Keto Cheese Danish is a melt-in-your mouth pastry made from fathead dough! Perfect with a cup of coffee and ready in only 30 minutes…you can’t go wrong with this deliciously light, keto friendly danish!
Fathead dough is so versatile because it can be moulded into different shapes. But, no doubt about it, fathead dough tastes like cheese! What better recipe to make with fathead dough than cheese danish!
HOW TO MAKE KETO CHEESE DANISH
I love all things danish but as we know they are packed full of calories!
Now you can enjoy this keto friendly danish without all the fuss about carbs!
Lets get started! Preheat your oven to 400F.
Now let’s make the fathead dough. In a large microwave safe bowl, add in the mozzarella cheese, almond flour, and salt. Mix well.
Place your cream cheese on top of the mixture and microwave on high for 1 minute.
Stir and heat for another 30 seconds more if not completely melted.
When the dough is cool enough to handle, add in the egg and mix well with your hands. Try not to get any shell in yours like I did!
Dump the dough onto a piece of parchment paper or Silicone baking mat.
Use a rolling pin or your hands to press the dough into a 10 to 12 inch oblong shape.
Place the parchment paper on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 12 minutes.
While the dough is in the oven..
Make the cream cheese topping by combing the cream cheese, powdered sweetener and heavy cream in a small bowl.
Remove the pastry from the oven and top with the cream cheese topping.
Put back in the oven and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cut into eight equal pieces.
And enjoy this full of flavor, light keto friendly cheese danish! Yummy!
Like this keto friendly breakfast recipe? Check out my recipes for Keto Donuts with Sweet Cream Glaze, One Bowl Banana Bread Muffins or Almond Flour Muffins!
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Keto Cheese Danish
INGREDIENTS
For the pastry:
- 1 3/4 cup Grated mozzarella cheese
- 3/4 cup almond flour (click here to see my favorite on Amazon)
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons Cream cheese
- 1 Large Egg
- 1/4 cup Granulated sweetener (Click here to see my favorite on Amazon)
For the cream cheese:
- 4 ounces Softened cream cheese
- 1/3 cup Powdered Sweetener (Click here to see my favorite on Amazon)
- 1 tablespoon Heavy cream
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat your oven to 400F.
- In a large microwave safe bowl, add in the mozzarella cheese, almond flour, and salt. Mix well.
- Place the cream cheese on top of the mixture and microwave on high for one minute.
- Stir and heat for 30 seconds more if not completely melted.
- When the dough is cool enough to handle, add in the egg and mix well with your hands.
- Dump the dough onto a piece of parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
- Use a rolling pin or your hands to press the dough into 10 to 12 inch oblong shape.
- Place the parchment paper on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 12 minutes.
- While the dough is in the oven, make the cream cheese topping by combining the cream cheese, powdered sweetner, and heavy cream in a small bowl.
- Remove the pastry from the oven and top with the cream cheese topping.
- Put back in the oven and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and cut into eight equal pieces.
- Serve and enjoy!
JENNIFER'S TIPS
- Lakanto Sweetener: This is my new favorite low carb sweetener! See the bottom of this recipe card for a coupon code.
Sarah says
I’ve made this twice now and it’s quite yummy! Only thing is the directions do not mention at what point you add the sweetener to the dough. I add it in the first dry ingredient phase and it seems to work just fine
CoffeeQueenGetsHealthy says
I just made this today, very delicious! I’m wondering about your nutrition information. You list a serving as 8 grams. My serving was about 48 grams. Is the nutrition information per 1/8 of the recipe instead of 8 grams?
jenniferbanz says
It should be 8 servings
Gayle Marek says
Will granular stevia work in this recipe?….and are there advantages to using Lakanto?
jenniferbanz says
yes, it will work. I just prefer the taste of Lakanto
sheenam @ thetwincookingproject says
This looks so cheesy and yummy.
Judy says
Just made and ate the Keto cheese danish. Wow! You get the golden spoon and swoon for this one. So satisfying with a cup of coffee. I did add some vanilla and cinnamon to the cream cheese topper. Maybe next time I’ll try lemon zest, many possibilities. What else do you use fathead dough for?
jenniferbanz says
I am so happy to hear that, Judy! I have used fathead dough for cinnamon rolls, pizza bites, calzones, Bagels (although they taste like cheese)
Crystal says
This looks amazing!! Question tho, the ingredients say 1/4c sweetener for the pastry but the instructions don’t mention when to add it in? Thanks for sharing!
Julianna says
Can I use swerve in place of Lakanto?
jenniferbanz says
Yes…Swerve will work perfectly