In today’s recipe, I’m showing you how to create your own low carb bread mix using simple ingredients. It’s not hard, and it’s much cheaper than buying low carb bread from your local store, so bake this one over the weekend and tell me how much you enjoy it :-).
Low carb bread mix is a popular option for people who want to make their own bread either because they are gluten intolerant, dairy intolerant, trying to eliminate soy from their diet, or just trying to mitigate the damaging effects of carbohydrates in bread for people who suffer from diabetes.
This bread is:
- Low Carb
- Dairy-free (no whey protein, can be made with coconut oil)
- Soy-free
- Gluten free (no wheat)
- No added sugar
- All natural ingredients
Almond flour is my favorite flour to use when creating low carb baking recipes, however, you can also substitute this for coconut flour, as coconuts are not a nut, but are classified as a “Drupe”. If you are very sensitive to nuts, and also avoid coconuts, then try using sesame seed flour (which you can also make by griding up sesame seeds in a food processor) for that fantastic low carb bread taste without the nuts.
If you don’t have any whole egg powder, that’s okay! you can still use eggs. Follow my famous keto bread recipe to find out how to make it with eggs instead of egg powder. You could also add nuts and seeds to this bread, which I find reduces the “eggy” taste that people talk about.
Tip!
The “eggy” taste actually comes from the egg whites, as they contain the most amount of sulphur, so reducing the number of egg whites might be a good option for those you are sensitive to sulphur tasting ingredients.
I hope you enjoy this recipe. Make sure to leave a comment with any thoughts or tips and tricks for others so that we can all have access to fantastic low carb bread mix recipes just like this one.
Low Carb Bread Mix
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 200 g Almond Meal 7 oz
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1.5 tsp xanthan gum Can also use guar gum or gelatine powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
Wet Ingredients
- 130 g Butter 4 oz, room temperature (use coconut oil for dairy free option)
- 300 ml water 10 floz
- 90 g Whole Egg Powder 3 oz
Instructions
- First, preheat your oven to 180C (355F).
- Prepare 2 mixing bowls, one for wet ingredients and one for dry. Place all of the dry ingredients into one bowl, and mix together until a uniform colour
- In the other mixing bowl, combine the wet ingredients. Don’t worry if the butter doesn’t mix so well with the water just yet. Add the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix until well combined.
- Using partment paper, line the inside of a 8.5″ X 4.5″ (20X12cm) loaf tin, and pour in the low carb bread mixture. Level out the top, and place in the oven for 50 minutes
- Once the bread passes the skewer test, remove from the oven and let cool on a rack. Slice into 12-16 slices, and enjoy 2 slices per serve.
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My wife is diabetic so I’m considering giving this a go, but how many carbs per loaf? and can you double the recipe for a bread maker?
Hi Joe, yup, you can double this recipe. The carbs per loaf will be 48g total carbs or 16g net carbs.
Can dry ingredients be combined and refrigerated prior to use? If so, for how long? What about freezing premixed, is that of any benefit?
Sure! I wouldn’t freeze premix though.
what is gelatine
Gelatin is a powdered form of collagen, you can easily buy it at your grocery store.
Hi Aaron,
Would love to try the low carb bread mix recipe but couldn’t find whole egg powder. Can I use 1 whole egg as a substitute? I tried the almond flour bread recipe with 7 eggs but found it very eggy.
Great recipes overall!
Thanks,
A. Smythe
Hi there. maybe you could try to reduce either the egg yolks or egg whites depending on which flavour you don’t like?
Can I use Pillsbury Best Gluten Free flour instead of almond flour and xanthan gum?
You most certainly could, however, I’d watch the carb content on gluten-free flour as its usually very high.
is it possible to put a US measurement option?
Hi JMT, The ounces are in the ingredients list.
Hi Aaron,
If using fresh eggs how many eggs would I use as I cannot see it mentioned as an alternative in the recipe instructions unless I’m missing something.
Cheers
Basia
Hi Basia,
You would use 7 eggs.