The Ultimate Guide to Keto Skillet Bread Recipes

For those embracing a ketogenic or gluten-free lifestyle, the desire for bread can be a significant challenge. However, with the advent of keto skillet bread recipes, satisfying that craving has become easier than ever. This article explores various aspects of keto skillet bread, from basic recipes to variations, storage tips, and reheating instructions, ensuring you can enjoy delicious, low-carb bread without the hassle.

Why Choose Keto Skillet Bread?

Keto skillet bread offers a convenient alternative to traditional baking methods. For those who don't want to heat the oven or nuke food in the microwave, preparing bread in a skillet is a great option. A regular oven can be cumbersome, and many health-conscious people don’t want to nuke their food in the microwave oven or they don’t even have a microwave oven.

Basic Cheesy Keto Skillet Bread Recipe

This tasty Cheesy Keto Skillet Bread is simple and easy, and it doesn’t need an oven. Combining eggs, cheese, almond flour, and psyllium husk powder, this bread is nutritious and hearty! It’s a perfect vehicle for various keto toppings, and it’s incredible for sandwiches as well.

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 2/3 cup (160 ml) shredded cheese (any cheese from mild to sharp)
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) almond flour
• 1 teaspoon psyllium husk powder
• 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil

Instructions:

1. Combine the eggs and the cheese in a mixing bowl. Whisk until well combined.
2. Add the almond flour and the psyllium husk powder and whisk again until well combined.
3. Add finally the olive oil and again whisk until well combined.
4. Heat a skillet over low heat. Add a couple of tablespoons of butter or olive oil to the skillet and let melt.
5. Pour the batter on the skillet. Spread the batter with a spatula or shake the skillet until the batter forms an even layer.
6. Cover the skillet with a lid and let bake for about 20 minutes until done. Keep your eye on the temperature: the bread burns easily from the bottom if the temperature is too high.
7. Once done, transfer the bread to a plate, let cool down and cut into slices.

Garlic Butter Keto Skillet Bread

Garlic butter keto bread is crisp on the outside and moist in the inside. Using a cream cheese and mozzarella dough combined with almond flour and bacon bits, this is the best keto garlic bread recipe you’ll ever make. The parmesan and herb crust - golden to perfection and brushed an amazing garlic butter sauce - is what makes this keto bread recipe totally stand out. This easy keto skillet garlic bread is no-hassle, totally addictive and you can have it ready to go in less than 40 minutes.

Ingredients:

• Mozzarella cheese
• Cream cheese
• Egg
• Garlic
• Butter
• Chopped fresh parsley
• Almond flour
• Bacon bits
• Parmesan
• Italian seasoning mix

Instructions:

1. Grease a medium cast-iron skillet with oil, butter or cooking spray and set aside.
2. Melt Mozzarella and cream cheese in a large bowl for one minute in the microwave.
3. Combine the melted cheese, eggs, baking powder, almond flour, and bacon.
4. Using a large cookie scoop, scoop dough and bread roll into the parmesan and Italian seasoning mix. Place each bread roll into the prepared cast iron skillet. Sprinkle bread roll with more parmesan cheese. Place skillet in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
5. Remove the cast iron skillet from the refrigerator.
6. Brush generously the baked garlic butter keto bread with the garlic butter sauce and serve.

Variations and Toppings

There are endless ways to give variation to this bread with different toppings. Also, different types of cheese in the batter give different results. Choose strong and sharp or mild and mellow - or anything in between. You can add seasonings and herbs directly to the batter before baking. My personal favorites are dried oregano and rosemary. If you use very mild cheese, you can use sweet toppings on your bread like sugar-free jam or sweet spread.

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You can even use this bread as a deep pan pizza crust or skillet focaccia and add toppings already in the beginning before baking.

Tips for Perfect Keto Skillet Bread

• Use low heat: When you bake the bread in the skillet, use very low temperature to prevent the bread from burning. The bottom of the bread indeed burns very easily if you use high temperature.
• Cheese Selection: Use a low moisture part-skim mozzarella. You can use any cheese you like, from mild to sharp, according to your preference.
• Skillet choice: Be sure to choose a 10-inch oven-proof skillet. It doesn’t need to be cast iron, although that’s the best way to get a nice browned crust on the outside.
• Butter is key: Adding a tablespoon of butter as the skillet heats up creates a wonderful, crispy crust. The bread batter also takes melted butter. Allow the butter to melt in the pan as the oven heats up. This helps grease the skillet and create that delicious crust.
• Nut-free option: This is an almond flour based recipe and it won’t work with coconut flour. But if you need to be nut-free, you can try using sunflower seed flour. Remember to add a tablespoon of acid like lemon juice so you don’t get the green reaction!
• Patience is a virtue: I was patient enough to keep the temperature low enough so that the bottom of the bread didn’t burn. The texture was just like I hoped: succulent, hearty, and tasty. The bread held exceptionally well together.

Vegan Keto Skillet Bread

The quickest and easiest way to make this recipe vegan-friendly is by swapping out the mozzarella cheese for a vegan-friendly cheese. These types of cheese products are typically made from a variety of different plant products and come in a wide variety of styles and tastes. This also applies to cream cheese as well.

Serving Suggestions

Serve with appropriate keto-friendly toppings. Great bread to have with soup or salad. I have even used it for breakfast with eggs. Many readers use this recipe in place of cornbread. It’s certainly good that way, although I do have a recipe for keto cornbread as well. Both are delicious in their own special way.

Storage and Reheating

As long as your garlic bread is properly wrapped up, you can expect it to last for between 3-4 days if you’re storing it in the fridge. As long as your keto garlic bread is properly wrapped up, you can store it for up to 3 days in the refrigerator. Store this bread on the counter in a covered container for up to 4 days or in the fridge for up to 10. It can also be frozen for several months. Wrap it up tightly to avoid freezer burn.

Yes, you can definitely microwave this keto garlic bread in order to reheat it. Here’s an important point though: don’t heat it up for any longer than 10 seconds! It will cause your garlic bread to come out as hard as a rock! To be perfectly honest with you guys, if you’re planning on reheating this garlic bread, I would recommend throwing it in the oven instead. I find that it turns out way better. If that still doesn’t help, then don’t be shy about scraping a bit of extra butter from the center of the bread as well. Don’t be shy!

Read also: Keto Calorie Counting: A Detailed Guide

Keto-Friendly?

There are any number of keto bread recipes out there, and many keto breads you can purchase in stores or online. But you do need to read the labels and look at the ingredients. Many “keto breads” are actually quite high in carbs and may not be suitable for your diet. This keto cheese bread has only 6.6g of carbs per slice and 4g of fiber, so it has 2.6g net carbs per serving.

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