Baking season is here, and keto folks and friends may be thinking about what they can bake to make the house smell cozy and make fall meals feel familiar and comforting.
This keto roll recipe is my favorite keto friendly bread recipe. They’re great for sandwiches, as a side to soups and stews, or for sopping up sauces and gravy. They’re also perfect for toasting and slathering with butter and your favorite sugar-free jam.
These rolls are simple to make, but here are some tips to knock this recipe out of the park every time:
The recipe goes fast, and it is easy to forget something or make a mistake in measuring if you are trying to measure as you go.
Place the yolks in a container and return to the fridge for another recipe like hollandaise sauce or custard and allow the egg whites to come to room temperature while you prepare the other ingredients.
Clumped coconut flour is difficult to measure and difficult to incorporate fully into the dough. And lumpy dough is hard to work with and not much fun to eat.
Try using different flavors for sweeter rolls with additional flavor. Use flavors like Pumpkin Spice Caramel or Snickerdoodle and dust the rolls with cinnamon and powdered erythritol instead of sesame seeds for something sweet and spiced like a breakfast bun! Or use Chocolate, Peanut Butter, or Banana for different flavor profiles.
A digital scale can be purchased inexpensively these days and can weigh up to several pounds. Weighing the flour and psyllium husk powder (rather than measuring by volume) will give the most consistent results.
It will also keep you from boiling away too much of your water in an open pan. Boil the water and then measure it into a heat safe, liquid measuring cup.
If it isn’t holding together, it may not have enough water.
This will keep the dough from sticking to your hands. Don’t introduce too much water or they may become soggy and lose their shape.
Leave the rolls plain or add pretzel salt, onions flakes, garlic salt, caraway seeds, or everything bagel seasoning instead of sesame seeds after the egg wash for different flavors.
Oven thermometers can be off by as many as 10 degrees. A thermometer you put in the oven that reads the temp directly will give more accurate results and allow you to adjust the temperature in real time.
Make them ahead, allow them to cool completely at room temperature and reheat for a meal. The texture becomes better the longer they cool.
Here are some more general bread making tips:
Buy flours, spices, leaveners, nuts, seeds, and other ingredients in quantities that you will use quickly, ideally using them within three months. If you buy in bulk for savings, store ingredients in airtight containers in the freezer or in a place that remains cool, dark, and dry all year round.
That cardboard box that absorbs odors in the refrigerator also absorbs odors and moisture in your cupboard. As it absorbs moisture it begins to lose its effectiveness, leaving your baked goods flat, and odors may add an “off” smell or taste to your baked goods.
For best results, buy them in small amounts and store them in airtight containers in the freezer where the fats won’t oxidize like they will in heat and light. Never store flours, nuts, or seeds near the stove or oven.
A coffee grinder kept just for grinding nuts and seeds works well for this job. If you do buy pre-ground seeds, be sure to store them in airtight containers (freezer safe mason jars work well for this) in the freezer and replace them every 3-6 months.
Most American recipes call for large eggs, which is considered standard in the U.S. If you don’t have standard large size eggs you can weigh your eggs to get the correct amount. According to the U.S. Egg Board a large egg weighs approximately two ounces. If you have jumbo eggs but your recipe calls for four large eggs, you can crack your jumbo eggs, beat them lightly, and weigh out an equivalent to the large eggs.
Taffy Elrod is a chef, cooking instructor, and recipe developer with a passion for making good food accessible to everyone. Born into a family of artists and cooks, she learned early on that food was a powerful medium for creation and change. She has been creating Keto Chow recipes since 2018 and also shares her favorite tips and tricks with Keto Chow blog readers to make their keto cooking and baking more successful and enjoyable. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband Pizza Man, and their rescue cat Kit-Kat.