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2 Minute Keto Microwave Bread

27 Friday Sep 2019

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2 minute keto bread 2

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  • 1/2 cup (56 gm) Almond Flour
  • 1/2 Scoop (1 rounded tbsp or 15g) Unflavoured Whey Powder (if you don’t have Whey Powder use more Almond Flour) p.s. I have used Vanilla flavoured as well if you don’t have unflavoured. Can’t taste
  • 1/2 tsp (2-3gm) Erythritol (or your favourite sugar-free sweetener)
  • 1/2 tsp (2-3gm) Baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp Xanthan Gum
  • 70g Water (approx. 1/3 cup)
  • 1/8 tsp salt (optional)

Directions

2 minute keto bread

  1. Spray cooking oil into a 3 cup microwave-safe container
  2. In a separate bowl combine all ingredients until well mixed
  3. Put into the microwave container
  4. Put into the microwave and bake for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes depending on the power of your microwave
  5. Remove when cooled and cut in half and then in half again to get 4 pieces

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Enjoy

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OMG The Best Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookie EVER!

12 Wednesday Jul 2017

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Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have been trying everything to make a low carb, low sugar chocolate chip cookie. I’ve tried every combination of almond flour and coconut flour, even a combination of nut flours and regular flours, but couldn’t come close. So I went back to square one and started with things I like to make a great tasting, great texture and chewy and crunchy cookie. So I started making the batter and when I finished, I tasted the mixture….I realized that this might be the real thing as I enjoyed eating just the batter. Try it, I’m certain you’ll love it as much as I do. Remember nuts are used in this recipe so make sure to let people know in case they have a nut allergy.

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  • 1 cup of finely ground walnuts (I put them in my food processor)
  • 1/4 cup of coconut flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon xanthium gum (adds texture)
  • 1/2 cup sweetener (I use a Splenda or Truvia Baking Blend or “Fling Brand Sweetener. Note: Truvia Baking Blend and “Zing” both have sugar so choose accordingly). Others prefer Swerve or Natvia, so use your favourite sugar substitute, but make sure it’s one that’s OK for baking.
  • 1/2 cup butter (softened)
  • 1 egg (room temperature)
  • 2 teaspoons of vanilla
  • 2 ounces of 90% dark chocolate (chopped into small pieces)
    The darker the chocolate the less sugar (see below)
  • 1/3 cup of chopped walnut pieces
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee (this gives a smoother flavour)
Use Dark Chocolate
Has less sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Put butter and sugar substitute into a food processor or into a bowl and cream together
  3. Add your ground walnuts “flour”, coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, xanthium gum, instant coffee and mix until well blended
  4. Then add the wet ingredients (egg and vanilla) and blend till smooth
  5. Fold in the chocolate pieces and chopped walnuts
  6. Spoon onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or silicon baking sheet
  7. Bake for 8-10 minutes in the middle of the oven (because nuts can burn, check often)
  8. Remove from oven and put cookies onto a cooling rack

Note: Because these are nut based they do not have as long a shelf life as normal cookies, but they are so delicious they probably won’t say around long anyways.

Enjoy

 

Choco-Coconut Low Sugar Brownie Cookie

09 Tuesday May 2017

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Ingredientswrks4me_terry_tested-11

  • 1 1/3 Cups Golden Crisco Shortening (325 ml)
  • 1 cup Splenda sugar substitute (250 ml)
  • 2 cups Splenda brown sugar substitute (see below)
  • 1 Tbsp Vanilla  (15 ml)
  • 4 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1 cups almond flour
  • 2 cups coconut flour
  • 2/3 cup Cocoa Powder (150 ml)
  • 1 tsp baking soda (5 ml)
  • 1 tsp salt (5 ml)
  • 1 cup milk or cashew milk
  • 1½ cups walnut pieces (375 ml)
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (250 ml) (subsitute sugarless chocolate chips if you can)
  • 1/2 cup of shredding coconut

Directions

Preheat oven to 325°F

  1. COMBINE Golden Crisco, Splenda sugar, Splenda brown sugar and vanilla in large bowl and
  2. BEAT with electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute or until creamy.
  3. ADD beaten eggs
  4. COMBINE Almond and Coconut flours, cocoa, baking soda and salt. ADD to creamed mixture alternatively with milk, beating on low speed about 1 minute, or just until blended.
  5. STIR in with spoon, nuts,chocolate chips and coconut
  6. DROP dough by heaping spoonfuls (about 2 Tbsp for each cookie) on parchment lined cookie sheet.
  7. BAKE at 325°F for 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies will still appear soft and moist when baked, but firm upon cooling. Cool 2 minutes.

Note: These cookies do not flatten out

How to make brown sugar with Splenda

  • 1 cup of Splenda
  • 1 teaspoon molasses
  • 1 or 2 drops of extract of maple

Put Splenda, molasses and maple extract into a cup and mix together with a fork until well blended

 

 

Gluten Free & Dairy Free Chocolate Cake with Non-Dairy Whipped Filling and Chocolate Ganache

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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Ingredients

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  • 1 Box of Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 1/3 Cup of Brown Sugar
  • 1 Package of Jello-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
  • 1/2 Cup of Crisco Golden Vegetable Shortening or Butter (if you can handle dairy)
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
  • 1 Cup “Silk Cultured Coconut – Plain” or Sour Cream (if you can handle dairy)
  • 4 Eggs

Directions

  1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Put Cake Mix and Chocolate Pudding Mix into a bowl and mix
  3. In a separate bowl add brown sugar and Crisco Shortening and blend together with a hand mixture
  4. Add Vanilla, Eggs and Silk Cultured Coconut to the brown sugar mixture. Blend with hand mixture until smooth
  5. Gradually add dry cake mix and pudding and mix
  6. Pour into a greased baking pan (use spray shortening)
  7. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Use a tooth pick to check for doneness
  8. After cooled, split in half and add filling

Whipped Fillingnutriwhip-combo

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup of fresh Strawberries, finely chopped
  • 1 Carton Nutriwhip (this is Lactose Free and is oil based) Though officially not considered vegan it does not contain any animal products

Directions

  1. Empty Nutriwhip into a cold bowl and using an electric beater, whip til peaks form
  2. Spread strawberries in between each layer of Chocolate Cake
  3. Spread whipped topping ontop of strawberries of each layer

Ganache Icing

  • 8 Ounces of dark chocolate (finely chopped)
  • 8 Tablespoons of Silk Coconut for Coffee or Heavy Cream (if you can handle dairy)

Directions

  1. Microwave “Silk Coconut for Coffee” or Heavy Cream in microwave 30 seconds at a time until hot
  2. Add “Silk Coconut for Coffee” or Heavy Cream into bowl with finely chopped dark chocolate and wait 5 minutes before stirring until blended and smooth
  3. Spreak over cake and allow to set at room temperature. (If you prefer a spreadable version, allow ganache to become firm in the refriderator, then use a spatual, to spread ganache).

Chocolate Decorationchocolate-drizzle-dark

Ingredients

  • Dark Chocolate Bar
  • Parchment Paper
  • Cake Rack

Directions

  1. Chop Chocolate Bar in a microwave bowl and pour into a Ziploc page
  2. Move melted Chocolate to a corner of the bag to allow you to pipe the chocolate onto the parchment paper
  3. With some scissors cut off a small tip of the plastic page
  4. Slowly pipe the chocolate in a back and forth and criss-cross pattern onto parchment paper that is placed onto a Cake Rack
  5. Put into the freezer to firm up
  6. When ready to decorate carefully peel off the parchment paper and lay the chocolate decoration on top of the iced cake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Streusel Cake

06 Friday Jan 2017

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Streusel Topping

  • 1/2 cup (65 grams) all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup (55 grams) firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons (40 grams) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1/2 cup (50 grams) toasted and coarsely chopped nuts (can use almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts or pecans)

Batter

  • 3 cups of diced apples (either delicious, cortland, macintosh, honey crisp, empire, spartan apples)
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 1/4 cup of vegetable oil (canola)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 3 large apples (sliced for top of cake)

Note: For Keto (low carb diet) substitute 1 cup of flour for 1/2 cup of gluten free flour mixture and 1/2 cup of Almond flour. Instead of 2 eggs + 1 yolk substitute with 3 egg white, whipped to soft peaks and add 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tarter along with 1 egg yolk. For the topping use Splenda instead of brown sugar and use gluten free flour mixture.

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Topping

Put flour, cinnamon, salt and brown sugar into a bowl. Cut in cold butter and with your hands combining until mixture resembles a coarse meal. Mix in the nuts. Set aside

Batter

  1. Mixture 1: In a bowl combine eggs and sugar and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy
  2. Mixture 2: Take 2 cups of apples and put in a food processor and pulse to make small pieces. Put into a bowl and add the remaining apple pieces and orange zest
  3. Mixture 3: Combine flour and baking powder in a bowl
  4. Combine mixture 1 and 2 together. Then stir in mixture 3 (flour combination) a little at a time to the combined mixture 1 and 2
  5. Add 1/2 cup of vegetable oil and stir
  6. Grease and flour a spring form pan
  7. Pour batter into pan
  8. Slice your 3 large apples and arrange on top of the batter
  9. Sprinkle topping mixture over apples
  10. Bake in a spring form pan (1 hour) or until toothpick comes out clean

Enjoy