This post was supposed to be for Sunday. Again, my daily posting record is terrible, mostly because my hubby hasn't started work yet so he is always home.
Most of the food I eat is beef based or egg based, or chicken. Sometimes I just want a cookie. So, what is involved in baking a keto cookie? The obvious answer is to look on the internet and find one of the many recipes using almond flour. Another flour is coconut flour, but I don't like the taste and it's so dry it sticks in my throat. In my quest to learn more about extremely low carb, non-grain flour, I learned about Victoria's Keto Kitchen. Victoria is not diabetic, she has epilepsy, and carbs cause her to have a seizure. By eliminating grains she has been able to reduce the number and severity of her seizures. Her issue is that she absolutely loves bread, cookies, muffins, pies, you name it! To remedy the issue she developed Victoria's Keto Flour. I won't post the recipe here because it's just better to watch the YouTube video (link below). I will post some of the ingredients because they need to be sourced.
Egg white powder is a must in most keto baking. Bamboo fiber is an ingredient in Victoria's flour. Both are found on Amazon. Bamboo fiber has been used in Europe for some time. This brand is from Germany.
Psyllium husk is often used in keto baking. I use this one, also from Amazon. Some brands turn your recipe purple. This one does not. It is also fine. Victoria grinds hers, I never do.
This is what the husk looks like
Here are my very high fiber pecan sandy cookies. They taste pretty good, but I limit myself to no more than two per day, because of the very high fiber.
Victoria's flours can be substituted cup for cup in any recipe! I love to add a tablespoon to cooking juices to make gravy. Combining the ingredients for the first time can seem intimidating, but it's really not hard. Measure in GRAMS!
Keto Pecan Sandy Cookies
1 STICK BUTTER, SOFTENED
2 TEASPOONS SWERVE GRANULAR (I add some Splenda because it's not sweet enough for me)
1/2 TEASPOON VANILLA
71 g. VICTORIA’S KETO FLOUR
1 TABLESPOON COCONUT FLOUR (I omit the coconut flour and just add 1T more keto flour)
1/8 TEASPOON SALT
1 TEASPOON BAKING POWDER
CHOPPED PECANS (about 1/2 cup)
MIX INTO DOUGH BALL, DIVIDE INTO BALLS, EACH ABOUT 2 TABLESPOONS IN SIZE. ROLL INTO BALLS AND PRESS SLIGHTLY.
BAKE AT 350* FOR ABOUT 7 MINUTES, COOL
Happy baking!
2 comments:
Wow - that a lot that you have to do, but if it helps you, then I think it's great!
Once I make up the "flour" I have enough to use for awhile, so it's not too difficult.
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