My son sat down next to me this evening with a bagel and cream cheese on his plate. I took one look and thought, boy, I wish there was a low carb bagel! I started searching online and found that yes, there *are* low carb bagels you can buy. But I also found this easy, five ingredient recipe for low carb, gluten free bagels... and knew I could have one myself in less than 30 minutes!
I halved the recipe to make three bagels because, let's face it, a lot of low carb baked goods recipes turn out gross. They look good in the pictures but yuck. So instead of having a half dozen bagels sitting around, I thought three was more manageable. So here it is:
3/4 c. almond flour (not almond meal; almond flour is very fine)
1/2 Tbsp baking soda
1 1/4 c. shredded mozzarella
1 ounce cream cheese
1 beaten egg
Mix the flour and baking soda in one bowl. Put the mozzarella and cream cheese in a microwavable bowl and nuke one minute. Mix quickly and thoroughly. Dump the flour mixture on top, then add the egg. Mix a bit with a spatula and then get in there with your hands and knead it until it is one consistent texture (no bits of cheese of areas of flour). Separate into 3 equal dough portions. Roll each portion into a "snake" and connect the ends, leaving a hole in the middle to make a bagel shape. Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, like so.
As you can see, I topped one with Trader Joe's Everything Bagel Seasoning. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 14 minutes (mine took the full 14).
The bagels smaller than grocery store bagel and my holes closed up, so I'd probably shape them with a bigger center hole next time. They're also a little flatter than a normal bagel (and they are flatter in the photos on other sites I've looked at, too) probably because there's no yeast. That's okay. Because they're delicious!!
You can cut them in half and spread them with cream cheese or toast them with butter. Or both!
The verdict: yum! The very best way, for me, was the top half of the Everything bagel, toasted and spread with butter. It got crunchy and crispy but still soft underneath just like real bread. I think it's great! The other half was spread with cream cheese and also tasted very good. You could make sandwiches out of these, too. My plan is to halve them, freeze each half separately, and toast them from frozen as desired. Now I can have a piece of toast with my breakfast once in awhile for only 4 grams of carbs! (2.5 net carbs). Win for me! Each bagel half also contains about 180 calories, 14 grams of fat, and 10.5 grams of protein. Will be making the full recipe next time!
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