Keto Fruit Pizza Cookies
These low carb Keto Fruit Pizza Cookies are as tasty as they are pretty. With a shortbread crust, whipped cream cheese frosting, and fresh berries they are the perfect dessert for Mother’s Day or any other time of year.
These are one of the quintessential spring and summer desserts where I live. As soon as berries are in season they begin appearing at parties and get-togethers. Most of the time they are made with store-bought sugar cookie dough. When one of my readers mentioned she had used the dough from my Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies, minus the chocolate, to make these I knew I had to try it myself.
And then my farmer’s market had strawberries for .79 a pound yesterday! When they are that cheap they need to be used quickly and have an occasional mushy berry to pick out, but you can’t beat the price.
I made another batch of my Fresh Strawberry Jam, we snacked on a couple pounds, and I used some for this recipe. We have another couple pounds to use the next day or so. I normally don’t bother freezing them since I don’t have much spare freezer room but if I need to I will.
Which Berries are Keto Friendly?
All types of berries can be enjoyed on a keto diet in moderation. Raspberries and blackberries have the least at 5 net carbs per 3/4 cup. Strawberries have a bit more at 6 net carbs for the same amount. Blueberries have the most at about 10 net carbs for 3/4 of a cup.
When you are decorating these cookies you don’t need more than a few berries on each. Just cut them in half and add enough to look pretty.
How to Make Keto Fruit Pizza Cookies
Step One: Make the cookie dough but adding the dough ingredients to the food processor. At first, the dough forms crumbs but after a minute or so it will come together.
I love this dough because you can just dump all the ingredients in the food processor at once and give it a whirl.
Step Two: I scooped balls of dough with my cookie scoop and then flattened them with the bottom of a glass coated with sweetener so it wouldn’t stick. After that, I pressed the dough out a little more. I wanted these big enough to hold lots of berries.
Step Three: Bake the cookies until they are golden brown around the edges and feel firm to the touch.
Step Four: Mix up the cream cheese icing and use it to decorate the cooled keto sugar cookie crust.
How to Decorate Keto Fruit Pizza Cookies
Just have fun! I decorated these myself because I wanted to see how many patterns I could make with the berries but this would be a great recipe to have kids help with. I’d love if mine made me a batch of low carb fruit pizza cookies sometimes as a surprise.
Do I need gelatin?
Since this keto fruit pizza cookie recipe is eggless the gelatin is the binder to hold them together. This helps make a crisp cookie when using alternative flours.
I really hope you enjoy these Keto Dessert Cookie Pizza Cookies! I’d love to see the photos of your berry designs on Instagram or Facebook.
For more berry-filled gluten free sugar free sweets try these:
Low Carb Cupcakes with Strawberries
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Crumb Bars
And if you want to make a full-size Keto Fruit Pizza just click here!
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Keto Fruit Pizza Cookies
Ingredients
Dough Ingredients:
- 4 oz cold salted butter cut into pieces
- 1 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 vanilla
Topping Ingredients:
- 3 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 tbsp Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes) finely ground
- 1-2 tsp half and half
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- fresh berries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Next, combine the dough ingredients in the food processor and pulse until a uniform dough forms.
- Divide into 10 balls and put on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Use the bottom of a glass coated with additional sweetener to press into 2.5-inch circles. Press down further with your fingers if necessary.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Cool completely.
- Use an electric mixer to whip the cream cheese until fluffy. Add the powdered sweetener. Add the half and half 1 tsp at a time until it is spreadable. Add the vanilla and mix well. Use to top the cooled cookies. Top with fresh berries. Store in the refrigerator.
These cookies are delicious with strawberries or blackberries. I’ve tried both fruits on them…and will try other fruits. I’m not on any type of diet, except low-carb for diabetes; my husband is consistently on an “eat it if you want it” diet, and he loves them, too. They’re winners!!
Does this dough appear greasy from the butter before forming into cookies? I used the metric measurements and weighed each of them. I also use the same 2 flours you use, so that shouldn’t be why my dough looks greasy. I’ve also read over the ingredients 3 times to be certain I didn’t miss anything and I didn’t. I’ve covered the dough in Saran Wrap and refrigerated it, being leary of what might happen if I bake it as it is. I know others have had success with it. Thank you for any insight you might be able to provide me.
Your dough should look similar to mine in the photos. The metric conversions are automatic so if the dough seems off it’s possible they didn’t convert correctly. I would suggest baking one cookie and seeing how it looks baked. If needed, you could add a little more of the flours to the rest of the dough.
Thank you for your quick response. I believe your dough looks a bit drier than mine. I’ll do as you suggest and go from there. Again, thank you!
Update… Apparently, allowing the dough to rest helped. Today, it’s less greasy. I plan to form the dough into a rectangle, so I baked more of a bite-sized cookie for trial. It came out great and tastes DELICIOUS!
I’m glad it worked! Enjoy 🙂
This is a great treat for keto lovers. I used to make a sugar-filled fruit pizza but this was a great substitute. Thank you!
I can hardly wait to try these! A bakery near me makes these, or a version of them that they call Summer Cookies. Everything there, however, is made with regular flour and sugar, so they aren’t diabetes-friendly items. Your recipe checks all of the boxes that allow diabetics to indulge in one! Thanks so much!!