Low-Carb Sesame Cookies

While I was in college, I lived mostly on packaged carbs: Moreni wafer cookies, Favori sandwich cookies, and plenty of coffee. The cookies were my clear favorite. Later, when Oreo cookies appeared on the Bulgarian market with a major advertising campaign, I recognized the flavor of my beloved Favori cookies. It turned out that Favori was essentially a Turkish imitation of America’s Oreo. Well… one of life’s unavoidable disappointments. ;))) These days, I eat very differently. So I’d like to share a delicious Oreo-style cookie recipe with you—but in a keto-friendly version. While preparing this article, I became curious about why one cookie could become so incredibly popular. It turns out Oreo was a remarkably well-designed and successfully marketed product. Here’s the story: On March 6, 1912, Nabisco introduced the Oreo cookie. Nabisco’s advertising department came up with the name “Oreo.” Its exact origin is unknown, but one theory suggests that it may be connected to the Greek word *oreo*, meaning “beautiful” or “attractive.” Another theory links the name to the French word for “gold,” since gold was the color of the original cookie packaging. In terms of shape, the original Oreos were almost identical to the modern version. The only differences were that they were slightly larger and that packages contained more cookies. At the time, the Oreo name and the four-leaf clover design were stamped onto the cookies using brass rollers. In 1922, Oreos sold for 32 cents per 8.8 ounces. By 2014, a package of cookies cost around $4.29. Despite the increase in price, Americans still eat nearly 12 billion Oreos every year. In the original version, three cookies contain 25 grams of carbohydrates. The entire batch of the keto cookies I’m offering—nearly one pound—contains just 29 grams of carbohydrates. I don’t want to set your expectations too high, but in my opinion, once you try my cookies, you may forget all about the century-old original.

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