A tender low carb pastry filled with sugar-free chocolate hazelnut spread. This delicious Nutella Braid makes an elegant addition to your holiday table.
It happens every year. Every dang year! You’d think I’d know better by now. After all, I do have 43 years of life experience behind me. But every year, it happens. Those darn holidays manage to sneak up on me and I am left scrambling.
No matter how much I vow to get ahead, no matter how much I promise myself it won’t happen again, I am taken by surprise. Didn’t 2016 just start? I swear I just started managing to write the correct date in my cheque book.
How can it be December already? And how do I manage that slight sense of panic that I still haven’t finished, or even really started, my holiday shopping?
Well, at least I can fuel the next few crazy weeks with some delicious keto fathead pastry!
Fathead dough is perfect for pastry
Once again, fathead dough to the rescue. It really is remarkable stuff and I’ve had a lot of fun creating my own versions such as the Magic Mozzarella Dough used in this recipe, or the coconut flour version used in my Keto Bagels.
It’s flexible and stretchy, it behaves a lot like wheat dough, and it makes fabulous keto pizza recipes and pastry. And it doesn’t even taste like eggs and cheese!
It’s really fun to play with and I have had remarkable luck in both savoury and sweet recipes. If you haven’t tried it yet, don’t be intimidated! It’s easy too.
Keto Nutella filling is delicious and festive
Now for another little tip to get through the holidays…this delicious low carb Nutella Braid for your holiday brunch. It looks very elegant and sophisticated (and like you slaved over it for ages) but is actually quite easy to make.
My whole family loves it so much, it doesn’t last long. Apparently they’ve inherited my love of chocolate and hazelnut!
The filling for this delicious keto breakfast pastry is my easy Keto Sugar-Free Nutella. It’s rich and chocolatey, with that special roasted hazelnut flavour. Every time I make a jar of this keto chocolate hazelnut spread, it disappears in a matter of days.
You simply spread the room temperature keto nutella on your fathead dough pastry and roll it up together. Then you split the roll down the centre, keeping the one end intact, and carefully twist them around each other.
Delicious!
More delicious keto fathead dough recipes
- Keto Cinnamon Twists
- Keto Everything Bagel Bread
- Keto Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls
- Keto Jalapeno Popper Pizza
- Keto Spanakopita
Nutella Braid
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Spread a large silicone mat or a piece of parchment paper on a work surface. Sprinkle with a little almond flour. Turn dough out onto work surface and pat into a rough triangle. Top with another piece of parchment and roll out into a 15x12 inch rectangle.
- Spread the dough with the sugar-free Nutella, leaving a ½ inch border all around. Roll up tightly from one edge and pinch to seal the seam.
- Cut the dough down the center, leaving one end intact. Twist the two strands around each other, making sure to keep the cut side of the strands up toward the top. Pinch the ends together.
- Transfer the whole parchment or silicone liner to a baking sheet and bake 20 to 25 minutes, until the braid is firm to the touch and golden brown.
- Remove and let cool, then sprinkle with powdered sweetener.
Notes
Total fat: 22.28g
Calories from fat: 200
Cholesterol: 28mg
Carbohydrate: 6.13g
Total dietary fiber: 3.18g
Protein: 7.58g
Erythritol: 9g
Natalia says
I had to eat it luke warm from the oven…. pure heaven!! I was very skeptical as this is THE swissbread dough (Zopf) every swiss has for breakfast on Sunday. It is soooo good that I feel confident to invite friends over and surprise them 🙂 How about storage options? Do you recommend easting it warm? Thanks!
Celine says
Hi Carolyn! Thank you for the recipe. It turned out very very tasty (just a little weird on the consistency side; I will try to melt the cheese a bit more next time) I can’t wait to try it again.
Do you think its possible to make this in advance and freeze it before baking?
Linda L Lazure says
Could hazelnut flour be used instead of the coconut flour when making the twist dough? If I purchase the hazelnut flour for the nutella cheesecakes, I may as well use the flour for other recipies.
Carolyn says
No, nut flours and coconut flour are not interchangeable.
Carolyn says
But here are some other ideas that use hazelnut flour:
https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/chocolate-hazelnut-granola-low-carb-and-gluten-free/
https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/low-carb-hazelnut-chocolate-chip-scones/
https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/chocolate-hazelnut-biscotti-low-carb-and-gluten-free/
Roberta says
When you’ll find the time, it would be nice to see you showing us how to prepare this recipe in a video: the instructions here are a good guide, but watching you doing the praparation step by step is always encvouraging and moves the most reluctant “I-can’t-do-this-it’ll-be-a-disaster”kind of people 😉 Seems really delicious…
Michele says
Did I miss the oven temp?
I don’t see it in the recipe.
Carolyn says
Weird! It used to be there. I’ve fixed it.
Michele says
Great-thank you!
I was in the middle of making it-used 350 (similar to the cinnamon rolls) turned out very tasty
Jen says
My youngest is a Nutella addict so I’m pretty sure he’s going to love this! I might need to get my piece before it’s all gone.
NatD says
Nutella desserts are my favorite. This bread is my favorite, so good!
Melissa says
So good! Thanks for a great recipe!
Anna says
Loving this pastry braid! Perfect with a cup of coffee!
Sara Welch says
What a fun and tasty recipe! So flavorful and easy too; perfect cure for my sweet tooth!
Patti says
Thanks for all your great recipes!! I’m not a nutella fan, but I love coffee cake!! Have you ever tried making a keto poppy seed filling, similar to the Solo brand? It was my absolute favorite before going keto this May. Thank you for any help to could send my way!!
Luba Dybaylo says
I would love to see a poppy seed roll recipe!!
Thanks,
Luba