It's nice to keep snack options or dessert options on hand for when you get a craving, because when you eat low carb and sugar free, you end up doing all your own cooking and baking. This is time consuming, so it's easy to sabotage yourself when you are craving something NOW and it's easier to find, eat or buy something quick and easy instead of staying on track with healthy.
Caramel Bars - Sugar Free and Low Carb
2 c almond flour
2 T coconut flour
2/3 c Erythritol with Monk Fruit (granulated sweetener of your choice)
1/4 t sea salt
6 T butter, melted
1 t vanilla
1/2 c sugar free caramel sauce like Smuckers Sugar Free Caramel
Whisk together the dry ingredients; almond flour, coconut flour, sweeteners and salt. Melt the butter in cup in the microwave and add the vanilla to it. Pour this into the dry mixture and mix with a spatula until it starts to come together. Press just over half the dough into a greased 8X8 inch pan. Bake this bottom crust for about 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Take it out and let it cool for about 10 minutes. Drizzle the caramel sauce all over the crust, getting up into the corners and sides as well. Now crumble the rest of the topping over it all and press down lightly just to adhere to the caramel but don't flatten it. Return to the hot oven and bake for 25 minutes until turning golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool completely to cut. (I was craving these immediately so I used a fork and ate it warm from the pan... it would be great over vanilla ice cream this way too!) And then this morning, when they were totally cool, I sliced them into bars... and had one for breakfast with my coffee.
You can add extra salt sprinkled over the caramel layer if you like 'salted caramel' desserts. I thought they were delicious as is.
