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Keto Chocolate Danish

Course Breakfast, chocolate, Dessert, dinner, keto dessert, lunch, luncheon
Cuisine American, French
Keyword cheese danish, easy keto dessert, fathead, Keto Breakfast
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 158kcal
Author The Kellie Kitchen

Ingredients

FatHead Dough

  • 1 ½ cup mozzarella shredded
  • 1 tbsp cream cheese
  • 1 egg room temperature
  • ¾ cup almond flour
  • 2 tbsp psyllium husk or oat fiber or coconut flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Ham and Swiss Filling

Topping

  • 1 tbsp egg
  • 2 tsp almonds sliced (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Fathead Dough

  • Place mozzarella cheese and cream cheese in a large microwave safe bowl. Heat the cheeses together in microwave on high for 30-60 seconds. Remove the bowl from the microwave and stir. Continue to repeat the microwave heating until all the cheese is completely melted and combined.
  • Next, add the room temperature egg to the melted cheese and stir with a rubber spatula until fully mixed. Add in the almond flour, baking powder and psyllium husk (or oat fiber), then continue to knead the dough mixture until fully combined and resembles a ball of dough.
  • Dough will be sticky. You can coat your hands or rubber spatula with water or cooking spray for ease of transfer to cooking sheet.
  • Lay out a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper and spray with oil spray. Place the ball of dough in the middle of the baking sheet. Place another oiled sheet of parchment paper over the dough. Press the dough out into a large rectangle using your hands or a rolling pin.
  • The rectangle of dough should be 12-14” long and 10” wide. Remove the top sheet of parchment paper. Think of your long dough rectangle in 1/3 sections. The long center 1/3 will be where you place the 2 chocolate bars lengthwise.
  • Keep the long center 1/3 of the dough empty and slice the long outer 1/3 on each side of the dough into diagonal strips strips. Set aside.

Assemble

  • Lay two chocolate bars in the 1/3 center of the dough running lengthwise.
  • Starting at the side bottom of the dough alternate wrapping the diagonal strips of the dough over the chocolate bars. Press and form the dough decoratively over the bars.
  • Once the sides are covering the top of the dough, press and seal the dough over the chocolate.

Egg Wash

  • Using a fork, whisk an egg for the egg wash. Using a pastry brush, wash the braided dough completely with the egg wash. You may not use the complete egg. OPTIONAL....Sprinkle the danish with sliced almonds if you wish.

Bake

  • Place danish in the oven for 15 mins at 400*. At the end of your baking time you may wish to turn your oven to broil to brown the top of your danish for just a minute.
  • Let the Keto Chocolate Danish cool a bit before you slice and serve. Enjoy.

Notes

Depending on how long you roll out the dough you might not use two full chocolate bars.

Nutrition

Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 119mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Calcium: 133mg | Iron: 1mg