(Using Keto Wheat Flour from King Arthur)
When it first came out this past winter, the price was absolutely atrocious so I ignored it. There is no way I'm paying $13 - $18 for a 1 lb. bag of keto flour when a single loaf of bread would use it up completely as well as a host of other expensive ingredients. I'd rather just buy a loaf of keto bread and call it done.
However, popping into my local Publix grocery store last month, I found that it was reasonably priced $8.99 and even better, they were running a sale on it to try to get people to try it I guess, as it was $2 off. I didn't know if I'd like it or not but I bought 3 bags and hoped for the best. This week I made my first 'trial' using my regular flour biscuit recipe I've been making since the late 90's and I was very, very happy with it!
Almond flour baked goods are fine most of the time, but sometimes I really crave a more 'real' bread or biscuit product. This one is obviously not made with all purpose or bread flour so it's not exactly like the good old Southern biscuits I love but it's close enough that I'm 100% happy with it.
3/4 T sweetener, granulated
1/4 c real butter
3/4 c heavy cream or half and half
Preheat your oven to 450. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with no-stick baking spray. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender, two forks or your fingers (my personal favorite) until the butter is incorporated into the flour mixture and it's course crumbs. Stir in the cream with a fork or wooden spoon until it forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. (Keto flour sometimes needs a little more liquid so you might have to add 1 c cream if your dough is too dry and not coming together to a nice wet dough ball.)Turn out onto a lightly floured surface (I turn it out directly onto the parchment lined baking sheet), sprinkle with more keto flour and knead only about 2-3 times until no longer sticky. Pat or roll out to about 3/4 - 1" thick round and cut with a floured round biscuit or sharp edged cookie cutter.Cut straight down, don't twist! This ensures high rising biscuits. Re roll scraps up to a couple times, but keep in mind every time you re-roll the dough gets a little stiffer and your biscuits a little tougher. Bake about 10-12 minutes until the tops are golden brown. Makes about 8-10 biscuits.
(I put the leftovers in a simple ziploc baggy and they were really good the next day and still quite tender and moist)
UPDATING JULY 1, 2021:
Like it or not, I'm finding the best price for King Arthur Keto Flour to be at... Amazon. Walmart grocery, Winn Dixie and Hy-Vee did not carry King Arthur Keto Flour but Publix does; though it's priced around $10.99-11.99 and I won't pay that much for it.
