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This low-carb apple pastries recipe makes delicious treats that are everything mini apple pies should be. It’s hard to believe they work for low-carb, diabetic, ketogenic, Atkins, LC/HF, gluten-free, grain-free and Banting diets.
Ingredients
For the filling
- 1 apple about 6 ounces, peeled and chopped into small pieces
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup stevia/erythritol blend
- 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- small pinch of nutmeg
- small pinch of cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon blackstrap molasses
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For the pastry
- 2/3 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup stevia/erythritol blend
- 1 1/4 teaspoon grain-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese shredded
- 4 1/2 Tablespoons butter
For the top
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º Fahrenheit. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Insulated cookie sheets like this one work best for this recipe, but other sheets are acceptable. Have a rolling pin, parchment paper and biscuit cutter available.
For the filling
- In a small bowl, combine apple pieces and lemon juice. Stir to evenly distribute lemon juice.
- Place sweetener, xanthan gum, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a separate small bowl. Whisk to combine thoroughly. Add blackstrap molasses and whisk in.
- Pour the dry mixture over the apples and stir to evenly coat the apples. Set aside.
For the pastry dough
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, coconut flour, stevia/erythritol mix baking powder and cinnamon using a whisk.
- Break one egg in a small bowl. Add vanilla extract and whisk briefly. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and combine using a spoon. The mixture will appear mealy and egg will not mix in completely.
- Melt the mozzarella cheese and the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat stirring constantly. Don’t worry if they do not combine.
- When melted, remove from heat and add the dry ingredients to the cheese and butter, stirring vigorously.
- Place dough on a piece of parchment and kneed together until it resembles bread dough. Divide dough in half. Shape half of the dough into a disk shape and sandwich between two pieces of parchment. Roll dough until it’s about 1/8 inch thick. Remove top parchment. Using a biscuit cutter, cut dough into circles. Place circles on parchment-lined cookie sheets. Kneed the bits of dough that weren’t cut into circles, together and roll out. Cut additional circles. In the end, you should have 5 circles on each sheet.
- Repeat this procedure using the second half of the dough. These circles will form the tops of the pastries. Place them on a piece of parchment.
- Spoon the apple filling onto the centers of the dough circles on the cookie sheet, dividing it equally among the 10 circles and keeping the filling about 3/8 inch from the edges.
- For the tops, place a circle of dough in the palm of one hand and squish it gently to stretch it slightly. Place the circle over a circle with filling. Gently press the edges of the two circles together, first with you fingers and then using the tines of a fork. Repeat for remaining tops.
- Cut steam holes in the top of each pastry using the tip of a sharp knife.
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For the tops
- Break egg in a small bowl and whisk briefly.
- In a separate small bowl, whisk together the sweetener and the cinnamon.
- Using a pastry brush, lightly brush a bit of egg over the top of the pastries. Sprinkle lightly with sweetener and cinnamon mixture.
- Place pastries in the the preheated oven. Bake for 16-19 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Watch carefully as these pastries will burn quickly.
Recipe Notes
Per pastry:
Calories 155
Fat (g) 10.8
Carbs (g) 11.3
Fiber (g) 5.5
Protein (g) 4.5
Net Carbs (g) 5.8
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