Low Carb Recipe Ideas
Making croutons yourself not only means you can control the amount of carbs, you can also change the flavors to suit your mood, and your food.
This recipe for croutons actually uses the Low Carb Lupin Flour Bread Recipe. If you’ve never tried it, you must!
Having low carb croutons can be pretty handy. Not only can you add them over any type of salad for crunch, you can add them to your soups or just eating them as a treat and to make it more exciting you can take these croutons an place them into a food processor and make yourself some bread crumbs.
I did not add any spices to the croutons but you are very welcome to add your favorite spice. I found leaving the crouton plain still give them a great flavor.
My favorite way to cut the bread into cubes it to use my electric knife and usually I will take 3 slices at a time and cut into strips and then cut into cubes. It is the perfect tools to use.
So lets get started and I will show you how to make them.
This is the Lupin Flour Bread Recipe!
Lupin Flour Bread
192 grams Vital Wheat Gluten
38 grams Oat Fiber
84 grams Lupin flour
1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons powdered erythritol
Take all of the dry ingredients and mix in a bowl
200 grams cashew milk
2 beaten ed eggs
30 grams butter
1 teaspoon honey
1 heaping tablespoon of yeast (SAF)
In your bread maker or industrial mixer , pour in the cashew milk and add the egg.
Then take your bowl with the dry ingredients and add on top of the water and egg
Measure out 30 grams butter
Place pieces of butter around the edge of the dry mixer.
Make a well in the center of the dry mixer and take a teaspoon, spray with oil, add honey to the oiled spoon and pour into the well of the dry mixture. (the oil makes the honey come off the spoon easier)
Add 1 heaping tablespoon of yeast on top of the honey
Close the bread maker lid, press start and let the bread maker mix the dough until it stops mixing. ( mine bread mixer will beep a few times to tell me to add in your nuts or fruit extra, just let it continue until it stopped mixing which is the first knead)
The dough should be in a ball and not sticky.
Remove and place on a cutting board or mat, you don’t really need to knead the dough you just want make it into a nice loaf shape.
Grease your 9.5′ x 5.3′ pan.
Place dough in pan, spray oil on plastic wrap and cover dough.
Place in the microwave with a 4 cup measuring cup full of boiling water. Close the lid and let sit to make the dough rise. (approx 1 1/2 hours)
Preheat oven 350 F and bake for 25 minutes
Calories: 83
Servings: 17 slices
Yield: 1.3 net carbs
Make Croutons
Preheat oven 170 F
Using an electric knife slice your bread into slices. Then take 3 slices at a time and cut the bread into cubes.
Place cubes on baking sheet, place in oven on middle rack.
I left mine in the oven for 3 hours but there is know need for length of time.
Bread Crumbs
Take you croutons and add them to a food processor and blend into powder to make the bread crumbs.
Store in a mason jar or sealed container.
Stay Healthy and live well!
Gayle
