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Breads, Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Big Delicious Cream Cheese Biscuits

Recipes are always evolving as a new idea strikes or something that worked well with something else sounds like a good possibility with an existing recipe. That’s the case with this biscuit recipe. The Oopsie Roll or Atkins Roll uses cream cheese and eggs to achieve a bread-like texture. My version added in some Carbquick or almond flour to give it a little more texture and strength. So when I started to make a quick bread for a sandwich, I decided to combine the cream cheese with my standard roll and the result is fantastic. It’s more like a biscuit with a bit of cheese taste. Here is the basic recipe with a couple of variations. You can add cheese, peppers, onions, olives or whatever you might like into the dough for variety.

Just a note: I use about a tablespoon or two of oat fiber in my bread recipes. It adds texture without adding calories or carbohydrates and helps keep the rolls fresh longer. You can purchase it at health food stores or from Netrition.com.

Cream Cheese Biscuit

Delicious, tasty muffin-like biscuits. Use them for sandwiches or as a biscuit.

3 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 large Eggs
1/2 tablespoon Dried Onion Flakes
1/2 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Garlic powder
Pinch salt
1 drop Sucralose or 1 packet of Splenda
3 oz. Cream Cheese
3/4 cup Carbquick
1 tablespoon Oat Fiber

Heat oven to 360 degrees F.

In a bowl, mix dry ingredients together.

In a larger bowl, use a mixer to mix the cream cheese, then add eggs and sucralose or sugar. Add dry ingredients gradually. When mixture gets thick, clean off the egg beaters and stir in the rest with a spoon with enough water to make a sticky dough.

Spray a baking pan or round molds with cooking spray and divide equally into the molds or drop about two tablespoons on the baking pan and shape into rounds.

Bake for about 20 minutes until golden brown.

Makes 3 large rolls or 4 to 5 biscuits

Rolls Nutrition: Calories 352 Net Carbs 4.6 g Protein: 12.3 g

Flax Meal Cream Cheese Biscuit

Lower carb’d version with more grain-like texture.

2 oz. Cream Cheese
3 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 large Eggs
1 drop Sucralose or 1 packet of Splenda
1/2 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Garlic powder
1/2 cup Carbquick, 0.5 cup
1/4 cup Flax Seed Meal (ground flax), 4 tbsp
Pinch salt
1 tablespoon Oat Fiber (optional – use low carb flour)

Follow mixing instructions for regular biscuits above.

Makes 3 sandwich buns or 4 to 5 biscuits
Nutrition Info: Calories 341 Net Carbs 3 g Protein 12 g
Variation: Chile Cheese Biscuit

Chile Cheese Flax Biscuit

2 oz. Cream Cheese
3 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 jumbo Eggs
1 drop sucralose or 1 packet of Splenda
1/2 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Pepper Garlic powder
1/2 cup Carbquick (or other low carb flour)
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Flax meal
2 tablespoons oat fiber (optional – replace with more low carb flour if needed)
2 tablespoons diced green chiles
1/2 cup cheddar jack cheese

Makes 6 biscuits.
Nutrition Info: Calories 211 Net Carbs 1.7 g Protein 8.7 g

 BLT Sandwich

BLT with Cream Cheese Bun

Ham and egg sandwich

1/2 lb Bacon
3 leaves Romaine Lettuce
2 slices Red Ripe Tomatoes, medium, 1/4 inch thick
1/4 cup Mayonnaise, regular
1 Cream Cheese Bun

Simple and satisfying. I’ll warn you that it is high calorie, but actually pretty low carb and it is very filling. Fill the rest of your day with low carb, low calorie choices so you can enjoy this every once in a while. You can also make the cream cheese bun skinnier by not making it quite as thick. But you need thick enough to hold up to the sandwich.

I prefer to bake my bacon. Spread the slices out over a rack set on a jelly roll pan. The rack keeps the bacon out of the drippings and the pan catches the bacon drippings which you can store in a jar for other uses. Cook in 400 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes until bacon is crisp.

Slice a tomato in 1/4 inch slices. Use two slices per sandwich.

Use cream cheese buns from above and cut each in half through the middle. They can be warmed in a microwave or toasted in a wide slice toaster, toaster oven or under the broiler if you want it warmed and a little crunchier. Toasting does change the taste of breads plus actually adds to the firmness, but it isn’t required.

Spread mayonnaise or whatever sandwich spread you prefer on each inside half of the bun. Place a lettuce leaf on top of one mayo’d bun, then the tomato on top of that and arrange the 1/3 of the bacon over the top of that. Place the other bun half on top and enjoy!

Complete sandwich:

Calories: 715 Net Carbs: 6.3 g Protein: 23.4 g

Also try a ham and egg sandwich by preparing your egg any way you want it, piling it on the roll, topping it with ham slices and spreading on a tablespoon of mayonnaise or whatever dressing you like with it.

POSTED BY RENE AVERETT AT 3/7/2013 5:44 PM

Breads, Recipes

LC Irish Soda Bread

Whether it’s with stew or soup or just plain snacking, Irish Soda Bread is a nice, sturdy bread that drinks up liquid and makes you feel so warm and loved. So, I had to adapt this to a low carb version. Once again, I am relying on Carbquick, low carb flour from Tova Foods, although there are other brands that are low carb, such as Atkins and Bob’s Red Mill baking mixes, as well as LC Foods. Any of these will work in this recipe, although check the carb counts as some may be higher. Since these products are sometimes hard to find in local stores, I order mine from Netrition.com. Amazon also carries Atkins products.

Not worried about carbs or sugar in your food? Lucky you! Make the recipe using regular flour and sugar.

2 cups Carbquick or other low carb flour
3 tsp Splenda
6 drops Sucralose or use 2 more tsp Splenda
1/4 cup Butter
1 large Egg
1/2 cup Buttermilk
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a large baking sheet. I usually use a silicone mat, but I still apply a cooking spray.

In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and margarine. Stir in 1/2 cup of buttermilk and egg. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead slightly. Form dough into a round or an oval for a traditional look or a loaf shape and place on prepared baking sheet. Use a sharp knife to cut an ‘X’ into the top of the loaf for a round or a long slash down the middle with two cross bars. These help the loaf to cook in the middle.

Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes before slicing.

Calories per slice: 135 Net Carbs: 3.3 (8 slices per loaf)
Calories per slice : 108 Net Carbs: 2.1 (10 slices per loaf)
Calories per slice: 89 Net Carbs: 1.7 (12 slices per loaf)

Originally POSTED BY RENE AVERETT AT 9/17/2012 1:37 PM