Paleo Bagels are the perfect low-carb snack. For brunch, they’re fantastic toasted, then topped with smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, along with tomato or cucumber. If you’re not on a Dairy-Free Diet, Paleo Bagels are wonderful with organic cultured cream cheese.
Low-Carb Paleo Bagels Recipe
When I went grain-free in 2001, I thought my love affair with bagels had come to an end. Now, these grain-free bagels from my third low-carb cookbook, Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry, come to the rescue! Paleo Bagels make a great on-the-go breakfast when you’re in a hurry.
Whole30 Bagels Recipe?
These would be Whole30 bagels if there was such a thing. All of the ingredients in the bagel are Whole30 compliant. However, that diet does not allow baked goods, so technically, these are not Whole30 bagels.
Kosher for Passover Bagels Recipe
I’ll be serving Paleo Bagels this year when we break our fast at Yom Kippur, along with Hot Apple Cider and my Paleo Carrot Soup. You can make the soup with water, rather than chicken stock so that it’s pareve. Paleo Bagels are kosher for Passover because they do not contain chametz.
Paleo Bagels
Ingredients
- 1½ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ¼ cup golden flaxmeal
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 5 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds, optional
Instructions
- Grease a donut mold with coconut oil and dust with coconut flour
- In a food processor, pulse almond flour, flax meal, coconut flour, baking soda, and salt
- Add eggs and vinegar and pulse until thoroughly combined
- Place batter in a resealable plastic bag, snip off one corner, and pipe batter into prepared mold
- Sprinkle bagels with poppy seeds
- Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes, until a knife inserted into the center of a bagel comes out clean
- Let bagels cool in pan for 1 hour
- Serve
How to Make Keto Bagels with a Donut Mold
When I created this easy Keto Bagel recipe in 2012 I used a non-stick donut mold. Back then it was the only mold available. Now there are plenty of silicone molds that work just as well or even better. If you use this silicone donut mold you will get 9 bagels because the wells are smaller.
How to Store Low-Carb Keto Bagels
To store your bagels, leave them out at room temperature overnight, then refrigerate in an airtight container.
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Low-Carb Keto Bagels Recipe
Although I grew up in Northern California, Davis to be exact, I went to college in New York City. That was when I fell in love with bagels. There was an amazing bagel shop on the Upper West Side called University Bagels. Often, after I’d stay up all night studying, I’d get a piping hot bagel at the crack of dawn. Those were the days! Now I need eight hours of sleep a night, and I’m on a gluten-free, grain-free diet. This low-carb bagels recipe made with only 7 ingredients is the perfect treat for me now!
Low-Carb Keto Recipes
Lately, I’ve been eating a lot of savory food and following a Low-Carb Diet. These low-carb Paleo Bagels are a great treat for my low-sugar eating plan. I’ve found that the more I reduce my intake of added sweeteners and fruit, the better I feel. I’m also able to eat a small amount of fermented dairy as I’ve pursued a low-glycemic diet. What are your secrets when it comes to eating less sweets? Are you able to use sugar substitutes like xylitol? Or do you simply cut back on desserts and sweets?
Anne Diskin says
This recipe is wonderful and my family and friends love it. I make it as muffins (“Bagel Muffins”) and sprinkle Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend on top. I bake them at 350 for about 15 minutes. It makes 10-11 muffins, depending on the size of the muffin tin. Because I can’t eat dairy, I sometimes use Kite Hill Ricotta (made from almonds, sold at my Whole Foods Market in Berkeley) as a great shmear. Topped with a little lox, red onion, and cucumber, this “bagel” is delicious! Thanks, Elana.
Elana says
Anne, thanks for letting me know that family and friends love this recipe :-)
Jacqueline says
thanks for this comment! I’ve been trying to find a donut pan that isn’t “non-stick” ( I won’t use anything with non-stick coating). I have a stoneware muffin pan, I can’t wait to make this recipe now!!
Beth says
Can you use this recipe as a starting point? Could cinnamon/raisins or other flavors be added?
Elana says
Beth, I think that would be great!
Et says
So good. Better than most “real” bagels. And so easy. Fine with normal flax meal, I used just a little less though, does give a “multigrain” look.
Any advice on buying lox as for better quality/more sustainable? Any buzz words to look for?
Elana says
Et, I only buy lox and smoked salmon made from wild salmon. Thanks for letting me know these are better than most real bagels!!!
Roberta says
Costco carries Alaskan wild caught lox (smoked salmon)
Elana says
Thanks Roberta!
Holli says
Hi, how much brown flaxmeal did you use? I read you said you used less. Thanks!
Krys says
Hi, I don’t have golden flax meal.. could I use brown instead?
Elana says
Krys, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Holli says
hi, I made these with brown flax meal and they were good. Happy to have some bread again! What is the difference between the gold and the brown despite the color? I also just used a hand blender and it worked fine. Loved your good idea of snipping the ziploc to pipe the batter into the donut mold. Thanks so much for the recipe.
Elana says
Holli, I think those ingredients have just a slight difference in color, flavor, and rise. I’m so happy to hear you are enjoying this recipe! We love it too :-)
Marie says
Hi Elana,
What is the pan like? I am trying to stay away from using teflon. Is it a teflon pan?
Thanks for providing great recepies!
Elana says
Marie, thanks for your comment! If you click the highlighted text in the instructions portion of the recipe that says “donut mold” you will be taken to a description of the pan :-)
Phil says
Trying this in a muffin pan since I don’t have a donut mold! :) I’ve appreciated looking around your site. I have found that when I cut out wheat & carbs I generally feel a lot better … but have been kind of hit and miss in my success of implementation! My wife and kids kind of put up with it, but now actually like some of the things I make — one being a pancake recipe with almond flour — usually I add blueberries and this really helps.
Elana says
Phil, thanks for your sweet comment :-)
Aviella says
Great bagels ! What is the carb count on each bagel ?
Elana says
Aviella, for more on that please go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/nutrition-information/
So glad to hear these bagels are great!
Elana
Amy says
I am not a baker by any stretch of the imagination. But these were so easy and SO GOOD. Thank you !
Elana says
Amy, I’m so glad to hear that these were so easy and SO GOOD!
Laura says
Old Bay seasoning has wheat in it.
Elana says
Laura, thanks for pointing that out! I stay away from seasonings for that very reason and have created many of my own blends like this one:
https://elanaspantry.com/homemade-steak-rub/
Enjoy!
Elana
Andrea says
Laura, Old Bay Seasoning does NOT contain wheat: http://www.oldbay.com/Products/Old-Bay-Seasoning and also: http://thesanekitchen.blogspot.com/2013/07/old-bay-seasoning-is-gluten-free.html
Laura says
Dear Elana, I am diabetic, use to take 146 units of 24 hr insulin, I, not my doctor, cut the amount down slowly, it almost did me in along with the BP meds, the doctor abandoned me, I stopped all meds myself, I am GF & doing the same thing you are, thank God. Culture dairy is a must for digestion. I have just started using Stevia leaf extract, I will make yr bagels & report back. I love yr recipes & you. Fruits-organic-yes & I use to use raw Agave but not much now, & fermentation is so important, have you used Bragg’s apple cider vinegar? it is amazing.Take care…
Elana says
Laura, thanks for stopping by and sharing your story here! I hope you love the bagels as much as we do :-)