CUTE SUGAR FREE KETO GINGERBREAD CATS
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Gingerbread men or gingerbread cats? Either way, just 1.4g carbs and incredibly yummy.
Author: Antya
Recipe type: Biscuits
Cuisine: Ketogenic. LCHF. Low Carb. Sugar Free. Grain Free. Gluten Free.
Yield: 16
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 100g unsalted butter
- 80g ground almonds (U.S. option HERE)
- 200g fine almond flour (U.S.option HERE)
- 80g erythritol (U.S. option HERE)
- 1 tsp pure stevia powder (U.S.option HERE)
- 1 TBSP ground ginger
- pinch of fine Himalayan pink salt (U.S. option HERE)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch of nutmeg
- pinch of cloves
- 1 tsp baking powder
- grated zest of 1 orange
- grated zest of 1 lemon
- 40g Sukrin Icing 'Sugar' (U.S. alternative HERE) or Make your Own
Instructions
- combine all dry ingredients except icing 'sugar', then add butter and work until crumbly.
- incorporate egg, mixing with a fork and then by hand to form a dough.
- refrigerate 4-5 hours minimum (best overnight), then lay over parchment paper and flatten with a rolling pin to about ½cm thickness (read my method in blog post ˆ )
- pre-heat oven to 150C fan (170C static).
- cut out desired shapes, place them on lined oven tray, and bake for 12-13 minutes, until golden around the edges.
- allow gingerbread to cool down completely before decorating with water icing (icing 'sugar'+ water) or whatever you prefer.
Notes
I used a 5" (13 x 9 cm) cookie cutter. Click HERE for U.S. option.
The dough will be quite sticky. Best if you work using ¼ at a time, keeping the rest refrigerated.
For a crispier result, bake for up to 5 more minutes, then leave inside the oven, door ajar, until cold. Alternatively, allow the gingerbread to cool completely and bake again for 5-8 minutes.
Instead of decorating with water icing, you could use royal icing, melted chocolate, or butter frosting.
Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to enable accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use in the UK. For U.S. option click HERE.
The dough will be quite sticky. Best if you work using ¼ at a time, keeping the rest refrigerated.
For a crispier result, bake for up to 5 more minutes, then leave inside the oven, door ajar, until cold. Alternatively, allow the gingerbread to cool completely and bake again for 5-8 minutes.
Instead of decorating with water icing, you could use royal icing, melted chocolate, or butter frosting.
Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to enable accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use in the UK. For U.S. option click HERE.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Calories: 132 Fat: 10g Net Carbs: 1.4g Protein: 8g
Recipe by Queen Keto at https://queenketo.com/cute-sugar-free-keto-gingerbread-cats/