Keto French Toast - Valentines Day Edition

I love all types of special days! Valentines Day is no exception!

We celebrate as a family, we don’t go out for dinner, rarely, as we don’t have a network of babysitters or any family close by and the kiddos are still a bit young to sit still in a fancy restaurant! They prefer to run amok after the novelty of colouring in has worn off! I wish more places would invest in kids play areas! In the country I was born in, EVERY single restaurant has a play area, and they are AMAZING!! Most of them have wonderful ladies looking after the kids in them too!! Honestly, you can sit and have a glass of wine in peace and quite knowing your children are having fun and you don’t have to wash any dishes afterwards!!! WIN WIN

SO, we do Valentines Day at home, pretty much for the entire day!

Lets start with Keto French Toast for breakfast, shall we!

INGREDIENTS

1 x pouch of Flour and Dough Keto Baking Mix - I used Sunflower Date and Walnut here

1 x egg

Coconut oil, butter, oil for frying

That’s it! Oh, and you will need a pan too :)

TIPS AND TRICKS

Because these loaves are not very high, no gluten, no yeast, they don’t rise heaps! So, I halved my loaf tin, I just added some tinfoil to corner it off! I had a smaller loaf, but it made it allot higher!

This is a 10 cm heart cookie cutter. I got 8 heart shaped bread slices from this loaf.

Don’t waste your cut outs! I love to bake my extra pieces, tossed in olive oil, and use them as croutons! What would your idea be? I did see a realy cute idea for using crusts the other day! In quick - they roll them up and add one roll to the bottom of a muffin tin, add garlic butter on top, grill it, then add pizza sauce and cheese and grill it again. I do wonder if this would work, let me know if you try it!

STORAGE

I actualy don’t know how long it would last, as we made them and then ate them!

TOPPINGS
I think Bob’s your Uncle here!

I love french toast with chutney and cheese

My kids love it with syrup

Hubby likes to add a fried egg, cheese and tomatoe

But, I can imagine, any fruits, syrups, jams would all be amazing!

METHOD
Make up your bread the way it describes on the back of the baking mix packet

Now, do make your loaf tin smaller, like I explained above

Let your loaf cool down completely and make sure your heart cookie cutter fits your loaf. You could also try cutting it into slices by cutting your loaf through the top and not the conventional way from the sides!

Cut out as many heart shapes as you can, I did flip my heart over to get the most out of each slice and the baking mix!

Coat in your egg mixture, and fry until the egg is slightly browned!

Top with your favorite toppings!!

Keto Pizza - from a baking mix

When I say our baking mixes are versatile, I really mean it!

One bread baking mix can absolutely make you that low carb, gluten free bread you have been dreaming of, in record time. But when you feel like something else and bread is not going to cut it, make a low carb / keto pizza base from our baking mix!

Now you can make your very own keto pizza right at home, so when the craving strikes, you will be prepared!

why you will love it

The best part of a pizza, is the base, you can add your favorite toppings and cheese, but if the base is terrible, your entire pizza is terrible!

This is where this base comes in handy! The Almond flour and other ingredients has already been mixed in the right ingredients for you. It’s healthier than the normal wheat (white ) flour that most pizza bases are made from, and its even gluten free, for those that need it.

It is really easy to make at home, saving you time and money, in this time we find ourselves in, saving money is absolute key!

You can have the baking mix ready in your pantry for months, so you wont even have to leave the house to go and grab some ingredients!

Have a look at the video here, made by the amazing @sezzy_keto, who is one of our very amazing brand reps!

KETO PIZZA BASE

How is that for a keto pizza base!

Sezzy used the Rosemary Garlic and Thyme baking mix for this base as it already has some amazing herbs mixed into it, and in the perfect quantities. The Original bread baking mix will also do the trick, but you will have to add herbs and spices, if you want them in your base!

INGREDIENTS

1 Baking Mix - Rosemary Garlic and Thyme ( recommended)

3/4 cup parmesan cheese

2 eggs

2 tablespoons water ( maybe a little more)

1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

instructions

1.In a large bowl, combine your baking mix and cheese.

2. In a small bowl/jug mix up your eggs, water and oil.

3. Add the wet mixture into your dry ingredients and give it a good mix, until a nice dough is formed. Make sure you have added enough water. you want it to look like a dough, not crumbly, but all stuck to gether without being sticky.

4. Form dough into a nice ball. Here you need to decide if you are making 2 bases or 1. I prefer to make two, as the dough makes a large size pizza and I like it quite thin, so it became a little tricky to manage.

5. Transfer your dough ball/s onto baking paper, place another piece on top, and roll it out!

6. Transfer your pizza/s to a pzza stone/pan - I use a cookie sheet, that all I had! Bake at 180 for 15-20 mins. You want your crust slightly brown and for me, crispy on the edges. Cool your pizza for 10-15 minutes

7. Now, flip it over, still on the pan/stone and remove the baking paper. Add your toppings here!

8. Give your pizza a nice grill on 220 degrees celsius, until the cheese is nice a bubbly!

tips

Roll out your pizza to the thickness and size you want. I prefer a thinner crust and also a rectangle size. Remember to make your baking paper the correct size

Add your favorite toppings

If you are using the Original baking mix, add some herbs and spices, to make the pizza base your own!

If you are going to use the Original, why not make it into something sweet? Think dessert pizza!

Your pizza can go into the fridge, the crust held, for me, for a day, then I ate the rest, so beyond that, I actualy dont know!

You can prepare keto pizza bases before hand and freeze them! Freeze them in layers in between the baking paper, then wrap them in plastic wrap. Thaw them out before you bake them. I would recommend that you don’t keep them longer than 3 months in the freezer.

Have fun and let us know how your keto pizza from a baking mix, turned out!