I have got to start of by saying that this recipe was inspired by a very very old high school friend of mine.
I don’t think we’ve seen each other in about 25 years, but thanks to Facebook we kinda kept in touch. I say “kinda” because it was all virtual LIKES and Hellos… I’m sure you know what I mean.
Sometime in 2020, I made a video tutorial for a healthy baked Nigerian puff puff recipe and posted the link to the video to my Facebook page. There was quite a bit of interest in the recipe because Nigerian puff puff is typically fried and not baked. Well my friend challenged me to make a low carb baked version of the puff puff, and this here is the result!
For those looking for a low carb keto puff puff this recipe will not disappoint you! It still has the yeast flavor and chewy texture of a traditional puff puff – without the high carb count.
Low Carb Baked Nigerian Puff Puff
Ingredients
- 180 g almond flour
- 50 g monk fruit sweetener
- 1 1/2 Tbsp psyllium husk powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp instant yeast
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup warm water not hot water
- Egg white from 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter rm temp
Instructions
- Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl (i.e. almond flour, monk fruit sweetener, psyllium husk, baking powder, yeast, nutmeg, and salt)
- Whisk all the dry ingredients together until they are well combined
- Add the wet ingredients in a bowl (i.e. egg white and warm water)
- Whisk thoroughly until the egg whites and the water are completely incorporated
- Next, pour the egg/water mixture into the dry mix and stir until all the dry and wet ingredients are completely combined
- Add the butter (rm temp) and mix until well combined
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rest in a warm place for 45mins
- Turn on the cake pop maker, so it preheats
- Scoop out a tablespoon full of the dough into the palm of your hand, roll it into a ball and set it into the cavity in the cake pop maker. Do this till all the cavities have been filled
- Close the cake pop maker securely and let it bake for about 5 to 6 minute to six minutes
- Once the puff puffs are fully baked, take them out of the cake pop maker
- Put them on a rack to cool for a few minutes before enjoying
Video
Notes
- You can let the dough rest in your oven – with the oven light turned on. Make sure the oven is off.
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This dough is not going to rise when you bake it. So you need to make sure you have enough
dough to fill the top and the bottom of the cavities in the cake pop maker
