, photo by Emma Shevtzoff
, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Bread The keto bread
Ingredients
- 1⁄3 cup (1¾ oz.) 80 ml (50 g) ground psyllium husk powder
- 1¼ cups (5 oz.) 300 ml (140 g) almond flour
- 2 tsp 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 cup 240 ml water
- 2 tsp 2 tsp cider vinegar
- 3 3 egg whiteegg whites
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp sesame seeds (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Bring the water to a boil.
- Add vinegar and egg whites to the dry ingredients and combine well. Add boiling water while beating with a hand mixer for about 30 seconds. Don't over-mix the dough, the consistency should resemble Play-Doh.
- Moisten hands with a little olive oil and shape dough into 6 separate rolls. Place on a greased baking sheet. Top with optional sesame seeds.
- Bake on a lower rack in the oven for 50-60 minutes, depending on the size of your bread rolls. They're done when you hear a hollow sound when tapping the bottom of the bun.
- Serve with toppings of your choice.
Recommended special equipment
Food mixer or an electric hand mixer
How many carbs does the keto bread contain?
The keto bread contains 3 net carbs per bun (a similar bun of regular bread may contain about 20 grams of carbs). This makes it a decent option on a ketogenic diet. Expand the nutrition tab above for the full nutrition facts.
Can I substitute ingredients?
In all baking, and especially in low-carb baking, the ingredients and amounts used are important. The eggs and ground psyllium husk are hard to replace in this recipe.
If you don't like almond flour or if you have an allergy, you can make this recipe with coconut flour instead. Substitute the amount of almond flour for a third as much of coconut flour and double the number of egg whites.
Flavor your bread with your favorite seasoning to make them perfect for whatever you're serving them with. You can use garlic powder, crushed caraway seeds, or homemade bread seasoning.
Why did my keto bread turn purple?
Do your buns end up with a slightly purple color? That can happen with some brands of psyllium husk. Try a different brand.
Is keto bread gluten-free?
The keto bread is 100% gluten-free, just like all of our keto and low carb recipes.
What do you do with the leftover egg yolks?
Béarnaise sauce, of course! Check out our recipe for easy Béarnaise.
Customize your bread!
For a different look and some crunch, sprinkle seeds on the buns before you pop them into the oven – poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or why not some salt flakes and herbs?
This recipe is so versatile and can be used in a number of ways. You can easily turn it into hot dog buns, hamburger buns or garlic bread.
Why has the nutritional information changed?
The nutritional information in this recipe was based on a high-fiber almond flour that we realized was difficult to purchase in some areas of the world. We decided to update it with a more common almond flour that is slightly higher in carbs. That’s why the carb amount in the video does not match the nutritional information in the recipe.
We have also removed the butter from the ingredients list as it was not part of the bread but a topping. This is still a very low carb recipe, and you will most likely eat it with butter or another high fat spread. Therefore, it will still be a keto meal, which is why we've kept the name.
2,712 comments
Use180ml water and 130ml egg whites (the rest is as in a recipe) and bake them for 40 min. Try it and you won't be disappointed.
Here it goes:
2 1/2 cups almond flour (from Costco)
10 Tbs Psyllium Husk Powder (Bulk Barn store)
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp sea salt (or less)
Wet ingredients:
4 tsp apple cider vinegar
260 ml egg whites (from Costco)
360 ml hot water
Also try to adding the hot water and vinegar after you mixed eggs white to dry ingredients and had them mixed them together.
- Rice Vinegar instead of Cider Vinegar.
- Whole Ground Psyllium Husk instead of Powder.
- 55 minutes at 350F, placed on top a buttered parchment on top of a baking sheet. Elevation 100 ft above sea level in CA.
- Even forgot to mix the dry ingredients before adding egg & vinegar & hot water :-/
- Used a hand blender instead of a bona fide mixer.
- Had no sesame seeds ..
Still came out great .. I'm very grateful to taste the wonderful flavor of bread yet again.
Thank you for sharing a great recipe:)
Maybe I'm missing something?
Help!!! I want to eat them but i think they are stalling my weight loss??
From my calculations of 300g of almond flour = 120g carbohydrates
÷ 6 = 20g carbs per bun.
Is there other benefits that cancel out the carbohydrates??
Please I want to eat what baked :)
Each 1/4 cup of almond flour has 6 g of carbs so the total carbs from the almond in this recipe is 30g only. It has more than double that in fat and half of it in fiber.
Also, mine aren't light in texture and are quite flat.... I can't seem to buy almond flour so use meal. Is there any diference?
Mine would very small buns if made into 8.
Thanks for your tips, Bebe.
Didn't have the flour in our Woolworths or Aldi but will try Coles.
I tried to fine the meal in the thermomix but was aware of making Almond butter.
I whisked the ingrediends with hand whisk. I read somewhere to whisk the whites separately....
I had the same problem....when I thought it was done, After about 35-40 mins, I cut one open to find it moist. So, what I did was cut them all open and bake for another 10-15 mins til I got the texture I wanted.
You know, if they are a bit gooey inside, I toast mine and they come out really yummy.