recipes from Adrienne Asher
This recipe started out life on America’s Test Kitchen’s site, but then I tinkered with it to make a low carb version.
Torte Caprese
Serves 12 // 297 calories, 24g fat, 8g protein, 7g net carbs
12 tablespoons (6 oz.) unsalted Kerrygold butter, cut into 12 pieces
6 ounces Scharffen Berger 70% cacao bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped
1 teaspoon Madagascar … Read more
These cookies are not fancy-looking, but they have amazing flavor, thanks to the magic over at the All Day I Dream About Food blog.
Butter Pecan Cookies
20 cookies // per 2 cookies: 240 calories, 22.3g fat, 5g protein, 2.2g net carbs
1/2 cup unsalted Kerrygold butter, softened
1/2 cup Swerve Sweetener
1 3/4 cups Bob’s Red Mill super fine … Read more
These cookies are also known as Snowball Cookies, and also Mexican Wedding Cookies. They’re rich, delicious, and perfect for Christmas.
Russian Tea Cakes
Yield about 30 cookies // per 2 cookies: 195 calories, 17.3g fat, 5.4g protein, 2.1g net carbs
1-3/4 cups Bob’s Red Mill super fine almond flour
1 cup walnut or pecan pieces, finely chopped (almost ground)
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Perfect with your morning tea or coffee, and they freeze well, this muffin recipe began life on the All Day I Dream About Food blog.
Morning Muffins
Yield: 16 muffins // 188 calories, 15.5g fat, 6.5g protein, 2.9g net carbs
1-1/2 cups Bob’s Red Mill super fine almond flour
1/2 cup Swerve Sweetener
1/3 cup Bob’s Red Mill coconut flour… Read more
These delightful cookies, which are adapted from “Casablanca: My Moroccan Food” by Nargisse Benkabbou (Firefly, 2018), are like a cracked and cakey rose lukum, a gel-like candy often referred to as Turkish delight. Ghriba is a specific type of cookie that Moroccans bake all year long. Recipes vary depending on the region or the family, but they all have one … Read more
Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins
12 servings/muffins // 186 calories, 15g fat, 6.7g protein, 2.9g net carbs
MUFFINS
4 ounces organic cream cheese softened
1/4 cup Kerrygold butter softened
2/3 cup granulated Swerve Sweetener
2 large organic eggs, room temperature
2 large organic egg yolks room temperature
Zest of one lemon
1 tsp lemon extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups