Summary:
Enjoy these savory cheese biscuits for breakfast, lunch, or as a snack. Made with almond flour and only 2.5g net carbs, they're a great low carb and gluten free alternative to traditional biscuits.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups
almond flour (Note 1) - 1.5 cups shredded cheddar cheese (Note 2)
- 5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (Note 3)
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons butter, diced
- 1 teaspoon table salt
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prepare: Position oven rack in lower half of oven, and preheat to 375 F. Set aside baking
half sheet lined with parchment paper or baking mat. - Make Dough: Stir almond flour and salt in large mixing bowl until well-mixed. Add cheese, eggs, cream, and butter to bowl, stirring for a minute until well-mixed. Stir in crumbled bacon.
NUTRITION
| Makes 8 Servings |
| Amount Per Serving (1 biscuit): |
| Calories 350 (80% from fat) | |
| Total Fat 31g | 48% |
| Saturated Fat 10g | 51% |
| Cholesterol 93mg | 31% |
| Sodium 520mg | 22% |
| Net Carb 2.5g | |
| Total Carb 5.5g | 2% |
| Dietary Fiber 3g | 12% |
| Sugars 1.5g | |
| Protein 14g |
PHOTOS
Great recipe! My tweaks: I add 1 teaspoon baking powder and the salt to the almond flour, then use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour/salt/baking soda mixture until it resembles sand/the butter bits are smaller than pea sized. Then add cheese and wet ingredients. I find the biscuits bake up fluffier.
My son thinks they taste more like cookie than biscuits, so I made cookies out of them. First try I added 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/2 cup of Apriva sweetener and cut out the bacon. He loved them. I made 12, flattened them a little and cut cooking time to 25 min on my oven down 5 minutes.
Second “cookie“ recipe, I skipped butter and bacon and added The 1/2 cup sweetener and 1/4 cup peanut butter. I think I could have used 1/2. I made 16 cookies complete with fork lines. Didn’t last a day.
Thank you for this recipe.
Did you skip the cheese as well?
Ok, this the best low carb recipe for biscuits or bread of any kind, I have ever made!!! These are better than the Cheddar Bay biscuits at Red Lobster!!!! I altered the recipe a bit. I omitted the bacon and used a combination of Parmesan, Swiss and Cheddar cheese. I also didn’t have any heavy whipping cream, so I used coconut cream and added garlic powder. These were so amazing I had to restrain myself from eating the whole batch at once!
I like this recipe. I separate the eggs and whips the whites to make a lighter version, closer to a muffin.
I’ve also baked it in loaf format to slice and toast.
I made it but added 1 tsp baking powder. Also added jalapeños.
I cook these in a muffin tin. I also add baking powder to make it lighter and closer to a muffin
How much baking powder Sam?
Delish! Added finely chopped jalepenos and green onions!!!
Absolutely wonderful! I did not add bacon this time. I used sharp cheddar and 2 Tbs of parmesan. After they came out of the oven brushed with garlic butter. Oh my!
Y’ALL!!!!! This is the one. I’ve tried out so many recipes I found on Pinterest and would end up disappointed and sad that I wasted all that precious almond flour (aka money). As many other reviewers suggested, I did add 1 tsp of baking powder because I was really wanting something as close to the regular flour biscuits as possible and I didn’t want to not put it in and be disappointed. I am glad I did because they came out absolutely perfect. I also did use the author’s suggestion of bacon bits. Oscar Mayer actually has some uncured real bacon bits at my Walmart that worked perfectly here. The only other thing I did different was the size. I used a small cookie scoop so I got 24 mini biscuits out of this recipe and this did cut my baking time down to about 20 minutes or so. Next time around, I may also use less table salt as mine were a bit salty. All in all, I am so super thankful for this recipe as I now can end my search for keto biscuits!
Great recipe and tips as well. Turned out perfect, family really loved it .
As suggest by some, I did add a tsp of baking pwd and whisked the egg whites before adding. As well as added-all the dry ingredients first and then the wet ones. Used Parma, smoked cheese and jalapeño.
I think I commented in the wrong spot the first time but can I substitute full fat coconut milk for heavy cream?
I added green olives instead of bacon. Also plain Greek yogurt instead of heavy cream. Absolutely delicious!
These are terrific. After reading many reviews, I did add the 1 tsp of baking powder. I used unsalted butter for the dough and even cut the salt to 1/2 tsp. They still turned out plenty flavorful. I used what cheese I happened to have, which was cheddar, pepper jack and shaved Parmesan. I also beat the eggs first before adding them to the mix. The use of small chunks of butter plus the larger shaved Parmesan I think contributed to a light on the inside and crisp and light brown on the outside biscuit. This is definitely a winner. Excellent!
They tasted great but I think I would add the baking powder so they might rise next time.
These taste like the cheddar bay biscuits at Red Lobster – delicious! Mine came out a little salty (maybe from the cheese I used?) so I’ll reduce the additional salt next time. Also, they spread out quite a bit so in the future I’ll pay more attention to the spacing. These were a hit! 3 year old approved!
I just made these today. OMG are they delicious! I felt like I had to be cheating. I used a combo of cheddar and asiago cheese. Great combo. I also put in a extra slice of bacon since it would have left just one slice in the packaged and that just didn’t seem right lol. I see myself making these often!
These are fantastic! Followed the recipe exactly. Wonderful warm out of the oven with butter, or with a fried egg and cheese. My husband loved them with ham, mustard and Swiss cheese. Very versatile. I haven’t tried reheating them yet, but we like them cold! Thanks so much for sharing.
Can you use these in a slider recipe?
Made these this morning and they are wonderful. Will try putting baking powder in and omitting the salt next time. Might add some sautéed onion.
I made these for breakfast today, crispy delicious and full of protein. I would make them again.
These are absolutely divine!! Even without the bacon. They are flakey and creamy and full of flavor. Thank you so much for such a great recipe!
Could you freeze the biscuits for later?
Absolutely delicious… First time I found it was too much for me. Second time, I decided to make half and I’m lazy, I poured it into a 5×7 pan and cut them into six pieces. My daughter and friend also loved them (they are not keto). So we each has 2 pieces. I have been putting my favorites in packages so ready to go.
I entered the recipe into my carb manager app but it calculates calories to 155 each, not 350. What am I doing wrong?
The ingredients most likely to affect calorie calculations are cheddar cheese and heavy whipping cream — double check that you selected good matches for those ingredients and not low-fat versions, for example. If you recall the names of the brands you used for those ingredients, I would use them because that would be as close as possible to what you actually used.
These are really, really good! I mean I used bobs redmill flour and I don’t see how there could be more carbs in this brand than in others? I mean almonds are almonds I thought? But at any rate they’re great! One fills you up and the taste is just like a biscuit. I’ll make em again.
That’s what I thought too, but I have seen a discrepancy on Bob’s Red Mill almond flour and I have no idea if it’s actually the case or a misprint of their nutrition label. Glad you enjoyed these biscuits!
Yes, I agree perhaps there was a discrepancy. But at any rate they are great and next time I’ll try TJ almond flour.