Keto Fathead Sugar Cookies

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Last Updated on August 19, 2025 by Toya

Fathead dough is a gluten-free keto dough made with mozzarella, cream cheese, egg, and a low carb flour. It can be used for many recipes including fathead pizza, fathead bagels and even fathead calzones. But, do you know that you can also use fathead dough to make keto fathead cookies? You sure can and so here is the recipe for these delicious keto fathead sugar cookies that you must try for the holidays.

Made with just a handful of keto ingredients, these fathead cookies only contain 0.5 grams of carbs per serving and are soft, buttery and perfect for a keto Christmas treat!

Why You’ll Love These Keto Sugar Cookies

• Soft, chewy texture – Thanks to a combo of cream cheese, mozzarella, and almond flour, these cookies are perfectly tender. You won’t want to believe these are keto cookies!
• Simple ingredients – You only need 8 everyday keto staples to whip these cookies up. The best part is that there are no complicated substitutions or odd flours used here!
• Low in carbs, big on flavor – These cookies have all the buttery vanilla sugar cookie taste you crave, with just a fraction of the carbs.
• Perfect for decorating – These cookies hold their shape well, so they’re great for holidays or special occasions.
• Freezer-friendly – You can make a batch (or two!) and stash some away for whenever you have sweet craving.

Tricks for Perfect Keto Fathead Sugar Cookies

1. Melt the cheese gently – microwave or stovetop just until soft and stretchy, not bubbling hot. Overheating makes the dough oily and hard to work with.
2. Mix while warm – combine almond flour, egg, and flavorings while the cheese is still pliable. If it cools too much, the dough won’t blend smoothly.
3. Chill before rolling – refrigerate the dough 20–30 minutes. This keeps it from sticking and helps the cookies hold their shape.
4. Roll evenly, not too thin – aim for about ¼-inch thickness. Too thin = crispy and brittle, too thick = underbaked centers.
5. Don’t overbake – pull them out when edges just start to turn golden. They’ll firm up as they cool and stay soft and chewy.
6. Add some flavor – Don’t skip this ingredient. A little vanilla extract (or almond extract if you like) makes them taste more like classic sugar cookies and hides any “cheese” notes.

Tools Needed

• Microwave-safe mixing bowl – Great for melting the cheese and cream cheese together.
• Mixing Bowls – Any kind, you just need a few to store and mix various ingredients for the cookies.
• Silicone baking mat or parchment paper – This prevents the cookies from sticking without extra grease. These precut parchment sheet are my new go-to for keto baking.
• Cooling rack – This helps your cookies cool evenly without soggy bottoms. Here’s the one I use.
• Hand mixer or spatula – You need one of these to combine the dough. This affordable hand mixer works great.
• Measuring cups and spoons – I always use these measuring cups and spoons for all my recipes for accurate measurements.
• Cling wrap – You need this to wrap and chill the dough so it firms up before baking.
• Baking sheet – Any baking sheet large enough for 12 cookies will work here.

Ingredients for Fathead Sugar Cookies

• Cream cheese – Use 2 oz of softened cream cheese. Cream cheese will help to give these cookies a soft, chewy texture that you will love!

• Shredded mozzarella cheese – One cup of low-moisture, part-skim shredded mozzarella will work best here. The shredded mozzarella cheese creates that signature fathead dough without making the cookies greasy.
• Butter – Make sure the butter is softened and not melted and unsalted. Butter adds moisture and richness to the cookies.
• Powdered erythritol – Use ½ cup of Powdered keto sweetener for this recipe instead of granulated. If you don’t have some powdered keto sweetener on hand, you can make your own by blitzing granular erythritol in a food processor for a minute or two.
• Egg whites – Two egg whites help to bind the dough without making it too eggy.
• Vanilla extract – You need just a teaspoon to add that classic sugar cookie aroma and taste.
• Baking powder – A teaspoon of baking powder is a must in this recipe to give the fathead cookies a bit of lift so they aren’t too dense. Check to make sure that you’re is still good.
• Almond flour – Use finely sifted, blanched almond flour for the best texture. Avoid almond meal totally if you don’t want dense cookies.

How to Make Keto Fathead Sugar Cookies

To make these sugar free fathead sugar cookies, you should first gather all of your ingredients in one place.

Then, melt the cream cheese and mozzarella in a small bowl, microwaved for 1 minute. Making sure to mix well to combine.

In a separate bowl cream the butter, sweetener, vanilla and egg whites. Then add baking powder and almond flour and continue mixing.  The mixture will be crumbly.

At this point, add the cream cheese mixture to the flour mixture and stir. 

Hand work dough until fully combined and shape the fathead dough into a ball which you will let rest for 5 minutes.

Shape into a cylinder (like store bought cookie dough), and, refrigerate 30 more minutes.

Cut this easy to make keto fathead cookie dough into 12 slices. Then bake at 350 F in a preheated oven for 15-18 minutes.

Once baked, these simple keto sugar cookies should look like this:

Looking for more cookies, try out these low carb cookies here.

Flavor Variations

Want to mix things up a bit? If you answered yes, then you should definitely try some of these keto-friendly variations:

• Lemon sugar cookies – Just add 1 tsp lemon zest and ½ tsp lemon extract for a some yummy citrusy cookies.
• Almond cookies – Swap vanilla for some almond extract to enhance the nutty almond flavor in the cookies.
• Cinnamon sugar – Simply mix some ground cinnamon with a little extra powdered sweetener and sprinkle on top of the cookies before baking.
• Chocolate chip sugar cookies – Fold in a handful of sugar-free chocolate chips to make these.

How to Store Keto Sugar Cookies

• Room temperature: You can store these cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days and they’re stay tasty and fresh!
• Refrigerator: If your home is warm or humid, you can refrigerate these cookies for up to 10 days.

More Yummy Keto Cookies

• Keto butter cookies
• Keto Almond butter cookies
• Keto Danish Butter Cookies