Low Carb Garlic Bread

Dry Ingredients
3 1/3 c. Pre-Mixed Bake Mix
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp guar gum
1 tsp xantham gum
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp Italian Seasoning

Wet Ingredients
8 oz. reduced fat cream cheese (softened)
1 c. butter (really soft/slightly melted)
4 eggs
1/2 c. mozzarella cheese (shredded)
2 Tbsp fresh garlic

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add all wet ingredients to a blender and mix until well blended. Add wet ingredients to dry and mix until well combined.

Spray the bottom of small loaf pans with cooking spray. Portion batter into 3 small loaf pans. Top loaves with an additional tsp or so of fresh minced garlic and a pinch of salt.

Bake for approximately 35 - 45 minutes until top is golden and a toothpick can be inserted and removed cleanly.

Optional Additions:
1 cup frozen chopped spinach, defrosted and well drained.
3/4 cup sun dried tomatoes, drained and chopped

Low Carb Almond Bread

This one was approved by even my non-LC friends! If you don't have LC Bake Mix, check out the recipe from my previous post!

8 ounces cream cheese - softened
1 cup butter - softened
4 eggs
1/3 c. Splenda®

2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups almond flour
1 c. premixed lowcarb baking mix
1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 tsp guargum
1 tsp xanthan gum

Preheat oven to 325°F. Prepare a 1 1/2 qt loaf pan (or 3 mini loaf pans) with cooking spray.

Combine wet ingredients together in a blender until smooth.
Mix dry ingredients together and then fold in wet ingredients. Pour evenly into baking pan. Bake for 50-60 (40-50 mins for mini pans) minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then invert on a serving plate.
Keep refrigerated.

Optional - Add an additional (1) cup of Splenda for a sweeter bread that tastes almost cake-like.

Low Carb Bake Mix

Yes, it's here...after a lot of tweaking, I have finally developed a do it yourself low carb bake mix. Make up a batch of this and keep it in the freezer to use to make the most fabulous low carb breads and baked goods ever!

1 c. Soy Flour
3/4 c. Flax Meal
1 c. Almond Flour
1 3/4 c. Whey Protein Powder (I use French Vanilla w/ 3 net grams of carbs per 2 scoops, just make sure it's a low carb version)
4 tsp Splenda
3 tsp Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt