Keto Caramel Apple Cookie Cups - Sugar-Free

These Keto Caramel Apple Cookie Cups are a cross between a crunchy apple crisp and a cookie.  Crunchy apples and nuts, cooked in a caramel sauce all stuffed in a keto cookie cup! With only 3 g of net carbs, you can enjoy these keto mini apple pies without breaking your keto diet!

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Ket Mini Apple Pie

I love apple pie as well as caramel apples.

The sweet and tart taste of a crispy apple surrounded in a layer of creamy caramel...

What is there not to like?!!!

Well, the amount of sugar is one thing not to like.  Also, I always seem to hurt my jaw trying to get my mouth through the layers of caramel and apple.

So, craving my beloved childhood treat, I decided to come up with my own version of a keto mini apple pie.

By creating low carb cookie cups and filling them with an apple and nut caramel filling, these sugar-free apple cookie cups will satisfy both your apple pie as well as your caramel apple cravings!

Loving all my cookie cup recipes which include my Keto Creamy Lemon Cookie Cups, my Keto Margarita Cookie Cups with Tequila (or Not!), as well as my Pecan Maple Cream Shortbread Cups, I knew that making keto caramel apple cookie cups should be pretty easy.

Why I love this low carb apple recipe

• super-duper easy to make
• only need a couple of ingredients
• only takes a handful of hands-on time
• you get the full caramel apple flavour without all the calories and carbs
• easy to bite into
• perfect for guests as you can easily pick up the cookie cups and finish them in 2 bites

Keto Caramel Apple Cookie Cups Ingredients

• Almond flour - For these sugar-free apple cookie cups, you can use any type of nut or seed flour.
• Nuts - I use walnuts but feel free to use pecans, almons or any other nut or seed. Just make sure that your seed or nut is not roasted or salted.
• Sweetener - I love using Lakanto Golden sweetener, but any type of sweetener will work. Just remember that is you use a sweetener that contains allulose, your cookie cups will turn out darker.
• Butter - I have used both butter and margarine so feel free to use either.
• Apple - I like to leave the skin of the apple on. You can peel the apple but it is not necessary and it helps to save time by not peeling them (plus, much of the apples fiber is in its peel so it is healthier to leave it on!)
• Apple Pie Spice, Baking Soda, Salt and Vanilla
• Optional - 5-minute Salted Caramel Sauce is perfect to drizzle over the top but is not necessary.

 Instructions for Keto Mini Apple Pie Cups

 Step 1 - Make the keto cookie cups

• In a food processor, combine the almond flour, walnuts, salt, sweetener, baking soda and cinnamon.  Pulse a couple of times or until the walnuts have been broken down into pieces.  Add in the diced cold butter, water and vanilla.  Pulse a few times or until the mixture resembles coarse sand.

• Divide the mixture evenly between all 12 muffin cavities (about 2 tablespoon per muffin).  Press the mixture firmly into the base and up the walls slightly to create a small indent in the center.  Place in the fridge to harden for about 30 minutes (or 15 minutes in the freezer).
• Bake the sugar-free cookie cups in the oven for 12 - 15 minutes or until they are beginning to brown.
• Allow the cookie cups to cool completely and harden before removing them.

Step 2 - Prepare the crunch apple filling

• In the meantime, heat the butter and cream in a small saucepan until the butter has melted. Add in the diced apple and cook, 5-7 minutes or until the apples just begin to soften.

• Add in the chopped walnuts and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.
• Taste the mixture and add additional sweetener or salt to suit your taste.

Step 3 - Assemble the keto apple cookie cups

• Once the cookie cups have fully cooled, carefully pop them out of the silicon muffin well.
• Add 1 heaping tablespoon of the caramel apple nut mixture into the center of each well. 
• Drizzle with additional sugar-free caramel sauce if desired.

Aren't apples too high in carbs to fit into a Keto diet?

For a 180 g apple, the number of carbs are between 18-21 g.  They contain on average about 4-5 g of fibre which takes the net carbs down to between 13-16 g.

Although this is absolutely considered to be too many carbs for a keto diet, we are going to use only a small apple (net carbs about 8-12 g).  

Since we are making 12 Apple Caramel Cookie Cups, using real apples will only add about 1 g of net carbs to each cookie cup.

I don't know about you, but I can certainly find an additional 1 g of carb in my daily allowance to enjoy this delectable fall treat! 

Substitutions and tips for sugar-free apple cookie cups

• The cookie cups will rise in the center and then fall back down to form a well.  If they do not form a well, simply press the center down slightly to make the indent (Tip - I like to use a wine cork to press down in the center of each cookie)
• Feel free to use any type of nut or seed (or even oats) instead of the walnuts
• Sprinkle each cookie cup with cinnamon or with additional chopped nuts or drizzle them with your favourite caramel topping or my 5-Minute Salted Caramel Sauce
• These sugar-free cookie cups should be stored in the fridge
• Feel free to use your favourite caramel sauce or store-bought sugar-free caramel sauce instead of my homemade Vanilla Caramel Sauce
• I used Lakanto Golden Sweetener but you can easily replace this with the same amount of regular brown sugar
• I use a silicon muffin tin which does NOT need to be greased and makes it easy to "pop" out the cookie cups.  If you don't have one, I would highly suggest using liners to make it easier to get the cookie cups out of the muffin tin.

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