In a mixing bowl, sift together the almond flour, cocoa powder, xanthan gum, salt, espresso powder and baking powder. Mix until it is uniform in colour.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla extract and erythrtiol until well combined. Set aside.
Next, in another bowl, melt the butter either for 90 seconds in the microwave or over a pot of boiling water (double boiler). It needs to be hot.
Cut up the dark chocolate, and place the chopped pieces into the hot butter. Let this sit for 5 minutes, then stir with a spoon. The mixture will become like molten chocolate
Slowly combine the almond flour mixture and the butter mixture into the erythrtiol and egg mixture. Do this slowly, otherwise your brownie mixture will turn solid, and not liquid.
Pour into a 22cm X 22cm baking tin (8.5" X 8.5") lined with parchment paper. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, remove and let cool
Slice 4 lengths width ways and length ways to make 16 brownies. Store in the fridge for up to 5 days, or freeze for up to 1 month.
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Nutrition Facts
Keto Brownies
Amount Per Serving (40 g)
Calories 120Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Carbohydrates 3.5g1%
Fiber 1.5g6%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie keto diet.
Switch the almond flour out for 1/4 of a cup of coconut flour (nut free, drupe version)
BETTER-> switch the almond flour out for sesame seed flour, at a 1:1 ratio (just grind up sesame seeds in a food processor until it looks fine enough to use.
Low carb brownie frosting
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
50g sugar-free dark chocolate (I use lidt variety, but use whatever you can find)
Heat the cream over a double boiler until hot, then drop your chocolate into the hot cream and leave it for 3 minutes before stirring. It will create the most delicious chocolate sauce you've ever dreamed of.Keto Brownie with WalnutsChop up 1/3 cup of walnuts, and mix them into the full batter in step 6 of this recipe.How to make it without xanthan gum:
Use same amounts guar gum (1:1 ratio)
Use 1 tablespoon of psyllium husk powder
Simply omit, but you'll have to wait until these bad boys are totally cool before you try one.
Cream Cheese Keto BrowniesIf you wanted to add cream cheese to these brownies to make them suuuuuuper fudge town, then I suggest the following substitutions:
Add 1/4 cup of cream cheese to the mixture, and reduce the butter by 1/2 (please ensure you use xanthan gum in this instance
Add 1/4 cup cream cheese to the mixture, without altering the recipe otherwise (super fudge town).