Reddit reviews Keto Comfort Foods

I just tried this recipe for keto pumpkin bread! They recommend to leave the loaf to set overnight (I put mine in the fridge.) I will definitely make it again as it was delicious.


Recipe:

Ingredients:

2 cup Almond flour

1/2 cup Coconut flour (I used 2 cups plus 2 tbsp a combination paleo nut flour I found at Whole Foods instead of the two different kinds of flour.)

3/4 cup Erythritol

2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice

2 tsp Gluten-free baking powder

1/4 tsp Sea salt

3/4 cup Pumpkin puree

4 large Egg (lightly beaten)

1/3 cup Butter (measured solid, then melted; can use ghee or coconut
oil for dairy-free)

1/4 cup Pumpkin seeds


Process:

-Preheat oven to 375ºF.

-Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.

-Combine dry ingredients (except pumpkin seeds.)

-Combine wet ingredients.

-Incorporate wet ingredients into dry ingredients.

-Pour the batter into the loaf pan, making sure it is relatively flat on top. I pressed it with a baking spatula.

-Pour the pumpkin seeds over the batter in the pan. To ensure the seeds don't run away when you go to cut the bread later, you can press them into the dough, although I didn't do this.

-Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

I took the recommendation from the Keto Comfort Foods cookbook to do confectioners' Swerve instead of granulated erythritol. I often find when I use granulated stevia/erythritol-based sweeteners in baking, it leads to an overly-grainy, bitter, and cooling/sickly-sweet quality to the food. I would definitely choose the confectioners' again for this one, and maybe next time pair the confectioner's with some stevia glycerite to improve the texture.

You can do it. That's the thing. You've proven to it yourself before this time, and it's fine that you had a moment of weakness during a difficult time. You are allowed to be human once in a while. The brain will lie to you to get what it wants and sometimes will throw a tantrum to do it. It's like a spoiled, manipulative child at times, and as we know, you can't give into that because that's not what's best for it. It's what you do after those hard times that really matters, and you sound determined!

Might not be useful to you, but I bought this keto comfort foods recipe book that I'm really looking forward to indulging in, especially once it starts cooling down outside (as in, below 80 degrees, at least).