What Makes This Recipe So Good
With just 2 grams of net carbs per serving, you’re free to indulge in this dessert guilt-free! An almond flour crust, and Swerve-sweetened filling keeps this pie low-carb and keto-friendly. It has every delicious element you’d want in a pecan pie! A sweet, gooey filling sits inside of a buttery, flaky crust. That delightful crunch from not only the pecans, but also the keto pie crust is truly unmatched.It’s a total crowd-pleaser! I’ve served this keto pecan pie to countless non-keto friends and family, and they all loved it. It’s just as sweet, comforting, and delicious as anyone could want.
Key Ingredients
Almond Flour – Be sure to use fine, blanched almond flour in this keto pie crust recipe. This keto-baking staple is extremely low in carbs, yet gives this crust its delightfully soft and crumbly texture. Blanched almond flour can be found in the baking aisle of most grocery stores. Though avoid purchasing almond meal, which has a more coarse texture.Brown Swerve – This sugar-free keto sweetener tastes identical to brown sugar! It has that delicious caramel-y flavor that works perfectly in our keto pecan pie filling. Though if you’d like, you can use monk fruit sweetener or regular white granular Swerve instead.Butter – This entirely carb-free ingredient is made up of 80% (yes, 80%!) fat, which is why we use plenty of it in this keto recipe. For the crust, start with very cold butter, then cut it into the flour mixture until it’s nice and crumbly. For the filling, start by melting your butter down in a saucepan before adding in the sugar-free sweetener.
Chef’s Tips
You can make the keto pie crust in a food processor if you’d like. To do this, start by adding the almond flour, coconut flour, xanthan gum, and salt. Pulse the flours one or two times before adding in the very cold butter and pulsing a few times, until a crumbly mixture forms. Last, add in the beaten egg and pulse just until a dough comes together – be careful no to over-mix the crust!Avoid over-handling your pie crust as much as possible. When pressing the dough into your pie pan, simply press out then up the sides of the pan until its evenly lined with dough. Over-handling can cause the butter to melt which may result in a more dense crust once baked.In the fourth step of this recipe, freeze the pie crust for a minimum of 10 minutes. That’s a minimum – you can freeze it for longer if you’d like! Sometimes, I’ll prep the crust for this keto pecan pie the night before I plan on baking it, and the next morning it bakes up just as well.
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