How stinking cute are these cookies? Not only are they pretty buy they taste amazing. I was thrilled when my valentine came home last night and ate them all!
All you do is make shortbread cookies and then put a layer of jam in between. If you want to make your life really easy buy a linzer cookie cutter.
Since I like to keep the glycemic index in my recipes really low I’m sharing today a simple cranberry jam recipe that can be made from scratch in about two minutes.
- Step 1: Make the Cookies. Use one of my 2 Sugar Free Shortbread Cookie Recipes. Both are Gluten/Grain/Egg/Dairy Free with a Paleo option. Cut half of the cookies with a circular shape and cut the other half with a heart (or another shape) cut out of the center.
- Step 2: (optional) take the tops of each cookie and dip them in powdered sugar. (To make your own powdered sugar simply wiz any granulated sugar of choice in a food processor or coffee grinder until powdered.) To make sugar free powder xylitol or erithritol.
- Step 3: Once the cookies have cooled place 1 tsp of jam between each set of cookies. Recipe yields roughly 1 dozen
Sugar Free Cranberry Jam
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1 Tsp. Lemon Juice
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup granulated sugar . (To make sugar free I use erithritol or xylitol.)
Combine ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat. Once cranberries have burst open use a potato masher and crust them until you end up with a thick jam.
-Brittany-
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Dear Brittany,
I am confused , do I have to use granulated sugar or poweder sugar?
Sometimes I find dificult to understand , can you please help me?
“” 1/3 Cup Granulated Sugar *prepared (powdered) sugar. (see note below) “”
Thanks
Maria
I’m suggesting that you make your own powdered sugar if you choose to use a gritty sugar like coconut palm sugar or sucanat. It just works better in the cookies
If using cane- then don’t worry about it.
These look so pretty. I’m going to try to find a linzer cutter this weekend.
Hi, I have some almond meal/flour. That’s what the pkg calls it.
What is blanched? Can I use what I have?
Thank You Renee
Blanched is when the skin has been removed. What you have *might* work but I can say for sure that it won’t work as well as blanched almond flour.