Looking for peanut flour recipes? Try this low carb peanut flour bread that is high in protein and great for snacking. It’s delicious with sugar free chocolate spread.
Lately, I’ve been experimenting with a new low carb flour made from peanuts. It’s a light powder that is very similar in texture to wheat flour.
Protein Plus is the brand of peanut flour I’m using. The peanuts have been defatted and the result is a twelve percent fat high protein gluten free flour.
There aren’t a lot of peanut flour recipes out there. And, I was looking to bake up a plain sweet bread made with this flour substitute.
I thought about adding peanut butter to give a more intense taste. But, chose to leave it out. I wanted to see how much peanut flavor came through.
The peanut flavor is there, but it is not very strong. Although I didn’t put any in my bread, chopped nuts or chocolate chips would be a nice addition.
I plan to work on some more peanut flour recipes. I think mixing in some chocolate would really compliment the flavor.
A drizzling of melted chocolate on top would really dress this bread up. Or, it could be baked into donut molds and frosted with chocolate.
This is a plain recipe so dress it up as you would like. If you want a sweeter bread, go ahead and up the sweetener to one cup.
Here’s a few more low carb peanut flour recipes you may want to try:
Peanut Flour Recipes – Low Carb Bread
Gluten Free Peanut Flour Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 3/4 cup low carb sweetener or stevia equivalent (about 18 drops)
- 5 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups peanut flour
- 2 teaspoons xanthan gum or guar gum (optional)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease loaf pan.
- Cream together butter, cream cheese and Splenda until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla extract. Combine peanut flour, guar or xanthan gum, and baking powder. Beat the flour mixture slowly into the butter mixture. If desired, chopped nuts or sugar free chocolate chips can be added at this point.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool about 10 minute, then remove from pan and cool on rack.
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Note on Nutritional Information
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About Lisa
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John says
I tried making your low carb Peanut Flour Bread according to your recipe, I noticed that before I put the mixture in the loaf pan it was very heavy, more like a paste than a liquid. Just didn’t look right. But I baked it anyway and it came out terrible. Very wet in the inside, more like a jelly role. It seems like 1 and 1/3 cup of peanut flour was too much. I lost the recipe I had used before using Peanut Flour and that loaf came out perfect.
Can you help.
Lisa MarcAurele says
I can put this recipe on the list of ones to redo. It could be a variation in the peanut flour itself, but I may need to do more testing. You could try less peanut flour and I think less egg would work too.
Andie Early says
Would adding whole psyllium husks and using 1 or 2 gelatin “eggs” in place of real /chicken eggs help the bread rise and not fall as it cools? Or using yeast or some sour dough starter in place of the baking powder?
Lisa says
It would take some experimenting, but psyllium usually helps rise. The problem is that egg whites are usually used with the psyllium. I’ve had trouble doing it egg free.
T r i s h says
Can I use my favorite whole wheat recipe and substitute all or half for peanut flour which I bought at our local Publix store in Florida
Lisa says
It should work out, but I haven’t tested it.
ariel says
I made the bread and it came out beautifully. I set it out to cool a bit before pulling it out of the pan and when i came back 15 minutes later it had fallen flat. I have been a professional baker for decades, and I have only ever had that happen with very delicate yeast breads. If it matters I used a stoneware loaf pan with parchment paper in it. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Lisa says
I used a stoneware loaf pan as well, but without parchment. I don’t think that would have done it. Maybe it wasn’t fully cooked?
Carol Ann Napolitan' says
I’ve been looking at all the low carb peanut butter breads, made with peanut butter. I was inspired to see a low carb peanut butter bread with different ingredients like, cream cheese, and butter, they make such a tasty bread. Do you know what’s the best place to get the peanut flour? I wonder if this would work with peanut butter, the fat content would be high though. I’m gonna visit my whole foods store soon, hopefully I’ll get the flour there. Could the flours be changed from peanut to say, coconut, or almond? it would be so yummy either way, but the liquid amount would have to be different I guess. I just adore all your recipes, My son Joseph who’s 28, and myself, who’s also 28, LoL,have been doing the gluten free low carb, way of eating, and it’s going real good, thanks to people like yourself. Your are a genius! It would be so much harder without your website, Thank You, I’m not just doing this for my waistline, I’m doing it for my health, and I already feel clearer, and better. We don’t realize how much water weight, carbs and wheat flour breads, put on us. I retain water in my lower body, and it’s the worst feeling having such heaviness in your legs. There’s so much sodium in bread and baked goods. Just want to let you know how much I appreciate your recipes. ThankYou!
Lisa says
Thanks for the kind words Carol! Glad that the recipes are helping you and your son to better health withe cleaner eating. I haven’t been to Whole Foods in a while so I’m not sure if they carry the Peanut Flour. I just buy it off Amazon for convenience. As I remember, this bread did not have much peanut butter taste. You could probably substitute the peanut flour with regular natural unsweetened peanut butter, but I would cut the butter or omit it. There should be plenty of fat in the peanut butter. Also, the amount of xanthin gum in the recipe seems high. I typically only use about 1/2 teaspoon these days. This bread is an old recipe when I was first learning how to use peanut flour. My favorite use for peanut flour now is making peanut butter candy, lol. I don’t bake with it much anymore just because I like coconut flour and almond flour better. It does work well for chocolate baked goods, though. Thanks again for stopping by and leaving me a note!
Helena Angelina says
That’s really clever, I love the sound of this! I better get my apron on!
Lisa says
It does have a unique flavor.
Lydia says
Wow! Looks fabulous. I want to buy peanut flour & saw different types. What do you suggest 12% or 28% fat, light, medium or dark roasted? Thanks.
Lisa says
I use Protein Plus brand which is 12% fat and light roast.
Anne Haigh says
I’ve not yet tried this as I have a slight concern over “cup” as a measure. Is this an American cup size or a UK cup size- same issue occurs with tablespoons (although not in this recipe).
It would be much easier if everything was in grams or ounces etc.
Lisa says
It’s an American cup size. I did add a link for converting to metric.
Natalie says
This looks awesome! Thanks for sharing.
juliana says
are the 5 carbs before or after the fiber?
Lisa says
5g carbs is the total before subtracting fiber. Net carbs is 3g