These keto bagels with fathead dough need only 5 ingredients. Make delicious low carb bagels with fathead dough that are only 3g net carbs and ready in under 30 minutes.
If you’re new to the keto diet and bread is on your favorite food list that you have to replace, this recipe is perfect for you!
With this keto bagels recipe, you won’t miss bread because it’s perfect for low carb breakfast sandwiches, toasted with butter or cream cheese.
I’m not sure who came with the idea of making low carb baked goods out of mozzarella dough but it’s a brilliant idea. It’s super easy to make and turns out great every time.
The texture of these gluten-free fathead bagels is just as great as classic wheat bagels: crispy, chewy, with a golden-brown look.
You’ll need to make a basic fathead dough that’s extremely popular across the keto community. Use the fathead dough to make keto pizza, low carb tortilla chips, or keto breakfast hot pockets. It’s so versatile, you can even make keto desserts like Low Carb Keto Cinnamon Rolls with Fat Dough, and they turn out divine.
Ingredients for Keto Fathead Bagels
You’ll need only 5 ingredients to make the keto bagels with mozzarella dough.
- shredded mozzarella – don’t use fresh mozzarela, it won’t work to make mozzarella dough.
- cream cheese – for that extra creaminess that this bagels dough needs.
- eggs – large eggs at room temperature to help everything bind together.
- almond flour – we use this gluten free flour instead of the white flour used in classic bagels. It’s important to choose a super fine blanched almond flour and avoid almond meal.
- baking powder – make sure the baking powder is fresh, so these bagels raise properly.
Tip: Add a tablespoon of protein powder to the dough to make the bagels taste even closer to real ones.
How to Make Keto Bagels?
To make these amazing almond flour bagels you need to follow a few easy steps. The technique of making fathead dough is super easy, and I found this one is the best:
- In a microwave-safe bowl mix well the shredded mozzarella, the cream cheese, the almond flour, and the baking powder.
- Microwave the cheese mixture for 60 seconds.
- Stir well the melted mixture, until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Add the eggs while the cheese mixture is still warm.
- If the dough is too sticky add 1-2 tbsp almond flour and incorporate well.
- Divide the fathead dough into six equal parts. Using your hand form long strings and shape them as a round bagel, pressing the ends, as shown in the video.
- Place all the formed bagels on a baking sheet and sprinkle with Everything Bagel Seasoning Mix.
- Preheat the oven at 400 F and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the bagels are golden on the edges.
Make sure all the ingredients are well incorporated before you proceed to the next step.
I prefer mixing the shredded cheese and cream cheese with the almond flour before melting it in the microwave. This way I am sure that all the ingredients are well combined.
Alternatively, if you’re not a microwave fan you can melt the cheeses using a double-boiler.
I topped my keto bagels with everything seasoning mix but feel free to add any seasonings you like. Bake these delicious breakfast keto bagels in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until they have a nice golden color and smell amazing.
How Many Carbs are in the Keto Bagels ?
Each keto bagel is only 5g net carbs per serving.
They require a little more work than other keto bread recipes but they are way tastier and have no eggy taste.
How To make Nut-Free Keto Bagels?
To make nut-free keto bagels, substitute almond flour with 3/4 cups of golden flaxseeds or with the same amount of ground sunflower seeds.
You can also make coconut flour bagels. Use only 1/4 cup coconut flour instead of almond flour and follow the same steps.
How to Serve Almond Flour Keto Bagels?
To show you how I eat the keto bagel for breakfast, here’s an example.
Cut the bread in half and toast. Smear one half of the bagel with cream cheese, add a fried egg, cooked bacon slices, avocado, and some veggies of choice. It’s one of my favorite keto breakfasts.
Super easy to make and great to take with you at work or pack for traveling.
Have you tried this recipe and turned out great? Let me know in the comments below or share a photo on Instagram and tag me at @LowCarbSpark.
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Keto Bagels with Almond Flour – 5 ingredients Keto Bread
Description
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups low-moisture mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1 ½ cups almond flour
- 3 oz cream cheese
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp Everything Bagel Seasoning Mix
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 400°F /200°C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl mix well the shredded mozzarella, the cream cheese, the almond flour, and the baking powder.
- Microwave the cheese mixture for 60 seconds. Stir well the melted mixture, until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Add the eggs while the cheese mixture is still warm. If the dough is too sticky add 1-2 tbsp almond flour and incorporate well.
- Divide the fathead dough into six equal parts. Using your hand form long strings and shape them as a round bagel, pressing the ends, as shown in the video.
- Place all the formed bagels on a baking sheet and sprinkle with Everything Bagel Seasoning Mix.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the bagels are golden on the edges.
Video
Notes
How do we calculate the nutrition info?
These nutrition facts listed are determined using nutrition information from the USDA Food Database. Our nutrition facts are accurate, but if you are using different products, please make your calculations. Net carb count is calculated by subtracting both fiber and sugar alcohols because they don’t raise blood sugar.
READER FAVORITES
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The local bagel shop closed a while ago and we live nowhere near another. Sad.
It's wonderful to know about these; I'm pretty sure my husband will love them too.
Seriously, thank you for this recipe, you've changed my life!
These keto bagels are also very filling. If you try them, let me know how they turned out!
These were so easy and so tasty! Haven't eaten wheat in 3 years but only started doing keto about 2 weeks ago. This is the first bagel I have had in 3 years and it was delicious! Thank you for sharing this recipe!
I am so happy you liked the recipe!
OMG!!! These are yummo!!! They are perfect! However, mine flattened out a bit when baking. Any ideas on why?
I am not sure but probably your dough was a little too moist?
It was, actually…maybe too much cream cheese…I eyed it. However, they are super yummy, and are perfect size for hamburgers!
Thanks again for the perfect bagel replacement!
Your step is missing to actually microwave for 1 minute?
You are right. Thanks for noticing, I updated the recipe. The video shows exactly how you can make the keto bagels! I hope it helps.
Thank you for your recipe, I tried it and it came out great !
Hi! Can you substitute mozzarella cheese for shredded cheddar? Not sure if mozz. is just for the flavor or if there's something specific about the moisture of mozzarella that requires it. Thank you!
I guess it should work just as well, but I have never tried it. The recipe requires low moisture mozzarella, so you can make low carb bagels with cheddar cheese.
Is it 3 net carbs per bagel then?
It is 5g net carbs for a keto bagel. You have to subtract the fiber from the total carbs to get the net carb count. The carb count may be different if you are using other brands, so to make sure I always suggest calculating the macros using the specific products you are using.
Could you form this into a loaf pan and create a loaf of bread?
Hello Danielle and welcome,
You can shape the keto bread into a loaf and then slice it. Just watch the cooking time.
hi. i made the bagels but i put them in a donut mold. To actually make them look more uniform. But…i have had them come out very dense. I see no holes like regular bagels. I have tried this twice. and both times it has come out so dense. I left them in the oven the first time 15mins or so, second time like 25-30mins. same problem. What am i doing wrong. thank you
Tried these as my first keto baking project. They probably weren't quite perfect (I don't think I mixed quite enough) and I lost the holes in the middle as I made them a bit fat, but they tasted amazing and I have one for breakfast every morning. I don't even bother putting anything in it as they are delicious on their own. Great recipe and super easy for a noob keto baker, thank you so much for sharing.
Just made them. DELICIOUS!!!
Made them this morning. Came out great! I had to add about 1/4 cup more almond flour in order to overcome the stickiness. Thanks for the recipe. Looking forward to trying more!
Love these. I used a mixed blend Mexican cheese and the bagels tasted like CheezeIts.
Looks great, but I have no microwave. Would a warm water bath work?
Yes. It will work and in fact, a double boiler is way healthier than using the microwave.
I love it but mine didn’t turn out where I could split them in half. They tasted great!
Can you freeze these?
Yes, and they are delicious after.
These are amazing!!! I was nervous about how almond flour would taste because I haven’t ever used it before but couldn’t taste it. Can’t wait to use these for a sandwich.