Keto Blueberry Muffins

From Southern Keto by Natasha Newton

Ingredients:

1 1/2 Cups Finely Ground Blanched Almond Flour

1/2 Cup Granular Erythritol

2 tsp Baking Powder

1/4 tsp Salt

2 Large Eggs

1/4 Cup Sour Cream

1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

1/2 Cup Fresh Blueberries

Directions:

 Preheat the oven to 350°F. Greases a standard-size 12-well muffin pan.

In a small bowl, whisk together the almond flour, erythritol, baking powder, and salt.

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the eggs, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla extract. Slowly add the flour mixture, stirring until well blended. Gently stir in the blueberries.

Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling each well about 3/4 full. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the tops are lightly browned and a toothpick or tester inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean.

Allow the muffins to cool completely before removing from the pan. Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Zucchini or Pumpkin Bread

 Ingredients

3 Cups Shredded Zucchini (about 3 medium) or 2 Cups Pumpkin Purée (1 can 16oz)

1 2/3 Cups Sugar

2/3 Cup Vegetable Oil

2 tsp Vanilla

4 Large Eggs

3 Cups All-Purpose Flour (or whole wheat flour)

2 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon 

1/2 tsp Ground Cloves

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1 Cup chocolate chips

Directions 

Preheat oven to 350*F.

Grease loaf pans (or prepare muffin pans). Mix zucchini (or pumpkin) with sugar, oil, vanilla, and eggs in a large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Bake for 50-60 minutes in a loaf pan, or 25-30 minutes for muffins.

Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes.

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This year my husband was diagnosed with Celiac. He LOVES banana bread with chocolate chips and this is a recipe that both he and I really like!

Ingredients:

2 cups gluten-free all-purpose baking flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
4 large eggs, room temperature
2 cups mashed ripe bananas (4-5 bananas)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup canola oil (vegetable oil is a fine substitute)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat over to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, bananas, sugar, applesauce, oil and vanilla. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened. Gently mix in chocolate chips.

Transfer to two greased 8x4" loaf pans (or a muffin pan if you want to do muffins). Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45-55 minutes for a loaf, about 25 minutes for muffins. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

INGREDIENTS:

3 Eggs
2 Cups white sugar
1 Cup plus 2 TBS Vegetable Oil
6 TBS Cocoa Powder
2 Cups grated zucchini
1 tsp Vanilla extract
2 Cups All-purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 Cup Chocolate Chips


DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans, or cupcake tin (or for easy cleanup line cupcake tin with cupcake liners!). Beat eggs and sugar together until creamy. Add vegetable oil, cocoa powder, grated zucchini, and vanilla. Beat well. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake in preheated oven for 60-70 minutes int he loaf pan, 25-30 minutes in the cupcake tins. Insert a toothpick into the center of the loaf to check that it comes out clean.

Fluffy Biscuits

Ingredients:
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
4 tsp Baking Powder
3 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 Cup Shortening
1 Egg
2/3 Cup Milk

Directions:
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat egg with milk; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened

Turn onto a well-floured surface; knead 20 times. Roll to 3/4 inch thickness; cut. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 450°F for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1 1/4 Cups Sugar
1/2 Cup (1 Stick) margarine or butter (softened)
2 Large Eggs
1 1/2 Cups Mashed Bananas (about 3-4 medium sized bananas)
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 Cups All-purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 Cup Chopped Nuts (optional)
2 Cups Chocolate Chips (optional, I prefer milk chocolate baking chips)


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F
Grease the bottom of 2 large loaf pans, or 4 small loaf pans, with shortening. Mix ingredients together until smooth. Bake 50-60 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes. Cut and serve.

Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients:
Dough:
2 pkgs active dry yeast (2 TBS)
1 Cup Warm Water
2/3 Cup plus 1 tsp granulated sugar, divided
1 Cup Warmed Milk
2/3 Cup butter (1 stick plus 1 TBS)
2 tsp Salt
2 Eggs, Slightly Beaten
7-8 Cups All-Purpose Flour, you may need a little more


Filling
1 Cup Softened Butter
1 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar,
3 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 1/2 Cup Chopped Walnuts, optional
1 1/2 Cup Raisins, optional


Glaze:
2/3 Cup Melted Butter (1 stick plus 1 TBS)
4 Cups Powdered Sugar
2 tsp Vanilla
4-8 TBS Hot Water

Directions
To Prepare Dough: In a cup, combine yeast, warm water and 1 teaspoon sugar; stir and set aside.

In a large bowl, mix milk, remaining 2/3 cup sugar, melted butter, salt, and eggs; stir well and add yeast mixture. Add half the flour and beat until smooth. Stir in enough of the remaining flour until dough is slightly stiff (dough should still be sticky).
Turn out onto a well-floured board; knead 5-10 minutes. Place in a well-buttered glass or plastic bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until about doubled in bulk, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

When doubled, punch down dough and let rest 5 minutes. Roll out on floured surface into a 15-by-20-inch rectangle.

To Prepare Filling: Spread dough with 1/2 cup melted butter. Mix together 1 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over buttered dough. Sprinkle with walnuts and raisins, if desired.

Roll up jellyroll-fashion and pinch edges together to seal. Cut into 12-15 slices. Coat bottom of a 9"x13" baking pan and a 8' square pan with remaining 1/2 cup melted butter, rise in warm place until dough is doubled in bulk, about 45 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350° F. Bake 25-30 minutes or until rolls are nicely browned. Cool rolls slightly.

To prepare glaze: Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix melted butter, powdered sugar and vanilla; add hot water 1 Tablespoon at a time until glaze reaches desired spreading consistency. Spread over slightly cooled rolls.

Potato Rolls

Every year for Thanksgiving my mom would traditionally make these CUTE rolls that she would make to look like turkeys! This recipe is actually one I got from a friend when I was at college!

****WARNING: This is an OVERNIGHT recipe****

INGREDIENTS

1 package (2 TBSP) yeast
1 1/2 Cups Warm Water
2/3 Cup Sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
2/3 Cup shortening (or butter)
2 Eggs
1 Cup Lukewarm Mashed Potatoes
6 1/2-7 Cups All Purpose Flour

DIRECTIONS

In a small bowl dissolve yeast in warm water. For those who have not worked with yeast before, what I do is make the water from my sink as hot as possible, it seems to work well! In a large mixing bowl combine sugar, salt, shortening, eggs, potatoes, and 4 cups of flour. Mix until smooth. Add yeast-water mix. Mix in enough of the remaining flour until the dough is easy to handle (the least amount you have to use is best. Knead the dough until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.

Place in a greased bowl (I usually use my largest mixing bowl and using a paper towel I wipe shortening all over to grease the bowl); turn greased side up. Cover bowl tightly and refrigerate over night. Punch it down occasionally.

When ready to use punch down the dough.

*For normal rolls I shape the dough into about 2-inch balls and place them on a greased cookie sheet between 1/2-inch to 1-inch apart.*

For nice fluffy rolls I have found it is best to allow the rolls to rise for about an hour.

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Brush the rolls with butter and by the time the oven is preheated the rolls are good to go in the oven!

Bake for 15-20 minutes. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes then put them on a wire rack for another 10 minutes.

*To make the rolls look like turkey's shape dough into about 1 1/2-inch balls, place in greased muffin pan. Then to make the "head" and "tail feathers" you will roll the dough in your hands to make a "snake" (like you did when you were little playing with play dough). Break four pieces about an inch long and place three in the back and one in the front. (Follow the rest of the directions above for cooking)*