Golden Flax Meal and Walnuts add Interest

The flour base is my usual almond and coconut flour with the addition of some golden flax meal. I wanted my pumpkin bread to be a bit denser than my usual recipe. I  went back and forth in my mind between pecans and walnuts and I chose walnuts for that very specific memory from childhood. I  think it was the right choice, but you could certainly go with pecans.

Tips for Making Keto Pumpkin Bread

• Do a spice taste test by microwaving a teaspoon of batter. Adjust to your taste.
• Use parchment paper, as high protein flours like nut flours tend to stick.
• Mix your dry ingredients well with a mix, so the baking powder isn’t clumped in one bite.
• Fold dry ingredients gently into the wet ingredients.
• Use avocado oil because it’s healthy and tasteless. Can use melted butter or olive oil.
• Add a little tiny bit of blackstrap molasses, for a brown sugar taste.
• Take internal temperature of pumpkin bread to 207 degress F.
• Use maple extract if you have it instead of vanilla.
• Cool for at least 15 minutes before removing from bread pan.
• If you don’t have parchment paper, cool bread completely before removing.
• Top with Glaze if you want the pumpkin bread to be sweeter.
• Make sure walnuts are fresh; they can go rancid.
• Sweeten bread with Swerve granulated.
• Make glaze with Swerve Confectioner’s. Wait until bread is completely cool to glaze.
  

Ingredients for Keto Pumpkin Bread

• Almond Flour
• Coconut Flour
• Baking Powder
• Xanthan Gum
• Golden Flax Meal
• Salt
• Swerve Granulated
• Eggs
• Pumpkin Puree
• Avocado Oil
• Pumpkin Pie Spice (homemade recipe here)
• Walnuts

Note on Using Organic Keto Pumpkin: Organic Pumpkin is not as deep of a color and your bread could look a little more yellow than orange. Of course, it’s still good.

Why do I Make Two Small Loaves instead of One Large Loaf?

I use these small loaf pans because almond flour tends to burn and get a little crusty if baked too long. Baking one large loaf may brown too much while cooking the necessary 45-50 minutes for a large loaf. Baking in smaller loaf pans only takes 25-30 minutes and each will yield 10 slices. The other loaf is perfect for the freezer or a friend.

Macros

Calories:172 Carbs:6 Fiber:3 Net Carbs:3 Protein:6 Fat:14

More Keto Pumpkin Recipes from Spinach Tiger

• Keto Pumpkin Cookies
• Keto Pumpkin Bundt Cake
• Keto Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
• Keto Crustless Pumpkin Pie Squares
• Keto Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Keto Pumpkin Muffins
• Keto Pumpkin Pie
• Keto Pumpkin Scones

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Keto Pumpkin Bread

Sugar free, grain free, keto pumpkin

Course Dessert Keto

Cuisine American

Keyword keto pumpkin bread, keto, grain free, pumpkin bread

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 20 Slices

Calories 172kcal

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups almond flour 224 grams
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour 28 grams
• 4 tablespoons Golden Flax Meal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg Freshly Ground
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin spice Homemade Recipe Here
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Wet Ingredients

• 1/2 cup avocado oil
• 1 cup swerve
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup pumpkin puree

Glaze

• 1/2 cup Swerve confectioner's sweetener
• 4 tablespoons heavy cream or water

Instructions

CUPCAKE INSTRUCTION

• Preheat oven to 350 F. 180 C. Gas 4
• Mix all dry ingredients including Swerve Sweetener in a bowl. Set aside.
• Mix eggs until fully blended very well.
• Stream in avocado oil.
• Add pumpkin puree and vanilla. Mix well.
• Add in dry ingredients. Mix on low until just incorporated.
• Line bread pans with parchment paper. Give sides a light spray.
• Pour into two small bread pans. (8 x 4)
• Small: Bake 25-30 minutes until internal temperature 207 degrees F.

Glaze

• Mix together adding liquid a little at a time. If It's too runny, add in a little more sweetener. If too thick add more liquid just a tablespoon at a time.

Notes

NET CARBS: 2 

The Nutrition count is for pumpkin cupcakes with a maple glaze made with almond milk.  Nutrition will vary if using a frosting. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 20 | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 14g | Fiber: 3g

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There are two kinds of blackberries with many varieties.

Blackberries that grow wild on thorny bushes and are a bit hard to eat, and the thornless blackberries cultivated especially for markets and grocery stores.

The triple crown blackberry variety produces large fruits on vigorous plants with a delicious flavor and is just one of the types of thornless blackberries grown today. This is the kind you most likely purchase in the store or market.

Interesting Facts about Blackberries

• Blackberries are thought to have been around in North America, South America, Asia and Europe for over 30 million years. They do not grow native in Australia, but you can now find them there. However, you will not find a single blackberry in Antartica.
• Blackberries have been used for medicinal purposes by the Greeks and Romans, as well as for dyes.
• Early Christians associated blackberry juice with the blood of Christ and the thorny bushes with the crown of thorns.
• Blackberries also appear as ingredients for the occult, but I’d rather not think about that one.

Blackberries are a super food.

Blackberries are considered super healthy, as each little compartment is full of antioxidants, boasting brain health, oral health, high in Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Manganese. 

Ingredients for Blackberry Cobbler

• Almond Flour
• Coconut Flour
• Eggs
• Sour Cream
• Baking Powder
• Butter
• Swerve
• Vanilla Extract
• Blackberries

How to Make Keto Blackberry Cobbler

I really like to make cobbler in a cast iron pan, but you can use a cake dish. Make sure you mix all your dry ingredients together before adding to the pan. Beat eggs well. Add melted butter, sour cream and dry ingredients. Push the blackberries into the batter after the batter has been put in the pan.

Swerve is my sweetener of choice. Read here why I use Swerve. You can choose the powder erythritol of choice.

More Blackberry Recipes from Spinach Tiger

• Salad with Blackberries, Fresh Corn
• Best Sugar Free Flourless Chocolate Cake (Low-Carb, Sugar Free)
• Honey Baked Goat Cheese Salad with Blackberry Lemon Vinaigrette
• Blackberry Mint Julep Recipe
• Whiskey Buttermilk Pie with Blackberry Compote
• Blackberry Cobbler in Mason Jars

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Keto Blackberry Cobbler

Perfect, Easy Snack Cake made with fresh summer fruit.

Course Cake

Cuisine American

Keyword keto cake

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 12 servings

Calories 203kcal

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups almond flour
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup Swerve Granulated
• 3 eggs
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 cup blackberries

Stabilized Whipped Cream Recipe Here

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, 180 C.
• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• Beat eggs for 3 minutes
• Stream in melted butter.
• Add vanilla. Add sour cream.
• Add dry ingredients just until mixed.
• Pour into prepared pan. I used a 12 inch cast iron pan. You can use a 9 inch cake pan.
• Push blackberries in the batter.
• Bake for approximately 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.

Stabilized Whipped Cream Recipe Here

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 12 | Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 17g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g

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The best we can do this coming weekend is remember the heroes, remember anyone who ever put on a uniform and stood in formation to protect the generations past, the generations future. Stand for the American flag and try to imagine what it would be like to have no protection. If you study history, you have no idea how easy it is for a nation to fall, when patriotism becomes a mockery and people gather in various tribes against each other. Remember the good people who have paid the price for your life right now.

Good Things Have a Price

Good things usually have a price, like desserts. However, you can have your cake without a price this summer with a delicious sugar free, gluten free, keto flag cake.

This cake is absolutely delicious, made with stabilized whipped cream and fresh fruit. It’s easy to assemble and easy to bake. You would never know it’s keto friendly, grain free and sugar free.

This keto flag cake is perfect for Memorial Day and July 4th, which are both important days in America.

I love America for many many reasons, and I hope we can still be in a place to love our country, flaws and strengths.

Why I Still Love America

One of the reasons is the vitality of Americans. I remember being on a train in Paris, hearing a group of girls laughing and I knew immediately that they were Americans. As I walked around Paris, I noticed that American girls stood out, not because they weren’t as fashionable, but because they seemed to be having the most fun.

Great News In Small Business America

Since I wrote this a few years ago, a lot has changed and a lot hasn’t changed. 2020 killed a lot of small businesses, but it looks like many are coming back strong.

Last summer I announced that Spinach Tiger Keto Bakery would be represented in farmer’s markets this summer. You can find me every Saturday morning at the Nolensville Farmers Market 8-12 INSIDE. We are also in Elroy’s Coffee Shop in Franklin, so please follow us on instagram, or subscribe to the bakery page.

My great-grandparents came from Naples at the turn of last century to escape poverty caused by the union of Italian regions. They made a good life, even though they lived in the inner city, lived through the depression, World War I and World War II.

My grandmother had to quit school at age 13 to work in a cigar factory and she got married at age 16. In spite of this, she  eventually went to beauty school and opened her own salon. She never once saw herself as under-educated or oppressed, even though she was a woman who’s first language was not English, and she was raised in what was referred to as an Italian ghetto in South Philly. She embraced individuality and freedom. She was quite the character.

Those opportunities didn’t exist in Naples at that time. She taught me that hard work, stamina and tenacity pay off and people with ideas and a determined mindset will lift themselves up, because they can lift themselves up. I also believe we are a country who can lift and will lift others up when they need it.

My grandparents did wonderful things to help build this country with sweat equity. There is no reason for me or any of my family to apologize for our Italian heritage or American heritage. 

America is a great country, a country that does much good around the world, considered the most generous country in the last decade.  This spirit of giving is worth celebrating and made possible by our prosperity and our value system to care for others.

One of the things I love about America is our food choices. We might be the most diverse in the world because we embrace this kind of variety. We also choose our own diet plans and there are many. I choose to eat a grain free, sugar free diet that includes, meat, eggs and dairy. It’s what makes me feel good, and to that end, I am happy to bring you a flag cake for July 4th.

How to Make a Keto Flag Cake

I used a quarter pan sheet pan and made a keto vanilla cake. I thought of making this a lemon flavored cake like this lemon cake, or even a chocolate cake like this one here. In the end, I stuck with vanilla. I baked it on standard bake mode, not convection bake, and it took almost 25 minutes. If you bake on convection, it will probably take only about 15 to 20 minutes, but may brown a little more. I used almond flour and a little coconut flour to keep it grain free and Swerve to keep it sugar free.

I choose blueberries and strawberries and stabilized whipped cream. You CAN make the cake, put the whipped cream on and refrigerate, but put the fruit on right before you serve it.

This keto flag cake could get me “cancelled” because patriotism is not popular. But it is a part of free speech and I hope you embrace that.

What Size Pan for a Keto Flag Cake?

I use a quarter size sheet pan and this is my favorite brand. I have four USA pans, and highly recommend them.  Disposable quarter sized sheet pans can also be purchased at your local grocery.

What kind of whipped cream do you use for a Keto Flag Cake?

You will want to use a stabilized whipped Cream, but you could also use a vanilla buttercream.

Stabilized whipped cream maintains its structure and you can make this cake hours in advance. I use a piping bag and a 1 M large tip.

Vanilla Cake Recipe

This vanilla cake recipe is perfect and the one I use in my keto bakery. A combination of almond flour and coconut flour plus sour cream yield a light and moist sponge cake. I also use avocado oil which lends to a bouncy texture, but you can use 1/2 cup butter in its place.

Nutritional Value of Flag Cake (16 servings)

Net Carbs: 2    Calories: 248

More Keto Desserts from Spinach Tiger

• Keto Texas Sheet Cake in Sheet Pan
• Berry Patriotic Cake
• Keto Sheet Pan Brownies
• Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

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Keto Flag Cake

Patriotic Flag Cake, Sugar Free, Grain Free, Gluten Free

Course Keto Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword flag cake, keto cake

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 12 Servings

Calories 248kcal

Ingredients

Vanilla Cake Dry Ingredients

• 260 grams blanched almond flour 2 1/4 cups
• 28 grams coconut flour 2 tablespoons
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Swerve Sweetener

• 1 cup Swerve granulated Sweetener

Vanilla Cake Wet Ingredients

• 1/2 cup avocado oi or 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 6 eggs
• 60 grams sour cream 4 tablespoons
• 1/2 cup almond milk unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Stabilized Whipped Cream

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoon Swerve confectioner's sweetener
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons cream cheese

Fruit

• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 2 cups fresh strawberries

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. or 180 C.
• Prepare pan with parchment paper and cooking spray.

Vanilla Cake

• Whisk the dry cake ingredients together. Set aside.
• Mix together avocado oil and granulated Swerve.
• Add eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Add sour cream and almond milk to this.
• Add vanilla extract.
• Add dry mixture. Mix.
• Add to prepared sheet pan. Smooth top.
• Bake on convection bake for 15 to 17 minutes. Center will be approx. 205 degrees F. Or bake on "bake" mode for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool completely before adding whipped topping.

Stabilized Whipped Cream

• Make sure cream cheese is softened. You may want to microwave for ten seconds.
• Beat cream cheese with the confectioner's sweetener.
• Add whipping cream and whip until you have fluffy peaks that remain when you turn it upside down on spatula.
• You can put this whipped cream into a piping bag or spread over the cake. I used a large 1M tip.

Fruit

• Before applying fruit, apply to a piece of parchment paper to make sure you put fruit where you want. Slice strawberries lengthwise.
• Arrange in rows to make flag.
• You can refrigerate or serve immediately.

Notes

You can replace the avocado oil with 1/2 cup unsalted butter. Beat butter for full five minutes with the sweetener, before adding the eggs. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 16 | Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Fat: 22g | Fiber: 3g

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Most of my peaches come from the Peach Truck, which hosts stands all over the Nashville area, including all the farmer’s markets. You pay a pretty penny, BUT you can be sure your bag contains, perfect, sweet peaches. They come in a brown paper bag and are usually ready within two to three days.

This post will also include the easy way to peel peaches and freeze peaches.

Grilled Peaches

Grilled peaches are easy to make.

• Use freestone peaches, slightly firm,
• Slice about a quarter inch thick.
• Brush with olive oil or butter and grill for a few minutes (one side is enough).

Salads with Peaches

Grilled peaches go great with blue cheese crumbles and sliced toasted almonds. Take this to your next cookout or potluck. Another option is a healthy spinach salad with grille peaches. You could also serve grilled peaches with fresh mozzarella or burrata. That would get applause.

• Salad with Grilled Peaches in Salad, Blue Cheese, Toasted Almonds
• Spinach Salad with Grilled Peaches
• Peach Corn Tomato Salad

Peaches Love Pork

Peaches do indeed love pork. Spareribs and pork chops are summer-ized with peaches, but you might want to try my most unique peach and pork bolognese.

If you make peach and rosemary focaccia, you’ll be a star.

• Peaches with Oven Fried Porkchops
• Spareribs with Grilled Peaches
• Pork and Peach Bolognese
• Peach Rosemary Focaccia

Peach Pie

Peach pie is ultra American. So do make this for the summer holidays.

• Peach Blueberry Slab Pie
• Stars and Stripes Peach Pie
• Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler
• Gluten Free Peach Tart (sugar free)

Sugar Free Keto Peach Desserts

I will always have low-carb options (which is mostly how I eat) and they are not a compromise.

• Low Carb Peach Cake
• Low Carb Peach Crumb Muffins
• Low Carb Peach Almond Tart

Peaches, Etc.

• How to Peel Peaches
• How to Freeze Peaches
• How to Grill Peaches
• The Best Peach Sangria

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Keto Strawberry Cake

Flavoring an almond flour based cake is not as easy as a white flour cake. However, using fresh strawberries that have been cooked down along with some strawberry extract and you will have that wonderful strawberry flavor.

Cook the Strawberries

For best results, use very ripe, The strawberries should be cooked with some sweetener, lemon juice and small amount of water. Cook low and slow until most of the liquid is evaporated. Add in a dash of strawberry extract. If you end up with too much liquid, pour some into a jar for another use. At this point, you have a strawberry jam that can be used as a cake filling.

The Chocolate Ganache Drip

Make sure your chocolate ganache is pourable. You should be able to drizzle with a spoon. You want to make sure it’s not too thin or too thick, so practicing over the a bowl is helpful till you get just the right viscosity.

You can apply in two ways:

• Drip chocolate ganache only around the edges of the cake, as seen below.
• Pour the chocolate ganache in the center of the cake so that the top is covered in chocolate.

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More Keto Strawberry Desserts You Might Like

• Strawberry Shortcake
• Strawberry Muffins
• Cheesecake with Fruit Wreath

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Keto Strawberry Drip Cake (with Chocolate Ganache)

Triple Six inch Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting and Chocolate Ganache Drip

Course Keto Cake

Cuisine American

Keyword keto strawberry cake

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Calories 367kcal

Ingredients

Strawberry Puree

• 1/4 cup Granulated Swerve or 1/3 cup allulose
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 cups strawberries Can use frozen, defrosted

Cake Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 260 grams almond flour
• 28 grams coconut flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Swerve Granulated Sweetener

Wet Ingredients for Cake

• 1/2 cup avocado oil or 4 ounces melted butter
• 6 medium to large eggs
• 60 grams sour cream
• 1 cup strawberry puree
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon strawberry extract if needed

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 ounces cream cheese
• 2 cups Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener
• 1/3 cup strawberry puree
• 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract if needed

Chocolate Ganache

• 2/3 cup sugar free chocolate Chips
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• dash sea salt

Instructions

• Prepare 3 six-inch cake pans with parchment on bottom and rub or spray oil around the sides.

Strawberry Puree

• Put strawberries, sweetener and lemon juice in pan with 1/2 cup water.
• Cook for 20-30 minutes on low until thickened and most liquid is cooked down. You can pour excess liquid out for another use.
• Put in blender and blend to make puree. Don't over-blend. Allow some of the strawberry texture to remain, more like a blended jam.

Strawberry Cake Instructions

• Mix all dry ingredients (not the sweetener) in a bowl. Whisk. Set aside.
• Beat eggs until frothy.
• Add sweetener.
• Stream in avocado oil.
• Add sour cream, strawberry puree, extracts.
• Add in dry ingredients and mix on low until just mixed.
• If making a layer cake, bake at 350 degrees F. (180 C.) for 30-35 minutes, until interior middle reaches 207 degrees. You may need to cover with foil at around 25 minutes.
• Use an offset spatula to go around the sides of the cakes. Wait 15 minutes and then turn over onto a piece of cardboard. Place the cake pan back on top of the cake to finish cooling. The steam will keep the cake moist.
• Cool cakes completely before frosting.
• Once the cakes are completely cooled, trim off the tops so the cakes are even.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

• Butter and cream cheese both needs be soft. Cut into small pieces. You can microwave cream cheese for 10-15 seconds to soften it.
• Whip butter until fluffy. Whip Cream cheese separately and mix both together.
• Add Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener 1/2 cup at a time.
• Make sure puree is at room temperature. (You can microwave a few seconds if need be).
• Add puree a little at a time. Keep mixing until incorporated. You want it soft enough, but not runny.

Assemble

• To frost cakes, use a piping bag with a large round tip between layers. You can do a crumb coat or a naked cake (as pictured). If you do a crumb coat, put in refrigerator at least 20 minutes before applying more frosting.

  Make sure cake is chilled and ganache is chilled before pouring on. If the ganache is hot it will run out too fast. You will want the ganache to be pourable but not warm.
• Add In some strawberry extract, if needed.

Notes

You can make this recipe as a one layer cake, or double recipe and make an 8 inch three layer cake or 9 inch double layer cake. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 12 | Calories: 367kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 37g | Fiber: 3g

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My most recent and amazing chocolate recipe – Sugar Free Chocolate Cheesecake

It’s hard to find a person who doesn’t like chocolate, but often that chocolate craving comes in different forms. I love chocolate cake, but then again, sometimes just a piece of chocolate is all I need, like these keto chocolate truffles.

These amazing chocolate dessert recipes are all kitchen and people tested from folks who don’t eat keto or watch their sugar. You can only imagine how much these are appreciated by people on the keto diet or are diabetic. 

Many of them are tested through customers, as we sell some of our desserts at Farmer’s Markets in the Nashville area. Our bakery customers love the cookies and chocolate cakes we sell.

Keto Chocolate Creamy Recipes

• Keto Chocolate Budino
• Keto Chocolate Pudding
• Keto Chocolate Mousse
• Keto Pots d’ Creme
• Keto Flourless Chocolate Cake
• Keto Chocolate Mug Cake

Keto Chocolate Dessert Recipes: Cake

• Keto Ganache Chocolate Bundt Cake
• Keto Chocolate One Layer Cake
• Keto Chocolate Brownies
• Keto Texas Sheet Cake
• Keto Ding Dong Cake
• Keto Chocolate Cupcakes
• Keto German Chocolate
• Keto Mini Chocolate Bundt with Ganache (The chocolate I sell out in the Farmer’s Market).
• Chocolate Ganache (thick chocolate topping)
• Sugar Free Peppermint Frosting for Chocolate Cupcakes

Keto Chocolate Dessert Recipes: Cookies/Bars/ Candy

• Keto Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies (Another sell-out product at Farmer’s Market)
• Keto Chocolate Chip Birthday Cookie Cake
• Keto Chocolate Chip Blondies
• Keto Oreos
• Chocolate Truffles
• Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
• Keto Mounds Bars (coconut)
• Keto Chocolate Chip BACON Pecan Cookie

I hope you LOVE these keto friendly chocolate recipes as much as I do. They are:

• Gluten Free (made mainly with almond flour and coconut flour)
• Sugar Free (made with Swerve, a powdered erythritol)
• Made with healthy oils, such as avocado oil and olive oil.
• Made with unsweetened cacao powder. I like this brand.
• Made with Choc Zero Chocolate Chips where applicable.

Please leave me a comment below to let me know what recipe you would like to make first.

I order my chocolate chips from Choc Zero. Use SpinachTiger10 code to save 10%.

I order a lot of my baking pans, and ingredients from Amazon. Shop my Keto Bakery Shopping Page. I do earn a commission as an affiliate, but I have painstakingly curated this list.

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This Christmas apple cranberry slab pie reminded me of the flavor profiles on the show.  The cranberries add a necessary tang to all the sweet and combine beautifully with the apples.

I’m not new to slab pies, as I made a summer version with blueberries and peaches here.

The key to this Christmas pie is flavors and cooking down the apples with butter, cinnamon, orange zest, vanilla, cardamom, and nutmeg. You can choose to mix it up anyway you like, but keep the cinnamon!

Pushing the flavors of old time Christmas, the cranberries do their job.  I used two kinds of apples. The granny smith which cooked down, yielding a lot of juice. To those I added 3 gala apples which don’t cook down in the same way.

This is the first time I’ve mixed my apples, and I rather like it. Gala apples are usually my apple of choice because they keep some of their crispness. You can mix up your apples (see notes in recipe).

The filling for the apple cranberry slab pie is absolutely delicious.

It tastes like an old fashioned pie you might eat in Europe, so rich in flavors.

I trimmed the dough around the sheet pan, but you could do something more decorative if you choose. I felt I had enough dough and the corner pieces would have too much.

Blind bake Apple Cranberry Slab Pie for 15 minutes. 

Since my apple filling was pre-cooked, I blind-baked the bottom crust for 15 minutes to ensure it remain crisp when cut. It worked perfectly, and there was no soggy bottom.

Use any cookie cutters you like. I like these Christmas cookie cutters.

This is the perfect crowd pleaser. Pre-cut into squares in the pan before serving. This pie also freezes well.

I’ll be adding this to my Apple Desserts with Decorative Crusts

Summer Slab Pie Here

More Apple Recipes from Spinach Tiger

• Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Pan Dowdy (Gluten Free)
• Bourbon Caramelized Apple Hand Pie
• Low Carb Apple Upside Down Cake
• Caramelized Apple Tart with Stove Top Brown Sugar Apple Filling
• Keto Apple Muffins

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Apple Cranberry Slab Pie

Winter Apple pie with cranberries baked in a sheet pan.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1 hour hour

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 35 minutes minutes

Servings 15

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

Apple Cranberry Pie Filling

• 8 apples
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup fresh cranberries can sub with raspberries
• 1/3 cup brown sugar may need a few tablespoons more
• 1/2 orange for juice and zest
• 4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
• 3/4 cup sugar (See Notes)
• 1/2 orange
• 2 tablespoons sifted corn starch
• Pie Dough
• 3 3/4 cups all purpose flour 448 grams plus more for dusting
• 12 ounces Unsalted Butter 24 tablespoons or 3 sticks
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup iced cold water 2 more tablespoons, (if needed

Instructions

• Make Pie Dough below first and refrigerate for one hour while making apple filling.

MAKE APPLE FILLING

• Peel and core apples. Y≈
• Slice apples about 1/4 inch thick.
• Zest orange and juice orange.
• Put 4 tablespoons butter in frying pan with 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
• Toss apples with sugar, juice of half orange, orange zest. Add 1 tablespoon corn starch.
• Cook apples and cranberries on top of stove on low in large frying pan, until somewhat softened. The granny smith apples will cook down more than the gala apples. There will a lot of liquid, after about 15 minutes.
• Drain liquid and use in another recipe.
• MAKE PIE DOUGH
• Cut butter into small pieces. Freeze for 10 minutes.
• Mix flour, sugar, salt in food processor or kitchen aid mixer. You can whisk and do this with your hands.
• Cut butter into flour mixture. I prefer my kitchen aid mixer but a food processor works well too
• You can, however use a pastry cutter and mix butter into flour, making sure to keep the pieces pea sized.
• Add in ice cold water. Mix just enough to be able to squeeze dough together.
• If the dough stays together when you press, it’s processed enough.
• Put in plastic bag, separating it into 1/3 and 2/3. Bring it together in bag. Refrigerate for one hour. You can do this a day in advance of recipe.
• Bring out twenty minutes before rolling.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Arrange rack in oven on bottom third.
• Once you are ready to assemble, first roll out 1/3 dough to make stars. You can make 15 large stars or 18 smaller stars. You can use more dough from the other section if need be. The recipe will make the stars and the remaining dough is just enough for the sheet pan.
• Make the cut outs and place in refrigerator, while rolling out the dough for the bottom.
• Roll into rectangle and place in sheet pan.
• Fork holes all over the bottom. Place in freezer for a few minutes.
• Arrange apples cranberry mixture.
• Before placing stars over fruit, using your finger, rub milk over each star, and sprinkle raw sugar
• Bake for 35 minutes. Check halfway through and turn pan around.
• Check at 30 minutes and loosely cover with foil if it’s already golden brown.
• Allow to cool before cutting.
• Keep at room temperature, covered with foil.
• Can be frozen for 60 days. Take out and allow to defrost at room temperature. Can be reheated in oven.

Notes

Apples: I mixed my apples, but you can use all gala which stay a little crisper and require less sugar. If you use all granny smith apples, you will need all the sugar. Taste filling as you go, since it’s cooked stovetop. 

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I’m not only late to the party making keto brookies, before a few weeks ago, I never even heard of brookies. And I wonder why I never thought of combining a chocolate brownie with a chocolate chip cookie.

Whoever first baked brookies is genius. You get the best of both worlds in a chocolatey gooey brownie topped with a soft chocolate chip cookie. There are no nuts (outside of almond flour), because the beauty of keto brookies is their soft gooey texture.

Single Serve Keto Brookies

If you’ve been around here before, you know I make single serve mini cakes, which are my version of cupcakes.

Ingredients

• Almond flour
• Coconut Flour
• Swerve Golden
• Eggs
• Butter
• Cocoa Powder
• Choc Zero Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
• Coconut Milk or Heavy Cream
• Baking Powder/Baking Soda

The Brownies are swirled with a chocolate ganache (made with sugar free chocolate chips and either coconut milk or heavy cream, resulting in a gooey brownie.

Brownie Pan Keto Brookies

You also can make these keto brookies in a 9 inch square brownie pan and then cut them into squares. The bake time will be longer, but you still will pre-bake the brownie batter for about ten minutes. Then add the cookie dough and once golden, they are done. Cool completely before cutting.

Highly Recommended Pan: I only purchase USA pans, and this 9 inch square pan works well with this recipe.

Recommended Paper Liners: I use paper liners meant for tarts, which are result in flatter serving, easy to bake. I use these also for all my cupcakes.

Tips for Success

• Pre-bake the brownie mixture first and then add the cookie mixture.
• Don’t over-bake the cookie mixture. They will appear very soft, but will harden as they cool.

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More Keto Baked Goods

• Keto Chocolate Cheesecake
• Keto Triple Chocolate Cheesecake
• Keto Cookie Cake
• Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Keto Pots de Creme
• Keto Cheesecake Brownies

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Keto Brookies

Amazing Keto ouble Chocolate Brownies with Chocolate Chip Cookie Top

Course Keto Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword keto brownies, keto chocolate cake

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 12 pieces

Calories 166kcal

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

Brownie Bottom

• 1 1/4 cups almond flour 151 grams
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup Swerve granulated
• 1/4 cup avocado oil or olive oil
• 2 small eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder I use Better Body Cacao Powder
• 1/3 cup boiling water
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1/3 cup sugar free chocolate chips

Chocolate Chip Cookie Top

• 1 1/4 cups almond flour
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup golden monk fruit
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. or 180 C.
• I use parchment paper, overlapping pan and spray with baking spray for an 8 x 8 brownie pan.
• Mix dry ingredients: almond flour, coconut flour: baking powder, baking soda, salt, xanthan gum. Set aside.
• Beat eggs in mixer.
• Stream oil in while mixer is running. This emulsifies the oil to the eggs.
• Add Swerve or erythritol of choice.
• In separate bowl mix cocoa powder, with boiling water. It may be thick and that's okay. The boiling water blooms the powders for extra flavor.
• Add in sour cream to cocoa mixture, as cocoa mixture will be quite thick.
• Add this cocoa mixture to egg mixture.
• Add in dry mixture, and mix just until mixed. Do not over-mix.
• Add in chocolate chips.

Brownie Pan Instructions

• Pour batter into prepared pan. Smooth out. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 Degrees F., 180 C.
  
• Add chocolate chip cookie mixture, using a small scoop.
  
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes until the inside temperature in middle reaches about 200 degrees F for fudgy and no more than 207 Degrees or brownies will be over-baked.
  
• Cool Completely before cutting. Keep refrigerated. These tastes best served cold.

Single Serve Instructions

• Put brownie batter in paper liners, only halfway,
  
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Top with Cookie Batter.
  
• Bake for about 10-15 minutes until golden.

Notes

 

You can use 1/4 cup heavy cream with 1/4 cup water also.

DAIRY FREE OPTION:  Instead of almond milk and sour cream, you can substitute with 2/3 cup of coconut milk. 

Nutrition

Serving: 116 | Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Fiber: 4g

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The beauty of this cookie is how thin and crisp it is, which makes it so addicting. I haven’t yet met a person who eats just one and can stop.

My Aunt Rita was the only one in the family who made made them and I still have her handwritten recipe. I combined it with a recipe I found in an Amish cookbook, Cooking from Quilt Country by Marcia Adams.

It’s the only recipe I’ve seen that separates the eggs and  beats the egg whites stiff. You must use real butter, no substitutes, which is funny because my Aunt Rita hated butter, and the only time of year you could find butter at her house was when she was making sand tarts.

The sentimentality goes deep for me. Her son, Sam, my closest cousin was like a big brother to me. He passed away at 42 and left me everything including this book. I can actually remember the day he bought the book and showed it to me. He was very influential in how I view food.

It was years before I delved into the book, but it’s quite marvelous, highlighting all the regional dishes I grew up eating, and the type of cooking that has enjoyed a renaissance. I can’t bake these cookies without thinking about both of them, and I will pass this down to the children in my life, which is why I made a video.

Pennsylvania Dutch Sand Tarts Must be Rolled Very Thin

A very simple cookie, but one not so easy to get exactly right, as they must be rolled quite thin. The cookies are challenging only in getting them thin enough; otherwise it’s an easy cookie dough to make, but they must be made the night before and refrigerated.

It’s very tricky to send cookies out of town and keep them from going stale. I used cylinder tins and made a cookie that the recipe says will keep indefinitely.

You will want a lot of different cookie cutters.

I made these for Thanksgiving, and used a maple leaf cookie cutter and placed a pecan in the center. For Christmas, you might see them just like this, or you might see them with colored sugar.

I Grew up Eating Pennsylvania Dutch Sand Tarts Every Christmas

When I mention sand tarts to people who know and understand the regional component, they get excited and plead with me to make them a batch. I hope you and your family will enjoy this long time Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas tradition.

You will have to hide the cookies though, because they are so thin and crisp, it’s easy to eat a dozen at a time. This was the first time I’ve made Pennsylvania Dutch sand tarts and now I’ll be making them every year.

Tell me about your food traditions at the Holidays. Do you have a recipe that’s been passed down and have you ever heard of Pennsylvania Dutch Sand Tarts? I put a lot of baking and cooking posts on Instagram and Pinterest.

Family Italian Christmas Cookies from Spinach Tiger

• Chocolate Biscotti
• Lemon Almond Biscotti
• Cucidati (Italian Fig Cookie)
• Ricotta Cookie
• Date Cookies

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Pennsylvania Dutch Sand Tarts

A Pennsylvania Dutch cookie, thin and crisp and traditionally served only at Christmas.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1 day day

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 day day 10 minutes minutes

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound butter softened (no substitutes)
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs separated
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Topping

• 1/4 cup sugar mixed with 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 egg beaten
• 4 cups whole pecans although I didn’t use that many

Instructions

• If using a kitchen aid, beat the egg whites stiff first and transfer to another bowl.
• In the mixing bowl, beat butter until very softened. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add salt, and vanilla. Beat egg yolks and add.
• Fold in the egg whites, but not totally. You should still be able to see some of the white patches.
• Add in flour 1 1/2 cups at a time.
• Chill overnight.
• Bake the next day at 350 degrees.
• Roll out a quarter at a time, keeping dough in refrigerator.
• Roll very thin and use a 2 inch scalloped cookie cutter to form or use any Christmas cutter you desire.
• Brush with beaten egg, top, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and top with pecan.
• Bake 9-10 minutes, not allowing cookie to get too brown.
• Cool thoroughly on wire racks.
• Pack in tins.

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This means the cookies will be made with some combination of almond flour and coconut flour with the Swerve sweetener (powdered erythritol).

I’ll admit that baking cookies without wheat flour and sugar is a challenge, but I’ve made these cookies so many times, I have confidence for your success.

All of these cookies freeze really well. Either freeze cookie dough or freeze baked cookies after they cool completely.

Main Ingredients for Most of the Christmas Cookies

• Almond Flour
• Coconut Flour
• Choc Zero Dark Chocolate Chips
• Choc Zero White Chocolate Chips
• Swerve Granulated Sweetener

Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies with Bacon

This is such a favorite keto cookie because you have that sweet and salty and the bacon adds an extra texture from the crispy bacon. I make them bakery size, but you can make them smaller.

White Chocolate Raspberry Macadamia Nut Cookies

My number one favorite cookie. Admittedly, macadamia nuts are pricey, but make these for the holidays. The tart, sweet and salty is a combination that cannot be beat.

Pecan Tassies

Pecan tassies are a childhood favorite and I was thrilled when a keto recipe worked and worked well. This has all the feels for Christmas.

Keto Sugar Cookies You Can Cut Out and Decorate

How adorable are these. You must take your time, keep the dough really cold, but once you get the feel for it, these are amazing, and they freeze really well.

Soft Sugar Cookies with Buttercream

The above cookies are crisp and easy to cut out. These soft sugar cookies are fluffy and more cake like. Change the flavoring from vanilla to lemon or orange for a twist.

Keto Italian Ricotta Cookies (Budget Friendly)

Easy to make, easy to pop in your mouth. This recipe is easier on the budget because it only requires coconut flour.

It’s a great time to shop Amazon from my personal recommendations and I only recommend products I own myself.

Bonus: Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake with Buttercream

This single serve cookie cake is sold at the farmer’s market and very popular. It has all the flavors of the cookie and is softer to make it more cake like. Topped with buttercream, it’s special.

More Keto Holiday Desserts from Spinach Tiger

• Pear Cardamom Cake
• Maple Pecan Cheesecake
• Cheesecake with Fruit Wreath
• Chocolate Cake, Peppermint Frosting
• Cranberry Orange Muffins
• Cranberry White Chocolate Muffins
• Keto Spiced Pear Cheesecake Bar
• Grain Free Low Carb Red Velvet Cupcakes

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