Serious Eats The Treats Truck's Caramel Crème Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Total time: 105 minutes

Keto Friendliness Gauge

Net Carbs are 14% of calories per serving, at 47g per serving. The amount is close to the maximum number of net carbs allowed for the keto diet and much higher than the standard recommendation of 25g Net Carbs. You'll have little flexibility to consume additional foods that contain carbs.

How keto-friendly is Serious Eats The Treats Truck's Caramel Crème Sandwich Cookies? The Keto Friendliness Gauge visualizes how much this food conforms to the standard keto diet.

  • Green implies that Net Carbs fall within standard keto diet guidelines.
  • Yellow implies that Net Carbs are a little higher than standard keto diet guidelines.
  • Orange implies that Net Carbs are much higher than standard keto diet guidelines and risks kicking you out of ketosis.
  • Red implies that the amount of Net Carbs fall within the upper limits allowed by the keto diet and there's a high risk of getting kicked out of ketosis.

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Keto & Health Insights for Serious Eats The Treats Truck's Caramel Crème Sandwich Cookies Recipe

  • Net Carbs are 14% of calories per serving, at 47g per serving. This food is at the upper limits (extremely risky) of what's considered keto-friendly and much higher than standard net carb guidelines for the keto diet. You risk kicking yourself out of ketosis and there's little flexibility to eat more foods that contain carbs. It's recommended that you track the macros of your daily food consumptions—this makes it easier to avoid overconsumption.
  • This food contains trans fat, a type of fat that's considered extremely unhealthy. Trans-fatty acids elevate bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol. And increases the likelihood for heart disease, strokes, and Type 2 diabetes. The FDA has mostly banned high amounts of trans-fatty acids in prepared foods, but you can still find trans fat quantities on food labels. Especially for most fast-food meals. Learn more about unhealthy fats.
  • This food's %DV (daily value percentage) for sodium is 0%. At 8mg, it's considered low in sodium according to the FDA's standard for %DV (daily value percentage), which considers any food with %DV of less than 5% as low sodium. The organization recommends 2300mg of sodium as the daily limit. High sodium is believed to be associated with health problems such as heart disease, strokes, high blood pressure, and kidney malfunctions. Too much low sodium is also associated with health problems. For most adults, a healthy range for daily maximum sodium consumption is between 1500-2300mg; foods should have 5%-20% DV per serving.
  • Since this food is a sandwich or a wrap, it might come with a bun or similar bread item. Remove the sandwich bun to significantly reduce the amount of net carbs and calories. Eliminating breads from a meal can make it more keto-friendly. A single slice of bread contains at least 75 calories and 15g of carbohydrates; a single English muffin usually has 120 calories and 25g of carbohydrates; the average bagel has 350 calories and 50g of carbohydrates; a regular tortilla has 470 calories and 98g of carbohydrates.

Serious Eats The Treats Truck's Caramel Crème Sandwich Cookies Recipe Nutrition Label

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 28 servings   ( 76 g )
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 344
Total Fat: 17g
Saturated Fat: 11g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g
Monounsaturated Fat: 4g
Trans Fat: 1g
Cholesterol: 54mg
Sodium: 8mg
Total Carbohydrates: 47g
Dietary Fiber: 0g
Sugar: 33g
Protein: 2g
Calcium: 22mg Iron: 0mg
Potassium: 46mg Vitamin A: 144mcg
Vitamin C: 0mg Vitamin D: 0mcg

Ingredients

  • For the cookies:
  • 1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 cups (4 sticks) butter
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 4 cups flour
  • For the frosting:
  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 5 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 6 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Visit Serious Eats's website to view the recipe instructions. (Via Edamam)