Garlicky, fluffy, cheesy bread rolls that are low carb and keto-friendly. These pull-apart garlic bread rolls are a delicious low carb alternative to traditional dinner rolls.
I’ve got one more Thanksgiving recipe to share. This recipe is a spin on my keto bread rolls, which is what I was originally planning on making for Thanksgiving this year. However, I will now be making these garlic rolls instead.
Taste and Texture
The bread recipe uses a modified version of fathead dough. Fathead dough is a cheese dough used commonly for making pizza crust and breadsticks. I made a few adjustments so that the dough would bake up more fluffy and bread-like. The end result is something that isn’t quite bread but is a good bread substitute.
The bread itself is flavored with garlic and rolled in parmesan cheese before baking. It’s then finished with garlic, olive oil and parsley.
Ingredient Tips
- Use a low moisture part-skim mozzarella. Regular mozzarella has too much moisture.
- The recipe uses a little bit of coconut flour. Do not leave this out. The coconut flour helps the bread fluff up.
- Make sure to use a baking powder that is labeled aluminum-free. This recipe uses more baking powder than a typical recipe, so you want to avoid baking powder with aluminum as it will leave a metallic taste in the bread.
- For the parmesan crumbs, I used shredded parmesan cheese and ran them through the food processor until they resembled the size of large bread crumbs.
How to Make Keto Garlic Rolls
- To make the bread, first melt together the cream cheese and mozzarella cheese. It will look very similar to dough.
- In a separate bowl, mix the almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder and garlic powder.
- Add the cheese, flour mixture and two eggs to a food processor and pulse until a dough forms. You can also do this by hand but it will take a lot more effort.
- Place the dough inside plastic wrap as it will be very sticky. Knead the dough a few times.
- Divide the dough into 8 equal balls and roll to form smooth balls. Then roll in parmesan crumbs.
- Place dough balls about 1 inch apart into an 8 inch round baking pan or oven-safe skillet.
- Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until the exterior of the rolls are a medium brown and the rolls are fully cooked.
- While breads are cooking, add garlic, butter, olive oil and parsley to a small saucepan and bring to a simmer.
- When breads are finished cooking, brush generously with garlic mixture. Serve breads while still warm.
Bread Tips
- If you don’t have an 8 inch round pan, you can also use something slightly bigger, but your bread will not fill the entire pan.
- Make sure to line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper, otherwise the bread rolls will stick to the bottom.
- The easiest way to make the dough is with a food processor. It can be done by hand but it will take a lot more effort.
You might like to try my Keto Parker House Rolls, Keto Garlic Bread Muffins and Keto Hawaiian Rolls, too!
Keto Garlic Rolls
Garlicky, cheesy, fluffy bread rolls that are a great low carb alternative to traditional dinner rolls.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups part skim low moisture shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 oz full fat cream cheese
- 1 1/3 cups super fine almond flour*
- 2 tbsp coconut flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp aluminum free double acting baking powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup parmesan crumbs see note
Garlic topping
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 ½ tbsp olive oil
- 1 ½ tbsp butter
- 1 tsp finely chopped parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8 inch round baking pan or similar sized oven-safe skillet with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together almond flour, coconut flour, garlic powder and baking powder.
- Add mozzarella and cream cheese to a large microwave-safe bowl. Cover the cream cheese with mozzarella (this will prevent the cream cheese from overheating). Melt in the microwave at 30 second intervals. After each 30 seconds, stir cheese until cheese is completely melted and uniform and resembles a dough in appearance (see photo for reference). This should only take around 1 minute total cooking time. Do not try to microwave the full time at once because some of the cheese will overcook.
- Add cheese, eggs and flour mixture into a food processor with dough blade attachment. Pulse on high speed until the dough is uniform. The dough will be quite sticky.
- Scoop out dough with a spatula and place onto a large sheet of plastic wrap. Cover the dough in plastic wrap and knead a few times with the dough inside the plastic wrap until you have a uniform dough ball. Lightly coat your hands with oil and divide dough into 8 equal parts. Roll each dough between your palms until it forms a smooth round ball.
- Roll each dough ball in parmesan crumbs. Place dough balls onto baking pan, spaced 1 inches apart. I placed 1 ball in the center and the remaining 7 balls circling the pan.
- Bake rolls for about 25-30 minutes in the middle rack of your oven, or until rolls are golden brown.
- While rolls are baking, make the garlic topping. Add garlic, butter and oil in a small saucepan. Bring to simmer for about 30 seconds or until butter is melted and garlic flavor is infused into the oil. Stir in parsley. When rolls are finished, brush tops generously with garlic topping. Rolls are best eaten hot.
Notes
- I only lined the bottom of the baking dish with parchment paper. For photo purposes, I replated in a skillet and added parchment paper all around.
- If you don't have an 8 inch round pan, you can also use something slightly bigger, but your bread will not fill the entire pan.
- If you do not want pull-apart, you can make these as separate individual rolls. Baking time will likely be a few minutes less.
- Make sure to use a baking powder that is labeled aluminum-free. This recipe uses more baking powder than a typical recipe, so you want to avoid baking powder with aluminum as it will leave a metallic taste in the bread.
- For the parmesan crumbs, I used shredded parmesan cheese and ran them through the food processor until they resembled the size of large bread crumbs.
- I find it easier to make the dough in a food processor. You can also do by hand, but it will take longer and more effort.
- *Some of the product links contained in this post are affiliate links. Much like referral codes, this means I earn a small commission if you purchase a product I referred (at no extra charge to you).
- The estimated nutrition carbohydrates count excludes sugar alcohols. The net carbs excludes both fiber and sugar alcohols.
Nutrition
Serving: 1roll, Calories: 294kcal, Carbohydrates: 7g, Protein: 10g, Fat: 25g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Sodium: 284mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 1g, NET CARBS: 4
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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My husband is allergic to eggs, I know there are alternatives but would this work if I used an alternative.
This recipe needs eggs in order to work – we haven’t tried an egg replacement, so can’t say how that will work. We do have a lot of other bread rolls recipes that don’t have eggs.
Hi,
I just downloaded an ebook from PrimeHealthDaily with 100 keto recipes. Did you know this recipe is in it, word for word? With the photo of the other keto bread rolls, by the way.
From the way their website and marketing looks, I suspect they might be infringing on other people’s copyright so I just wanted to let you know. Take care!
Thank you for sharing this with us!
Excellent texture and flavor even for those not following keto!
We’re glad you loved the recipe!
Hi! Just wondering if I only have regular baking powder (not aluminum free) on hand what the ratio would be to use that? Thanks!
You would need to use the same amount but it will have a metallic after-taste which is why we recommend the aluminum-free.
A black commercial area is placed across part of the receipt and I cannot see the entire process/receipt when I try to print it. How can this be fixed??? If it is possible, I’d like to be able to print it out for later use to be able to reproduce the receipt…
Thanks
Debbie?
there is a print button. If you click on it, it opens a tab with just the recipe text
Made these for the first time today. Oh my word – they were amazing!
I’m so glad you enjoyed!
My husband loved them so much – I’ve just had to make a double batch again!
I’m so happy your husband liked them!
I was looking for a low carb bread-type recipe to keep glucose levels down when I came upon yours. Its fairly easy and tasty. I was hoping for a dinner roll experience, but texture was more like a biscuit or cornbread (as someone else mentioned). Still very enjoyable and low carb to boot. Thank you.
I’m glad you liked them!
I’m so excited to make these… do you think these would be able to be cooked in the air fryer?
I have not tried them in the air fryer
These we a nice change from other fathead doughs. Definitely lighter and fluffier then other faux-bread Keto recipes I have used. I will try this again, without all the garlic to making them into more traditional rolls. I took the alteration and rolled them into individual balls and baked separately on a sheet pan. Great little rolls. As mentioned – they are not like “real” pizza dough. I would equate the texture more towards a cornbread. I used the leftovers a few ways. I sliced one in half and toasted it with some mozzarella and parmesan – for some toasty cheesy bread. I even cubed up a few, got them extra crispy in the toaster oven and made croutons (the garlic flavor was perfect for this!)
I’m glad you enjoyed!
Can you freeze these after cooking or before?
I have not tried, but I think freezing after should be fine
Hi can they be made without Parmesan
yes
I have tried a lot of keto garlic roll recipes and so far this one is the BEST! I did add a bit more garlic powder (I LOVE garlic!) and I made 12 rolls rather than 8 and subbed half the almond flour for fat-reduced almond flour . The texture is perfect and they are DEEEE-“LICIOUS!
I’m so glad they worked out for you! Good to know it worked with fat reduce almond flour. I have not tried working with that yet
Over the past year and a 1/2, I have tried many different bread recipes and done were quite right. These were delicious and you would never know they are keto. thank you. I am going to make this again, but for pizza crust. I hope it’s a great substitute as it was for the rolls.
I’m glad the recipe worked out well for you!
Can you prep these and put in the fridge to cook later?
It’s better to bake them right away because the dough is partially made of melted cheese
Can. You make this without coconut flour?
I have not tried these without coconut flour. I used coconut flour in these because it gives the bread more height and fluff. Just using almond flour doesn’t yield the same results.
These look delicious. How much Parmesan did you use to roll the dough balls? There’s none listed in the recipe.
1/2 cup. sorry about that
Do you taste the coconut in these? Just wondering as some people might be put off by coconut flavor in some keto recipes. Looks good though!
I don’t think you taste the coconut in these, especially with all the garlic flavor
Any substitute to the almond flour? My kids are allergic to nuts
I have not tried a version without almond flour yet