Instructions

To make the cookies:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together pecan meal, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, gelatin, xanthan gum, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sweetener until light and fluffy.
4. Add the vanilla stevia and cream again on low.
5. Add the vanilla and cream again on low.
6. Add the egg and cream again on medium until it’s well blended.
7. Begin beating in the pecan meal mixture in three additions, beating on low in between each addition until the dough is just combined.
8. Chill the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.
9. Once the dough is well chilled, remove from the refrigerator and gather it together into a ball with your hands.
10. Pat the dough out to about 1/6 of an inch thick. 1/4 inch is a hair too thick and 1/8 was too thin, so shoot for splitting the difference!
11. Using a small cookie cutter of choice, cut out shapes and set each one aside carefully. My ginger person is about 3 1-2″ in length, and 2 1/4″ across the arm span.
12. Gather together dough scraps and pat out again to cut more shapes. This should yield about a dozen cookies, depending on how thin you patted out the dough.
13. Arrange on the parchment lined baking sheet and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. The center should be set but it’s ok if it still looks a little soft.
14. Cool on wire racks completely.

To make the icing:

1. Combine the powdered Swerve, vanilla, and heavy cream in a small bowl and whisk together, adding more heavy cream if needed, stirring until smooth and to your desired consistency.
2. Decorate cookies, as desired, and sprinkle the tops with a little more cinnamon to garnish, if desired.
3. Enjoy!