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Grain Free Maple Pecan Cheesecake Bars with VIDEO

July 17, 2019 by Angela Roberts 55 Comments

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Maple Pecan Cheese Cake Bars

I’ve had more people ask me for this recipe than anything I’ve ever posted. This picture of the maple pecan bars went absolutely nuts on instagram.  There is a video below to help you.

You’ll want to make this, because this is my most  keto friendly popular post.

This made me a bit nervous because it’s not the typical super sweet pecan bar that resembles pecan bar, but now that I’ve made it several times, I can tell you, it’s addicting.

The Keto Maple Pecan Bar is Keto Friendly, Grain Free and Sugar Free

It’s decadent and yet it’s a keto friendly sweet, low-carb, and paleo friendly.

Sugar Free Maple Pecan Cheesecake Bars from Spinach Tiger

My inspiration comes from my favorite Christmas cookies,  the Keto Friendly Pecan Tassie.  My love for pecans led to this very easy cookie bar that works for any low carb or keto diet and it’s also diabetic friendly.

I had a friend taste test the first batch who is strictly following keto and she said the texture was perfect, and suggested adding in maple extract.

My husband concurred that the maple extract woke this cookie bar up and has become a family favorite.

This is not just for holidays, but is something you can easily make all year. I can have it all done in under an hour with ten minutes of active time.

Keto Maple Pecan Cheesecake Bars

How to Make the Almond Flour Crust

The only tricky part, although not difficult, is the almond flour crust. You can press it in with your hands, (instead of rolling it). In my video,  I do roll it between two pieces of parchment paper.  It doesn’t look like it’s going to work, but once you pre-bake it and you must pre-bake, it’s really good, not inferior in any way to other cookie bar bottoms.


Paleo Maple Pecan Bars from Spinach Tiger

As far as the cream cheese part, it’s so simple.

I use room temperature cream cheese, an egg,  powdered erythritol (I use Swerve), vanilla and maple extract and you’re just about done.  In my latest version, I added two tablespoons of sour cream. It’s not totally necessary,  but I like it.

Chop one cup of pecans, bake for about twenty minutes and then chill thoroughly. Cut into squares and take to your next party!

How to Make Keto Maple Pecan Bars from Spinach Tiger

An Important Word about Maple Pecan Bars

Maple pecan bars aren’t a cheesecake, but have a cream cheese filing that is inspired by cheesecake.   After three tries, we flavored the cream cheese mixture with maple extract, and liked this version best. I had tried flavoring with various liquors and that just did not work!

There are also options as to where to place the pecans. In the first version, I put them first before the cream cheese mixture. Either way, it’s good. It’s a matter of how you want it to look. If I put the pecans in first, I save a sprinkling for the top.

A Word About Swerve

My favorite brand of powdered erythritol is Swerve and I wrote an extensive article about it here.

A Word About that Almond Flour Crust

This year I made pumpkin cheesecake bars and didn’t do a side crust, only a bottom. I loved it. You can head over there for that recipe, where I crushed some pecans in the pie dough and I love it.

I Made a Video for Keto Maple Pecan Cheesecake Bars

I used this rectangular tart pan, for this recipe,  but a square tart pan or square baking dish would work, if you plan on cutting them into squares.

If you love this recipe,  you will also love my new recipe for grain free pecan tassies.

Keto Friendly Pumpkin Spice Cake

This is a cake with all the flavors of pumpkin pie. We love this so much, it’s part of my home bakery selection.

Low Carb Pumpkin Crumble

My three most popular low carb, keto friendly recipes are grain free biscuits, grain free tortillas, and this keto dutch baby. 

Maple Pecan Cheesecake Bars
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4.5 from 22 votes

Grain Free Maple Pecan Bars, (Keto, Low-Carb, Sugar Free)

When pecans and maple come together for a cheesecake bar with an almond crust.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time40 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 16
Calories: 116kcal
Author: Angela Roberts

Equipment

  • Rectangular Tart Pan

Ingredients

Tart Crust

  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla optional
  • 1/3 cup Swerve granulated
  • 1 egg

Tart Filling Ingredients

  • 8 ounce full fat cream cheese
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream newly added and optional
  • 1/2 cup Swerve granulated
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon maple extract ORDER HERE
  • 1 cup pecans plus two tablespoons for garnish

Instructions

  • Almond Tart Crust Instructions
  • Melt butter and mix with almond flour, vanilla and swerve.
  • Mix in egg yolk.
  • Put in tart pan, by pressing in with fingers.
  • Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Make Filling

  • Mix cream cheese with sour cream, vanilla, maple extract, egg. Start with 1/2 teaspoon extract and taste.

Tart Instructions

  • Chop pecans.
  • Mix with a little sea salt.
  • Put pecans in pan with tart crust first (although you can reverse this is you want)
  • Pour cheesecake mixture.
  • Top with two tablespoons chopped pecans for garnish.
  • To avoid the tart crust from burning, cover entire tart pan with tin foil. Use a pairing knife, cut out the middle tart part so that only the tart crust is covered.
  • Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F. 180 C. or until cream cheese mixture is set.
  • Cool completely.
  • Refrigerate at least six hour, preferably overnight.
  • Cut into 16 squares.

Video

Notes

Pan Used: I used this kind of tart pan, cutting into 16 bars.
You can use any kind of square pan and just put the crust on the bottom as an option.
Use parchment paper if you do that.
Maple Extract: If you can't get real maple extract, you can skip this part. They are stll good without it.
If using real cane sugar, you can substitute 1 to 1, but do taste filling to see if it's sweet enough. You might want to start with 1/3 cup sugar for filling and add more as needed.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 116kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Fiber: 1g

Please follow me on instagram. If you make this recipe,  please tag me #spinachtiger.

If you love this recipe, please give it five stars. It means a lot. xoxo


 

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Filed Under: Cookie Recipes, Cooking Videos, Dessert Recipes, Diabetic Recipes, Gluten Free, Grain Free Baking, Holiday Recipes, Keto Recipes, Keto/Low Carb Desserts, Paleo Primal, Popular, Thanksgiving Recipes Tagged With: almond flour, butter, cream cheese, eggs, maple extract, pecans

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Please follow me on instagram. If you make this recipe,  please tag me #spinachtiger.

If you love this recipe, please give it five stars. It means a lot. xoxo

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Comments

  1. ANNA R LACAPRARA says

    January 13, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    5 stars
    OMG. What an amazing decadent treat. I made it on the weekend and carefully watched the video a couple times to get the crust right. It was so worth the effort and I don’t think anyone not following a low carb diet would notice. The squares look amazing and taste great. Thank you so much!!

    Reply
  2. Nova Taylor says

    October 7, 2019 at 6:48 am

    5 stars
    OHH MYY GODDD!!! This looks so amazing. I wish I could have one right away. But sadly will have to wait for the time when I will make myself. I m sure I will make this incoming weekend.
    Thank you and keep sharing:)

    Reply
  3. Jill Roberts @ Wellnessgeeky.com says

    August 5, 2019 at 3:11 am

    5 stars
    I’m ashamed to say that I’ve never had maple pecan cheesecake bars! This recipe looks great though so hopefully that will change! Thanks for posting it Angela!

    Reply
  4. Jetta says

    April 7, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    5 stars
    These are heavenly. Added some almond extract to the crust because I love the smell. Had to freeze them to keep devouring them. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Angela Roberts says

      April 8, 2019 at 7:33 am

      Jetta, I freeze things too to keep from eating them. THANK YOU.

      Reply
  5. Jetta says

    April 7, 2019 at 9:38 pm

    5 stars
    These are heavily. Added some almond extract to the crust because I love the smell. Had to freeze them to keep from devouring them. Thank you!

    Reply
  6. Niki says

    November 16, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    Hi! I’d love to make this recipe but I’m allergic to any sweetener that is not real sugar. Yes, all of them. I’m hoping you’d be able to help me out with a conversion to either regular sugar, confectioners sugar or brown sugar that I could use in place of the Swerve. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Reply
    • Angela Roberts says

      November 17, 2018 at 7:42 am

      You can use regular sugar one to one, but in the filling start with 1/3 cup and add as you desire.

      Reply
      • Abs says

        December 10, 2018 at 6:39 am

        What can I replace for erythritol? Can I use coconut palm sugar for a keto friendly recipe? What’s the replacement quantity for your recipe as is?
        Is maple syrup and maple extract same or different ? Can you use interchangeably ?

        Reply
        • Angela Roberts says

          December 10, 2018 at 2:06 pm

          You can use any sweetener that doesn’t have carbs in it such as stevia, or I prefer stevia glycerite. I would recommend you tasting the cream cheese mixture. If it tastes sweet enough to you then great. Coconut palm sugar I believe has carbs. Maple syrup and extract are not the same thing, not in any way. Maple extract is an extract like vanilla extract. You cannot use them interchangeably. If you do add maple syrup to the recipe, it’s not going to be low carb.

          Reply
          • Abs says

            December 10, 2018 at 10:23 pm

            Thanks for your reply.. I tried the tart just now.. within 10 mins of adding the sour cream the cream cheese curdled!! I baked it anyway because I couldn’t salvage it. It has a curdled texture after baking as well.. yet to taste, but it was real easy to make otherwise..

          • Angela Roberts says

            December 11, 2018 at 8:14 am

            That should not have happened. Sour cream is a very common addition to cheesecake. Cream cheese is very hard to get to room temperature. Next time perhaps microwave the cream cheese for about 10 seconds and get sour cream to room temp. I added it cold last week when making a video and it was fine. You can also skip the sour cream. Another idea is to mix the sour cream with the egg and then add to cream cheese mixture. I’m sorry that happened.

  7. Debbie Rivero says

    August 5, 2018 at 9:52 pm

    My cream cheese mixture ended up looking like cottage cheese after I mixed it. I did leave the cream cheese out so that it was slightly softened, but the egg was right out of the fridge and I’m sure cooled down the cream cheese enough where it wouldn’t mix. It’s in the oven now and will probably be fine, but when I make it again I will definitely allow both the egg and the cream cheese to come to room temperature.

    Reply
    • Angela Roberts says

      August 6, 2018 at 9:42 pm

      Yes. When my cream cheese is cold and I forget to take it out. I put it in microwave a few seconds. I will run cold eggs under water.

      Reply
  8. Diane T. says

    July 21, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    5 stars
    I will have to admit I flubbed this one – by accident. I overlooked putting an egg in the filling. I did mix in about a cup of heavy cream to thin the cream cheese. When I discovered my mistake, I thought about going ahead and adding the egg, but decided to leave it a chilled dessert instead. I tried to spread the mixture over the nuts and that didn’t work, so I mixed the nuts into the cream cheese. And finally, I didn’t have maple flavoring so I used rum flavoring. So, even though I took significant liberties, it’s still a keeper and I will try to follow the directions more carefully the next time!

    Reply
    • Angela Roberts says

      July 22, 2018 at 1:02 pm

      Diane
      That’s funny sort of. You know sometimes if you just keep going, you can salvage a recipe. I am going to remake this a few more times to be absolutely certain to the tiniest degree this recipe works, even though last Fall I made it about 6 times. I say that because its my number one dessert on Spinach Tiger out of HUNDREDS. I do have a new one coming that’s similar, made with heavy cream and nuts and much easier. Stay tuned.
      Thanks for writing.
      Happy Cooking
      Angela

      Reply
      • terrie robinson says

        July 23, 2018 at 2:17 am

        Like a few of these it doesn’t say how much vanilla. I’d like to make this but I don’t like to guess. Thank you Terrie

        Reply
        • Angela Roberts says

          July 25, 2018 at 9:47 am

          I added it in. It’s really an option. I used about 1/2 teaspoon.

          Reply
  9. running fred says

    June 22, 2018 at 5:41 am

    5 stars
    I would love to try all of these recipes.It’s hard to decide which one to make first,they all sound good.

    Reply
  10. Judy says

    March 13, 2018 at 7:03 pm

    5 stars
    What is the nutrition content?

    Reply
    • brandi says

      April 7, 2018 at 7:08 am

      did you ever figure out the nutrients?

      Reply
    • Adela says

      August 3, 2018 at 7:13 pm

      4 stars
      We want the nutrient info pleasee.

      Reply
      • Angela Roberts says

        August 6, 2018 at 9:42 pm

        I’ll work on that.

        Reply
    • Kamikah says

      August 11, 2018 at 9:21 pm

      4 stars
      Idek how there is no nutrition info on here but here’s what I got with the cupcakes I made from this recipe. For 12 servings: 269 calories, 24.9g fat, 50.8mg cholesterol, 80mg sodium, 5.3 total carb, 2g fiber (3.3 NET CARBS), 6g protein.

      (My total carbs doesn’t account for alcohol sugars, because my tracker doesn’t have an option for it.)

      As far as a review.. these were fine, they weren’t my favorite but they were relatively easy to make, though next time I might cut the crust down so there’s not as much.

      Reply
      • Angela Roberts says

        August 12, 2018 at 7:30 pm

        You could cut down the crust by making bars with no sides I’m thinking that’s a good idea.

        Reply
  11. Lisa H. says

    January 28, 2018 at 2:28 pm

    A few notes: in the instructions for both the filling and the crust it says to add vanilla, but in the ingredients list there is no mention of vanilla at all. Is it real vanilla, or pure extract and how much?
    In the directions for the filling, it does not say to add the swerve in. I am assuming that I will add it in with everything else and mix, but if it is added in different, please let me know.
    Does it have to be confectioners? I have Splenda that I use for most of my low carb desserts. Would this be a good substitute?
    I took a guess on vanilla, and am getting ready to make these today. I will comment on how they turn out with my estimates.

    Reply
    • Suzanne says

      March 28, 2018 at 3:31 pm

      Hi Lisa,

      I was wondering if you made these bars, and if so, did you substitute Splenda for Swerve and did you use vanilla in the crust and filling or just the maple extract in the filling? The recipe is very unclear, and I was hoping you could tell me how they came out.

      Thanks for your help!

      Reply
  12. Shannon says

    January 4, 2018 at 8:14 am

    5 stars
    These are AMAZING and so easy to make! We’ve made them twice, and they come out perfect every time!

    Reply
  13. Jen S says

    January 3, 2018 at 2:24 pm

    5 stars
    Had these three times now. Easy to bake. So satisfying. Texture is wonderful.

    Reply
    • curios says

      July 17, 2018 at 6:43 pm

      So how much if any vanilla did you use for the crust and the mix?

      Reply
  14. Sandra says

    November 22, 2017 at 11:31 pm

    3 stars
    What temperature do you bake the crust and bars?

    Reply
  15. Julie Young says

    November 20, 2017 at 8:26 pm

    Hello,
    I do not have maple extract and don’t have time
    to get it before the holiday.
    Can i use maple syrup instead of the sugar?

    Reply
  16. Angela Roberts says

    August 17, 2018 at 12:29 pm

    I’m not sure what you mean

    Reply

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* Add dressing. You may not use all of the dressing, depending on size of head of cabbage used.
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am so excited to say this is a KETO  TIRAMISU, grain free, gluten free, sugar free, but you would never know it. 👩🏻‍🍳Many tricky parts to conquer. First, there are no keto lady fingers. I used my keto yellow cake batter to make cake fingers. 👩🏻‍🍳❤️Worked like a charm and did not fall apart when dipped into espresso. Second tricky part: Making the sabayon (eggs yolks w sweetener  warmed and beaten in bain marie) which takes ten minutes of constant stirring. Also tricky to use swerve and not sugar and not getting grainy, as erythritol doesn’t break down the same way sugar does. There was also a warning about the mascarpone curdling. That didn’t happen either. So maybe I  got lucky. Next time will tell. I also added Red Eye Rye (coffee infused rye) to my espresso because to me tiramisu is not tiramisu without liquor. It came out so good 😋😋and very soon, I’ll soon be posting my recipe. 
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One of the things I love about alternative baking is the challenge. I get so energized trying to see if I can take a classic and cut out the grains and sugar. I honestly believe this is no longer a trend, but a way of life for many people who never want to return to sugar and it’s headaches (literally). It’s a movement to revolutionize the mistakes from the latter half of the last century that has made so many people sick and compromised. I see this as bigger picture thing than just enjoying a dessert. We are recreating and creating what it means to eat. 
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Happy Chocolate Day or should I say Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️💘Can you believe this is the first time I’ve ever made chocolate bark? I needed an emergency chocolate dessert for a gathering (I thought was going to be cancelled). I had the chocolate (that yum 72 % huge chocolate bar from Trader Joe’s), 🍫a pomegranate, pecans and almonds (I roasted with salt), some sunflower seeds, dried cherries and dried cranberries. Melt chocolate in bain marie (fancy word for bowl over simmering water), pour on parchment and then artfully or not so artfully arrange your stuff on the chocolate. 🍫Refrigerate for ONE HOUR and boom! Everyone LOVED it and ate it all up. The pomegranates gave it that little extra something something and don’t forget some sea salt. 😋❤️
Do you make bark? Do you eat all the chocolate you want on Valentine’s Day?
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Make it a great Valentine’s 💖weekend friends with a fun cocktail a strawberry 🍓martini with a low carb option.  I know I’m happy as we just filled 33 boxes of goodies and I’m ready to enjoy the weekend.
We are in the camp of staying in on Valentine’s Day and going out the next weekend. Do you stay home and make it special or do you go out dining? #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/strawberry-martini-recipe/
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Ingredients
* 2 ounces vodka Mandarin Vodka or regular
* 2 ounces strawberry simple syrup 
* splash of dry vermouth
* ice
* fresh strawberries and basil for garnish

Strawberry Simple Syrup
Ingredients
* 3 cups strawberries washed with stems removed divided
* 1 cup sugar (or make it low carb with Swerve)
* 1 cup water
Put together in pot, bring to boil, reduce to simmer. Take through a sieve to make the syrup. 

Instructions for Martini
* Put vodka, strawberry simple syrup, dry vermouth and ice into shaker.
Serve iced cold.
Garnish with strawberry and basil leaf.
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Today is the last day, Nashville,  to order your KETO ❤️VALENTINE”S TREAT. gluten free. sugar free. grain free. See flavors of Lala Cakes below. Bundt cakes, biscuits, cookies also available. Go to the bakery page to see the whole menu. #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-bakery-nashville-franklin/  If you aren’t in the area, we have the recipe on the blog.
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FLAVORS for Lala Cakes (Over 6,000 lala cakes sold to date)

* MUST ORDER MINIMUM 3 of these flavors!6 for $24     12 for $44  (must order minimum 3 of any flavor)
 * Chocolate Ganache, Vanilla Glaze NEW
 * Chocolate with Vanilla Buttercream   
 * Vanilla with Vanilla Glaze
 * Lemon Blueberry with Lemon Glaze   
 * Coffee Cake with Vanilla Glaze   
 * Texas Sheet Cake
The following premium flavors require a minimum of six. 
* Red Velvet (minimum 6)
* German Chocolate (minimum 6)
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It’s National pizza day🍕 and who says you have to have crust when you can make a crust from Italian Sausage. Thinking out of the pizza box. #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-sausage-crusted-three-cheese-pizza/
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I had my first porchetta in San Francisco and my second in Lucca, Tuscany. This is mock porchetta from the Zuni Cafe Cookbook that gets you close enough in your own kitchen. Stuff  the pork butt with fennel seeds, garlic, rosemary, sage, capers and lemon and cook to slow to fork tender. It’s amazing as sandwich on sliders with arugula. Or…like this with root vegetables. 
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I’m always looking for a new way to make chicken.👩🏻‍🍳 Ricotta stuffed chicken breasts is 30 minutes from start to finish. Writing this recipe up today, but it’s pretty easy. Pound the breasts thin. Mix ricotta with chopped spinach, mozzarella, parmesan, salt and pepper. Fold. Top with pork panko (crumbs made from pork rinds). Fry on one side. Turn over. Put in oven. Bake about 15-20 minutes. You could go right to the oven and bake longer. Serve with lemon.
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Nashville locals: ❤️ Valentine’s Keto Cake GIVE AWAY: Triple Chocolate with Ganache and Glaze. Who do you know on the grain free or keto diet? Diabetic friendly, Gluten Free.  We will deliver on Saturday, February 13 (only Nashville or Williamson County). If you want to send your bestie something for Valentine’s Day 💘this is a great treat. Also available for ordering from the bakery.
In case you don’t know this, I have a keto bakery that is perfect for those eating keto, sugar free, diabetic friendly, grain free and gluten free. 
You must do these three things: 
* 💘Follow @spinachtiger on instagram
* 💘Like this post
* 💘Tag your keto cake lover friends. Each comment counts as an entry.

* 💘Extra entry, Share to your story. Make sure to tag @spinachtiger

* 🚗Delivery only to Nashville/Wiliamson County on Saturday, February 13. (or you an pick up). 

The giveaway closes 11:00 p.m. on Saturday Feb 6. and announced on stories February 7  Giveaway not associated with instagram. Winner will be selected at random. 
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This time of year I do early spring cleaning and start to crave all things lemon.🍋 Refresh your weekend with this easy to make KETO FRIENDLY GRAIN FREE Lemon Butter Bundt Cake. Nashville, you can also order this from my keto bakery. DM me. Get the recipe #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-lemon-bundt-cake-with-lemon-butter-glaze/
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Happy National Chocolate Cake Day. I have so many versions of chocolate cake on the blog and in the bakery. I’m thrilled that our keto chocolate cake is just amazing. Order 
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https://spinachtiger.com/keto-bakery-nashville-franklin/
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Spinach Tiger Keto Bakery means grain free sugar free, mostly almond flour bakes. Brand new to the bakery this week is the low carb, keto friendly Calabrian Pepper Biscuits made with the Bomba sauce. New in the bakery. Just enough spicy with parsley, mozzarella. Check them out at the bakery page and see the flavors of the #linkinprofile weekhttps://spinachtiger.com/keto-bakery-nashville-franklin/. 
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