helps it hold together.
- Butter – I always use salted butter when baking. If you have unsalted butter, just add a pinch of salt.
- Maple Extract – Maple extract is a great way to add maple flavor.
- Cinnamon – A hint of cinnamon balances out the other flavors.
- Powdered Sweetener – Such as powdered Swerve or powdered Lakanto monk fruit sweetener, is needed for the glaze.
- Half and half – Used to make the maple glaze.
How to Make Keto Walnut Cookies
1️⃣ Make the Dough
Finely chop walnuts in your food processor. Add in the other ingredients.
Process until the dough comes together in a ball. This takes 1-2 minutes. It starts out looking crumbly and dry but will come together into a thick dough.
2️⃣ Bake the Cookies
Preheat the oven. Make balls of cookie dough using a small cookie scoop and flatten them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake your walnut cookies.
3️⃣ Glaze the Cookies
Make the glaze and brush the cookies with the mixture. Place them back on the parchment and chill in the refrigerator so the glaze hardens.
Storage
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. These also freeze well. Wrap them tightly in plastic wrap and store in a plastic storage bag or container. They last for 2-3 months in the freezer.
Variations
- Vanilla extract – Swap in pure vanilla extract for the maple extract. Almond extract is another good choice.
- Nuts – Try using pecans instead of walnuts.
- Chocolate – Add sugar free chocolate chips to the dough after processing.
- Spices – Try adding your favorite baking spices in addition to the cinnamon.
Common Questions
Is Maple Syrup Keto?
Nope. And maple is one of my favorite flavors. It is hard to duplicate in healthy recipes without using real maple syrup. To my taste buds, most of the extracts have a yucky aftertaste.
Playing around with this recipe, I realized that adding cinnamon enhances the flavor of the maple extract and covers the aftertaste. You can barely taste the cinnamon, and the maple flavor is the star.
I also use maple extract in my Maple Ice Cream, Keto Starbucks Maple Nut Scones, and Low Carb Maple Bacon Crack.
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Keto Walnut Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 cup walnuts
- 4 oz cold salted butter (1 stick) cut into pieces
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 1/3 cup Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 2 tsp gelatin
- 1 tsp maple extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Glaze Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup powdered sweetener
- 1 tbsp half and half
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp maple extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Pulse the walnuts in a food processor until they are finely chopped. Add the butter, almond flour, coconut flour, sweetener, gelatin, maple extract, and cinnamon. Pulse until wet crumbs form.
- Divide the dough into 16 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. Put on the prepared baking sheet and press down gently.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until the edges are golden. Cool completely.
- Stir together the ingredients for the glaze. Brush it on top of the cookies with a pastry brush. Put the cookies in the refrigerator to chill. The glaze will harden in the refrigerator so you can stack the cookies.
Notes
Nutrition
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Originally Published December 20, 2016. Revised and Republished December 3, 2025.
Disappointed…very dry & no taste if maple.
I’m sorry this recipe didn’t work for you. Did you make any substitutions? Did you use maple extract?
ok I really want to try this recipe but the measurements still seem confusing. I see another comment where there was a question about the amount of sweetener in the cookie part. You indicated you edited it, but now it is a bit more confusing. In the ingredients list, it now says 1/3 c. sweetener and in the directions now it says to mix in the 2/3 c. sweetener. Can you let me know if it is 1/3 or 2/3 cups? Thanks
1/3 is correct. Sorry for that typo!
Very good! Can’t tell they are low carb!
I don’t want to use the xylitol, what do I subsitute it with and what amount of substitution?
You can make my sweetener using all erythritol.
What is your copycat sweetener blend. I can’t seem to find it. Love your recipes.
https://joyfilledeats.com/sweetener/
In the cookie section it says sweetener, 2/3 cup, divided. But when you’re adding it in you add 2/3 cup so how much is divided?
were do you divide the 2/3 cup sweetener?
I edited the instructions to clarify. I’m sorry they were confusing!
This is my new all time favorite cookie on or off plan! Thank you so much for this recipe.
For the glaze: you have 1/2 THM Gentle Sweet. 1/2 what? Tbs? Cup? ?
Cup. Sorry! Just edited it. Even when I proofread a dozen times I still miss things. Lol.