Easy Paleo Hot Cross Buns - Dairy Free
Servings: 6 buns
Calories: 208
Easy Paleo hot cross buns recipe that is both low carb and dairy free. Use your favorite icing or top with stevia sweetened almond flour marzipan crosses.
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Ingredients
Buns:
- 1 ½ cups almond flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- ¼ cup low carb dried barberries or cranberries, 15g
- 1 large egg
- 24 drops SweetLeaf stevia drops about 2 tablespoons sugar equivalent
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Crosses:
- 2 tablespoons almond flour
- 1 teaspoon coconut butter or coconut oil, softened
- 5 drops SweetLeaf stevia drops
Instructions
- Buns:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In medium bowl, stir together the almond flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, baking soda, and salt.
- Mix in dried berries.
- In small bowl, beat together the egg, stevia sweetener, almond milk, lemon juice, and olive oil by hand or with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until a dough forms.
- Separate dough into six equal parts and roll each into a ball.
- Using wet hands, smooth the outside of each dough ball and place on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 350°F for five minutes.
- Turn oven down to 300°F and cook for another 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on rack.
- Crosses
- Mix together almond flour, coconut butter, and stevia into a paste.
- Roll paste into thin strips and flatten out onto buns in cross shapes.
Notes
Frosting could be used in place of the sweetened almond flour paste to make crosses.
4.8g net carbs
4.8g net carbs
Nutrition
Serving: 1roll | Calories: 208 | Carbohydrates: 8.9g | Protein: 6.6g | Fat: 18g | Sodium: 141mg | Fiber: 4.1g
Additional Info
Net Carbs:
4.8
g
|
% Carbs:
9.2
%
|
% Protein:
12.7
%
|
% Fat:
78
%
|
SmartPoints:
6