When you’re on a food plan as low carb as the keto diet, a craving for bread can strike with a vengeance. That’s why we made this recipe for keto bread that uses keto-friendly ingredients so you can stay on track with your goals—each hearty serving has only 8 grams of carbs.
Keto bread mimics the look and taste of sandwich bread and is just as deliciously golden brown and wholesome. It can be hard to find good low-carb bread recipes and products to supplement a carb craving, but we made sure this keto bread satisfies.
What is keto bread?
Keto bread is a low-carb bread that’s specially formulated for followers of the keto diet. The keto diet focuses on eating foods rich in fat—like eggs, butter, cheese and meat—while strictly forbidding anything with processed sugar and syrups.
Another rule is that you can eat up to only 30 grams of net carbs per day. With such a low carb number, keto dieters turn to low-carb, keto-friendly bread and pasta when the carb-craving strikes. Our keto bread recipe meets the keto criteria with only 8 grams of carbs per slice.
Keto Bread Ingredients
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- Almond flour: Check the bag to make sure you’re buying almond flour, not almond meal. Almond meal is the product of almonds that are ground with their skin on. Almond flour is made from blanched almonds that are a bit more finely ground than almond meal. Almond flour produces a loaf that’s lighter in weight and color.
- Flaxseed: Ground flaxseeds act as a binding agent, plus they add fiber and a hearty texture.
- Baking powder: Check the expiration date on your box of baking powder to make sure it’s not expired. If it is, your keto bread loaf will not rise.
- Eggs: You’ll need five eggs for this keto bread recipe. Bring them to room temperature so they create a better batter and an overall better loaf of bread.
- Butter: If you’re on the keto diet, you’re probably going through a lot of butter! Use a good butter brand for all your keto recipes, and especially for this keto bread.
Directions
Step 1: Prepare the pan
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line an 8×4-inch loaf pan with parchment.
Step 2: Create the batter
In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, flaxseed, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the room-temperature eggs, warm water and melted butter.
Stir the wet mixture into the dry mixture until everything is evenly combined.
Step 3: Bake the loaf
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the loaf until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan at room temperature for five minutes. Remove the loaf from the pan and place it on a wire rack to cool to room temperature.