Almond Butter Cookies

So we have a tradition at our house, Etheridge Baking Day, every Christmas Eve. Yesterday was our first low carb Christmas Eve, so I had to get creative. 

I was skeptical about these cookies, but wow...they are delicious.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups almond flour
• 1/4 cup of sliced almonds, I actually used hazelnuts this time so any nut would probably work.
• 1/2 cup sugar substitute, I use Stevia
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300°F.

Combine all ingredients. 
Form dough in small balls (I used a 1/2 tsp measuring spoon for each cookie, a little bigger would have been better probably. The finished cookies were about silver dollar sized.)
Place onto greased cookie sheet 
Bake for 5 minutes
Press cookie balls down lightly with fork, like you would do normally with peanut butter cookies 
Continue to bake for another 15 minutes - until light golden brown 
Let cool & then try not to eat all of them at once

The finished product...