Keto Mini Cranberry Pecan Loaves (Fantastic Flavor & Texture!)

This recipe makes delicious & moist
mini loaves of cranberry bread!

Ingredients: 

1/2 cup butter

2 cups almond flour

1/4 cup coconut flour

1/2 tablespoon baking powder

3/4 cup Lakanto Baking sweetener*

1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum

1/2 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon orange extract

5 eggs

1 tablespoon finely grated orange peel

3/4 cup fresh halved cranberries**

1/3 cup chopped pecans

1/3 cup Lakanto Powdered Sweetener

1 -2 tablespoons cream or rum

Method:

Preheat oven to 350*. Lightly grease four mini 5 x 3 inch loaf pans or three 6 x 3.5 inch loaf pans with butter. Line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper.

Add the butter to a medium microwave safe bowl. Heat at 20 second intervals, just until melted. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking sweetener and xanthan gum. 

Add the sour cream and extracts to the butter and mix to blend. Beat the eggs and mix into the butter mixture. Make a "well" or "crater" in the center of the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients and stir with a large fork or whisk, just until all of the ingredients are combined. Stir in the orange peel. Fold in the cranberries and pecans.

Divide the batter evenly between the loaf pans. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Remove from the pans and transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Whisk together the powdered sweetener and cream (or rum). When the loaves are completely cooled, brush the tops with the glaze and allow to drip down the sides.*** 

Slice and serve, or store the loaves, in an airtight container, in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Makes 18 to 20 servings.

*If you do not have Lakanto Baking Sweetener, you can place the Classic sweetener into a food processor. Process to create a finer powder. (When I am out of the baking sweetener, I add several cups of Classic sweetener to my food processor and then store in an airtight container.) Lakanto Baking sweetener does make a difference in the texture of baked goods.

**Please take a few minutes to cut the berries in half and then rinse in a colander to remove the seeds. This process will great improve any recipe that calls for cranberries.

***If desired, the glaze may be omitted.

Nutritional info per one serving (1/20), with cream glaze, approximately:           163.6 calories ~ 14.6 grams fat ~ 2.7 grams net carbs ~ 4.7 grams protein

Nutritional info per one serving (1/18), with cream glaze, approximately:           182 calories ~ 16 grams fat ~ 3 grams net carbs ~ 5.2 grams protein

Note: I prefer the mini loaves, to eat and to give as gifts, but this batter can also be used to make one large loaf or twelve muffins. H ere are the baking instructions: One 9 x 5 or 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf ~ Bake at 350* for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean ---- For 12 muffins bake at 400* for 15 to 20 minutes.