This recipe uses a combination of only water, yeast, sweetener, and Carbquik Baking Mix to make low carb and Keto yeast bread dinner rolls with only 3g net carb each.
Greetings low carb friends
I got up early this morning and I've been baking up a storm ever since. I decided to try my hand at making some real yeast bread dinner rolls. Low carb, obviously.
I decided to go with the Carbquik Baking Mix for these rolls because it's the closest thing to real flour that I've found so far.
Carbquik is made from wheat, so it makes sense that it would behave the way that real flour does. I am not sure what kind of voodoo they work on the flour to make it low carb, but each ⅓ cup serving has only 2g net carb.
Pretty impressive.
Now, I like a sweet dinner roll, so I added in some sugar-free sweetener.
And it worked out really well. These Keto Dinner Rolls have just a hint of sweetness. They taste like a Keto Hawaiian Roll.
I should warn you though, you'll see real sugar on the ingredient list.
But don't flip out! It's something that the yeast needs in order for it to ferment properly. But all of the carbohydrates are consumed during the process. And at the end of the day, you'll have a batch of tasty low carb dinner rolls with only 77 calories and 3g net carb each.
Yep, these dinner rolls are real beauties.
📋 Recipe
Keto Dinner Rolls
This recipe uses a combination of only water, yeast, sweetener, and Carbquik Baking Mix to make real yeast bread dinner rolls with only 3g net carb each.
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 24
- Total Time: 54 minutes
- Yield: 6 rolls 1x
- Category: Bread
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Diabetic
Ingredients
- ½ cup warm water (as warm as bath water)
- ½ tablespoon sugar*
- 1 package dry yeast
- 1 ½ - 1 ¾ cup Carbquik Baking Mix
- 2 tablespoons Swerve or equivalent granulated sweetener
- ½ tablespoon butter, melted
Instructions
Step 1. In a small bowl, mix sugar and yeast and dissolve in warm water. Set aside for 7 minutes until very bubbly.
Step 2. Mix together Carbquik and sweetener in a medium-sized bowl or a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Mix in the yeast mixture until combined.
Step 3. Add more Carbquik as needed until a kneadable dough forms. Knead the dough by hand or with the stand mixer's dough hook for 7 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Step 4. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F and get out a cookie sheet.
Step 5. Cut the dough into 6 equal pieces. Form each piece into a ball and place it on the cookie sheet an even distance apart.
Step 6. Let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
Step 7. Brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter.
Step 8. Bake for 21-24 minutes until golden brown. In the middle of the cooking time, brush butter over the tops of the rolls again.
Step 9. Cool on the pan for 10 minutes and then move to a cooling rack.
Step 10. Best served warm.
Notes
*The sugar will be converted to alcohol and carbon dioxide in the fermentation process so the carbohydrates are canceled out. The sugar has been left out of the nutritional info.
Nutrition
- Calories: 34
- Fat: 3
- Carbohydrates: 4
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 2
Keywords: Low Carb Yeast Bread, Low Carb Dinner Rolls, Low Carb Rolls
MJ says
I've made many keto rolls & biscuits before, but these have the best taste so far. My only issue was that they were still a bit flat vs rounded. I'm making again today as biscuits for chicken and biscuits, will see if the higher temp helps them round a bit more.
★★★★★
Pris G. says
First recipe I have made with Carbquick and I am sold. These turned out amazing! I do think I will use half the low carb sweetener next time as these were substantially sweeter than a traditional dinner roll. Even so, this recipe is a keeper. Thanks so much!
★★★★★
Emily Krill says
Awesome, thanks! You might also like my Carbquik Focaccia Bread recipe. https://www.resolutioneats.com/blog/focaccia-carbquik-recipe/
lynne says
Has anyone used this dough to make a cinnamon breakfast roll? Do you think it would work?
EmilyKrill says
I haven’t tried using this dough for anything else, no. I think a cinnamon roll would taste great, but it would be very difficult to roll it out to make the cinnamon roll shape. But if you made a glaze of Swerve, cinnamon and butter and spread it on top of the rolls before baking them, that might work. Again, I haven’t played with this recipe much, so I can’t promise it would work.😊
Kathy pfiffner says
How do you come up with 34 calories each. The calorie content of 1.6c of quick carb alone is 450/6=75 calories per roll not counting any of the other ingredients.
EmilyKrill says
Yes, I just double-checked and you are correct. I made an error inputting the Carbquik (used a serving size as 1 cup rather than 1/3 cup). But you are right, the total calories per roll are actually 77, not 34. I'll update the nutritional info. Thanks for the catch!
Bonnie says
Exactly…mine came out to 74 calories per roll and 17.5 carbs !
Peg says
Your post says 2 carbs but the nutrition info says 4. What is the discrepancy ?
EmilyKrill says
When I said 2g net carbs, I was referring to the amount of net carbohydrate in a 1/3 cup serving of Carbquik Baking Mix. The net carb amount is different than the total carb amount of 4g. Net carbs are the carbohydrates in food that you can digest and use for energy. To calculate net carbs, you take a food's total carbs and subtract the fiber. Since your body doesn't have the enzymes to break down fiber, it passes through your digestion system unchanged. So when we calculate carbs, we don't count the fiber.
Here is more info on net carbs: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/net-carbs
Diana says
I have fresh yeast, how much should I use instead of the instant one?
Thank you! ,
EmilyKrill says
I don't know. I've only ever used active dry yeast. Here's what the King Arthur Flour website says about it.
"To convert from fresh yeast to active dry yeast, multiply the fresh quantity by 0.4."
Fairly says
Best keto bread recipe, delicious! Feels & taste like real bread. Yummy... this is everything!
★★★★★
EmilyKrill says
Thanks!
EmilyKrill says
You might also want to try my Farmer's yeast bread, if you liked the rolls. https://www.resolutioneats.com/blog/low-carb-yeast-bread/
Ashley says
I'm new to baking from scratch but I definetely want to try these. Is the yeast supposed to be instant?
EmilyKrill says
No, use regular active dry yeast.
Katherine e snodgrass says
I dont know if I kneeded itblong enough or added enough flour. It was more like a dry drop biscuit dough consistency
EmilyKrill says
Oh dear. That doesn't sound right. I'm not sure what went wrong there.
Audrick Simonson says
I’m going to try this recipe as Swedish saffron buns does anyone know if this is a good base dough for that? Thanks.
EmilyKrill says
I think it should work. You might not be able to get the curlicue shape though. Round is just about the only shape this dough can do.