This keto bread recipe is a new and improved version of those we’ve baked in the past.
We’ve really nailed it with this one, you’ll love the taste and aroma.
We know when a recipe is a hit, everyone talks about it and wants the recipe. The feedback is it’s the best keto bread recipe anyone has tried.
Why is this keto bread recipe so special?
Most keto bread recipes lack a special ingredient that most high carb baked doughs have.
An ingredient that when it wafts past your nose it instantly turns your senses on and also make your keto bread light a fluffy.
Secret For The Best Keto Bread
The secret ingredient that makes this keto bread so good is yeast. Yeast is what gives this keto bread recipe a cut upove the rest.
Yep, we know, “yeast”. The reason that yeast is left out of keto bread recipes is that commonly it requires sugar to rise.
What most people don’t know is that you can bake using a natural product called inulin instead.
Inulin is a soluble prebiotic fiber that is food for the yeast to consume (like it also feeds on sugar) allowing our keto bread recipe to rise and become soft and fluffy.
Why Add Yeast To Low Carb Bread Recipes?
There are three reasons we like to add yeast to some of our keto baked goods.
- Keto Breads are typically dense and often grainy and dry. Yeast won’t make it as light and fluffy as the high carb rubbish that we’re used to in the supermarket. But it does make it lighter and more doughy than other low carb bread.
- Inulin that the yeast feeds on is a super prebiotic and has a multitude of health benefits.
- The aroma. We have used yeast a number of times in our keto recipes purely for the aroma.
The sense of smell is every bit as important as taste when it comes to a foods desirability.
We tested that theory with our famous ketogenic soft pretzels recipe.
This recipe is better than any homemade ketogenic bread we’ve had yet. That can be attributed mostly to the aroma and texture achieved by adding yeast.
One loaf of keto bread makes 16 serves, 1 serve is one slice.
Slices of this keto bread can be stored in sandwich bags and frozen up to 3 months.
Ingredients for Keto Bread
- 7 ½ ounces (2 cups) of Almond Flour
- 1 tablespoon of Psyllium Husk Powder
- 1 teaspoon of Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon of Xanthan Gum
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 teaspoon of Inulin
- 2 teaspoons of Dry Yeast
- 2 tablespoons of Warm Water
- 4 ½ ounces of Butter, melted
- 7 Eggs, room temperature
How To Make Keto Bread
Making keto bread is one of our favorite low-carb foods to make as it satisfies that part of the diet many people miss.
- Preheat your oven to 170C/340F.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the almond flour, psyllium, baking powder, x, nthan gum and salt. Mix well.
- Push the dry mixture to the sides of the bowl, creating a well in the centre right down to the base of the bowl. Add the inulin and yeast to the well, followed by the warm water.
- Mix the warm water into the yeast and inulin only. Leave for the yeast activate for 10 minutes.
- Add the melted butter and eggs and mix well.
- Once the mixture is combined, pour into a 9x5in loaf pan that has been lined with parchment paper.
- Leave your batter to prove for 20 minutes in a warm spot, covered with a tea towel.
- Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes, the bread is cooked when golden brown and makes a hollow sound when tapped.
- Remove from the tin and leave to cool on a rack.
Once it has been baked and cooled slice the keto bread loaf into 16 slices and enjoy straight away or store in the fridge for later.
Keto Bread Recipe - New and Improved
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1 tbsp psyllium husk powder
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp xanthum gum
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp inulin
- 2 tsp dry yeast
- 2 tbsp warm water
- 4.5 oz butter melted
- 7 whole eggs
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170C/340F
- In a large mixing bowl, add the almond flour, psyllium, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt. Mix well.
- Push the dry mixture to the sides of the bowl, creating a well in the centre right down to the base of the bowl. Add the inulin and yeast to the well, followed by the warm water.
- Mix the warm water into the yeast and inulin only. Leave for the yeast activate for 10 minutes.
- Add the melted butter and eggs and mix well.
- Once the mixture is combined, pour into a 9x5in loaf pan that has been lined with parchment paper.
- Leave your batter to prove for 20 minutes in a warm spot, covered with a tea towel.
- Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes, the bread is cooked when golden brown and makes a hollow sound when tapped.
- Remove from the tin and leave to cool on a rack.
- Slice the loaf into 16 slices and enjoy straight away or store in the fridge.
Nutrition
The Best Keto Bread Recipe
We have tried and baked tonnes of variation of keto bread. This recipe was a work in progress through lots of trial and error.
We looked high and low to come up with a solution that would not only taste great but bake like real bread with the same aroma.
The bread needed to be yeasty, fluffy and soft without the carbs required for normal bread to rise yet also stay within the keto diet macros.
This is, without doubt, the best keto bread recipe we’ve both made and tried. Just try it once (exactly per the instructions) and you’ll never try another again.
This Keto bread is also Gluten-Free, Paleo Friendly and of course very low-carb.
How Many Carbs Per Serving Of Keto Bread?
Due to the fact that we don’t use any sugar or high carb flower our Keto bread contains only 1g Net Carbs per serve.
To make this keto bread even more ketogenic serve it with quality grass-fed butter that also has near zero carbs per serve.
Kerry Gold is our favorite butter.
Calories In Keto Bread
There are only 140 calories per slice of our special Keto bread recipe.
This keto bread is baked using only the most ideal ingredients for a ketogenic diet.
Two slices of this ultra low carb keto bread makes the perfect combination for sandwiches and burgers still keeping within your daily macro limits.
Servings Per Loaf of Keto bread
This loaf makes 16 slices, which is one slice per serve.
For counting your calories and macros simply multiply by each slice, eg, two slices is 2 x 140 calories = 240 calories total.
Can I Substitute The Keto bread Ingredients?
We get this question a lot with almost all of our recipes.
Sometimes you can get away with substituting ingredients but with our Keto bread recipe, it is recommended you don’t use anything except for what we use to bake it.
It took a lot of experimentation to come up with this keto bread recipe and to achieve the texture and flavor.
So the short answer is no. I’m sorry on this occasion please stick to the recommendations above if you want the best Keto bread you’ve ever tasted.
Try more of our fantastic Keto Bakery Recipes.
Keto Bread Meal Ideas
I like to eat my keto bread warm with a slab of butter. But it goes well in the toaster and it’s an excellent replacement for hamburger buns.
Try our flavored butter recipes for some variety.
You can make keto french toast with it. I love to eat my keto bread loaded with smashed avocado and a fried egg for breakfast.
Try drying it out in a low oven to make croutons. Put it in a food processor for crumbing chicken, fish or schnitzels.
More Keto Bread Recipes
We have a variety of keto bread recipes for different applications such as:
A delicious and versatile keto bread adapted for use with burgers and sandwiches.
This Keto bread recipe makes the perfect pull apart loaf for smothering in butter and dunking in your soup.
Keto Biscuits (known as Scones outside the US)
Moist and morish is how most describe this Keto Bread recipe. Very easy to make they’re known as biscuits in the US but you would call the Scones in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
An Italian classic Keto bread recipe. Make it alongside your favorite Marina dish or dunk it in your soup.
If you want to make a larger batch of Keto Bread, simply adjust the serving amounts in our easy to use recipe card above.
HI. just to let you know that the Baking powder isn’t on the printed version.
Thanks
Thank you so much Evelyn,
We have added it to the recipe card. If you can’t see the changes you may need clear your browser cache.
Thanks again.
Matt 🙂
This bread is delicious and so tasty. Just made my second loaf.
Hi Bev,
Thanks for your kind words! We’re glad you’re enjoying it.
Made my first loaf of this bread today. My husband loved it! I thought it tasted a little eggy, but it is by far the best bread I have tried so far. Will definitely make it again. Thanks for sharing it!
Hi Lori,
It is a huge challenge to create a keto bread that is the same taste and texture as “normal” bread! Thank you for your kind words 🙂
The only words I can use to describe this: IT’S REALLY BREAD! You have really cracked the secret code to Keto bread. It’s amazing. To see bread actually rise again – wow. I thought those days were over.
I didn’t taste the egg so much, but if anyone does – I suggest you butter it and toast in a pan for French toast.
You’ve won my heart with this one. I am making the pretzels today. I look forward to checking out the site.
*bow*
Can’t wait to try your pretzels!
Hi Jesamine,
Thank you so much for your kind words, you’ve made my day! I’m sure you will love the pretzels (I know I do) 😉
I know one shouldn’t make sub bc it might not turn out the same. Though has anyone had experience making this without the insulin? I have vital wheat gluten, would that help instead? Thanks
Hi Simi,
The inulin is the food for the yeast, which helps the bread rise. Vital wheat gluten doesn’t work the same, so substituting will stop the bread from rising as much. If you do want to take the risk, let me know how it goes.
Gerri
Can i use super fine almond flour?
You sure can LT!
I’ve been searching, experimenting and baked more bread loaves than I can count, looking for something my whole family (we all eat keto) will agree on. This got the unanimous vote for the best Keto Bread! Thank you.
Hi Dawn,
We’re so glad your family loves our bread recipe. I’m sure you bake it with plenty of love 🙂
I made this tonight. It is very good. I’ve been making various “new” recipes for Keto bread. Some with yeast, some no yeast. This one is by far the best. It’s moist, but not slimy. It has a nice/mild yeast scent. The texture I’d spot on. By far the best Keto Bread recipe to date.
Hi Nancy,
Thank you for your kinds words. I’m so glad you enjoyed the bread 🙂
Can you make dinner rolls with this bread?
Hi Gay,
The bread mixture is more of a batter than a dough, you could bake it in a muffin tin to make dinner rolls. I hope that helps 🙂
This is my 2nd loaf, I made some changes added two scoops of collagen protein power, a tbsp of nutritional yeast flakes . So I increased the yeast to 3tsp and inulin to 11/2 tsp, baking power 11/2 tsp and 9eggs.
It came out great . I wish I could send you a picture. I really like this bread but needed to add to it for nutrition about my self. Thank you
Hi Gay,
We’d love to see a picture! You can share it with us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, or email it to us [email protected]
I’m glad you enjoyed our bread 🙂
I just made this bread and it completely exceeded my expectations! I made a coiple of alterations. one by mistake and the others out of necessity and by design. So here is some feedback that may be helpful to others. 1) I didn’t have psyllium husk powder and foubnd it was going to be pretty spendy. When it only needed 1 Tbsp it didn’t seem worth it so I researched it and found ground chia seed can be substituted.(Chia seed are less expensive in my neck of the woods). The texture was flawless so I’d call that a success. 2) I accidentally read the yeast as 2 Tablespoons instead of teaspoons so my yeast was actually triple the amount called for. It was wonderfully fluffy. I don’t know how it turns out with the normal amount of yeast but I know it is good the way I made it so I will continue to do it that way. 3) Lastly, I like my bread with a hint of sweetness so I added a pinch of pure powdered stevia and it was perfection! Thank you for a fantastic recipe!
Hi Lisa,
I’m glad that the ground chia worked out for you, and 2 tablespoons of yeast! Wow, that would be one fluffy, yeasty loaf! Thanks for stopping by.
some say it tastes eggy. Can I use less eggs?
Hi Julie,
I don’t recommend it, but if you want to give it a try, I’d like to know how it turns out.
just made this today and it tastes great…even my mom liked it and had a second piece!
Great to hear Mary Anne! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Do you think I could form this into balls for dinner rolls, or will it be too heavy?
Hi Jackie,
The bread mixture is more of a batter than a dough, you could try pouring it into a muffin tin and baking for dinner rolls.
i do not have insulin, what can I use instead
Hi Joyce,
The inulin is essential for our bread. It is the food for the yeast, which provides rise, without it the bread will be flat.
I was wondering if I can use Rapid Rise Yeast?
Hi Renay,
You sure can!
Can you sub the butter with oil for a dairy free version?
Hi Francesca,
You sure can. I would recommend coconut oil, or another mild flavored olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil may be a bit over powering.
Baking my second loaf right now! Family loved having French toast this morning. This is the best bread recipe And I have tried many.
I just subbed one teaspoon sugar for the yeast to feed on and it worked great! One teaspoon of sugar divided by 16 slices seems doable. My family and I thank you!
Thank you for your kind words Nancy!
Finally a delicious keto bread. Made it this morning. Wonderful.
Thank you for your kind words, Howard!
Many thanks for working out this recipe. This the closest thing to a “real” bread we‘ve come across. We‘ve done OK without breads but it’s so nice to have a tasty and faithful option.
Hi Jon,
Thanks for the kind comments.
Gerri spent a lot of time on perfecting this keto bread recipe.
Regards,
Matt
Oh my! This stuff is awesome! I was skeptical as I live at high altitude (8000 ft) and have never been successful at making “regular ” bread. This came out beautifully. I love the texture and the flavor. Made French toast this AM with my Keto blueberry syrup. What a treat! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
That’s great to hear Tutu! I’m so glad it works well for high altitude 🙂
Thank you for the lovely bread recipe. I like to add about 40 g of mixed seeds to the mix. My favourite way to eat it is with a drizzle of Sukrin Gold syrup.
That sounds delicious, Valorie! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Sorry if I missed it, but, where are the carb and calorie counts on this bread?
Hi Bonnie,
They are just at the bottom of the recipe card.
Just pulled my loaf out of the oven and it’s perfect and tasty with butter while it’s still hot. I made another recipe yesterday that turned out green and tasted terrible so thank you so much, this bread is awesome!! Grilled Cheese and Bacon and Tomato sandwiches ahead and so looking forward to it! Very Much Appreciated, Thank You!
I’m glad you like it, Marie! Thank you for your kind words 🙂