low carb biscuits

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 27 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 C almond meal/flour
• 3 T coconut oil
• 1 1/2 t baking powder
• 1/2 C powdered egg whites
• 1/4 t salt
• 1 T "sweetening power" from artificial sweetener
• 1/2 C heavy cream
• 1/2 C other milky liquid - can be unsweetened soy milk, milk, cream, or half and half

Preparation:

It is very important that you use a fat that is solid at room temperature. Coconut oil (the refined kind that doesn't taste like coconut)...  Preheat oven to 400 F

1. Mix oil and almond meal together with a mixer or pastry blender until it's like coarse meal.
2. Add the rest of the dry ingredients.
3. If you're using liquid artifcial sweetener, put it in with the cream.
4. Mix wet and dry together, and let the mixture sit for 3 to 4 minutes.
5. Drop by tablespoons on foil-covered baking sheet. 

Bake for about 10 minutes, depending upon size, until golden brown.

Nutritional Analysis:Makes 12 biscuits, each with 2 grams of carbohydrate plus 2 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein.

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