3 Minute Protein Bread (low carb, sugar free, dairy free*, paleo)

Just "baked" in the microwave

Made in a 6 inch corningware...perfect for a kid's (or grown-ups)
peanut butter and jelly!

Miss bread and biscuits? Like real, chewy bread that doesn't come out crumbly and doesn't require tons of starches that will up your blood sugar faster than you can say tapioca? I know I did...until I devised this versatile recipe that started out being cooked in the oven, but has since been relegated to the microwave and/or waffle iron to ensure good rise and perfect, bready density...not hockey puck-ish texture disguised as bread!

Please try this and let me know what you think. It is far superior to ANY gluten free (especially low carb) bread that I have tried, and we have tried a lot!


Coming soon...modifications to make restaurant quality butter-garlic rolls & cinnamon buns!

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3 MINUTE BREAD!

1/3 c coconut flour
1/3 c whey OR egg white protein powder (use egg white only for dairy free)
1/3 c psyllium husks (powdered)


See...a real biscuit (note the biscuit balls that
are pre-made in the container, ready for the
fridge and fresh bread...in 3 MINUTES!

2 tsp baking powder (or 1 tsp baking soda + 1/2 tsp cream of tarter)1 tsp salt
1/2 c milk of choice (I usually use canned coconut milk, but have also used whole and goats)
1/4 c + 2 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
4 extra large eggs
Butter/Coconut oil for greasing cooking dish


Mix all of the wet ingredients in a large bowl w/ a hand mixer, or use a high powered blender. Add the salt and baking powder and mix well. Add the protein, then the psyllium husks and finally the coconut flour, mixing well after each addition.


Once you have a dough like substance, let it hang out and thicken up for 3-5 minutes. Melt about 1/3 Tbsp butter in your microwave safe dish (I use small corningware or my glass pyrex) and then swirl it around to coat the bottom and about 1/2 inch up the sides. Divide your dough into approximately 7 1/4 c. balls. You are going to cook one at a time...you can save some in the fridge to have hot, fresh rolls in 3 minutes! 


When you are ready to make your bread, flatten your dough ball slightly into the prepared microwave container and then flip it over so their is butter/oil all over it. "Bake" it in your microwave, starting at about 1.5 minutes and adding 20 second increments until it is slightly firm in the middle. This make take a few attempts, but err on the side of under-done, as you can always re-nuke it. Once it's overcooked, it gets rubbery and hard around the edges.  For 1/4 c. dough in a 1 cup pyrex, in my 1200 watt microwave, it takes 2 minutes and 20 seconds to perfect bready, biscuit goodness. 1/3 cup (when I make larger rolls) takes 3 minutes. It's an art, this microwave baking...

Protein Blueberry Bread (nut free, low carb, sugar free)

Alright my friends...I have found something crazy. Pork rinds, ground up, create a pretty amazing flour substitute. (Be careful that your pork rinds don't have a lot of crap in them...you want them to have 2 ingredients...pork skin and salt. Nothing else. Nothing would ruin a blueberry bread like a BBQ flavored flour. Gross.)

I have been having a  blast playing with the ZERO carb flour...seriously, it's like a match made in heaven. It's tricky though...to much pork rind without another flour makes for a chewy (not in a good way), rubbery texture that is nothing to write home about. However, used in addition to other ingredients, it's pretty awesome. We really enjoyed this bread/cake. The batter can also be used to make "muffin tops", on a cookie sheet without a muffin top pan. Double score, right?


(Notes - if you use sugar and not a sugar substitute, this will no longer be low carb...)

Double Protein (Pork Rind) Blueberry Bread

1/2 c butter, softened

3/4 c erythritol (or 1/2 c. birch xylitol or white sugar)

1/2 tsp powdered stevia (or 1/2 c. brown sugar)

2 eggs

2 tsp baking powder (or 1 tsp baking soda + 1/2 tsp cream of tarter)

1 cup pork rind flour (simply food process or use a high speed blender until it's finely ground)

1/2 c. unflavored whey or egg white protein powder (I use NOW Whey - off Amazon) 

1/2 c. coconut flour

3/4 c. milk of choice (almond, coconut, dairy)

1 Tbsp unflavored gelatin

2.5 c. frozen blueberries (Wild Maine work best, because they are small)

Beat butter, sweeteners and eggs until well combined. Add milk, baking powder and gelatin & beat well.  Add flours and mix until just combined. Fold in frozen blueberries and pour into a parchment lined loaf pan (8x4)

Bake at 350 for approximately 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

Allow to cool, store in the fridge. For an extra special breakfast, toast in a frying pan that has been coated in melted butter...yum!

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