Keto Soft Pretzel

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups part-skim mozzarella cheese shredded
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 oz cream cheese full fat
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• One 1/2 cups almond flour
• 1 teaspoon Xanthan Gum
• 1 large egg
• One egg yolk(for the egg wash topping)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To 350 degrees, preheat the over and before you begin, lay out all the ingredients premeasured.
2. To a microwave safe bowl, add the parmesan cheese, cream cheese, and shredded cheese and until the cheese has melted, heat it for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. (If you want to avoid the microwave, you can do this on the stove top over a double broiler too)
3. Combine the almond flour, baking powder, xanthan gum in a separate bowl. Mix until all the ingredients have fully come together.
4. To the warm cheese mixture, add the flour ingredients and add 1 egg. To mix the ingredients together as much as you can, use a spatula.
5. Onto a piece of parchment paper/large silicone mat, pour the ingredients when you roll out the pretzel dough, to avoid sticking.
6. Into EIGHT equal parts, separate the dough.
7. Into a long snake type form, roll each dough ball. To make the pretzel shape for each, pull the ends crisscross over the top of a circle.
8. To avoid any sticking, place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper/silicone mat.
9. In a small bowl, mix one egg yolk and over each keto soft pretzel, spread the egg wash mixture(One egg yolk will cover all EIGHT pretzels).
10. For 15 to 17 minutes, 1Bake at 350 degrees.

NOTES

Makes EIGHT Keto Soft Pretzels

NUTRITION

Serving: 1pretzel
Calories: 296
Carbohydrates: 5.6g
Protein: 18.7g
Fat: 15.3g
Fiber: 0.7g
Sugar: 1.6g