The Best Keto Bread Without Eggs
By Carine Claudepierre
Published on 01/04/2020 - Last updated on 10/07/2023
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This egg-free keto bread recipe is the answer to the questions I regularly get about how to make a keto bread recipe with no eggs and that tastes like traditional wheat bread!
And it makes, quite frankly, the best recipe for keto bread.
It takes only 20 minutes to make, and it is ideal for your keto sandwiches with only 3.6 grams of net carbs per slice!
Calling all the bread lovers with this new low-carb coconut flour bread recipe! Wondering how to make low-carb bread without eggs? I hear you.
There is nothing worse than an eggy taste in bread.
So this coconut flour bread recipe comes to the rescue! A dense, soft keto and eggless bread recipe, similar to my best keto bread, but with coconut flour!
What Is Keto Bread?
Keto bread is low-carb, diabetes-friendly bread made with low-carb flour and usually requires many eggs.
Therefore, most keto bread recipes have an eggy taste that many don’t appreciate.
The reason why keto bread uses so many eggs is simple. Low-carb flours are high in fibers, wheat-free, and starch-free. Starch and wheat usually bind ingredients in regular bread, forming a bulk.
To hold ingredients together, people often use eggs in keto bread recipes to create a bulky, soft, fluffy bread loaf. However, an egg is not the only way of making good keto bread loaves.
I am so excited to show you how you can actually make keto bread eggless!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This recipe for keto bread is amazing because it’s:
- Egg-Free
- Gluten-Free
- Low-Carb
- Keto
- Dairy-Free
- Vegan
- Paleo
- Only 15 Minutes Of Prep
How To Make A Keto Bread Loaf Without Eggs
As mentioned before, eggs are used in keto bread recipes to hold low-carb flour together.
But, I am here going to show you that this is not the only way to make keto bread.
The trick is to use a combo of natural high-fiber ingredients that will act like eggs in your recipe.
This coconut-flour-based recipe uses a combo of whole psyllium husk and chia seed that when in contact with lukewarm water, holds low-carb flour as eggs would do.
It results in the best keto bread recipe, soft and dense with no eggy taste.
Ingredients
There are only 6 ingredients required for this recipe:
- Coconut Flour – Coconut flour is a healthy, tasty keto-flour option that comes loaded with fiber and nutrients. It’s highly water absorbent and is essential for this keto bread’s texture.
- Almond Flour – Almond flour is my favorite low-carb flour because it’s about 7 times lower in carbs than all-purpose flour while behaving very similarly in baking recipes. Pick ultra-fine almond flour for the best results.
- Psyllium Husk – Psyllium husk is as close to pure fiber as it gets. It contains about 70% fiber and is a great way to replace eggs. It is, however, not a straight replacer for eggs, so recipes need to be purpose-made with husk. This recipe requires whole psyllium husk, not ground.
- Chia Seeds – You can use either white chia or black chia seeds.
- Baking Powder – this contributes to rising the bread dough.
- Apple Cider Vinegar
Serving Keto Bread
This keto bread recipe is delicious to make:
- Breakfast toast – add mashed avocado on top or homemade chia seed jam or cream cheese and keto fruits like raspberries if you don’t have time to make jam.
- Sandwiches – use two slices of this keto bread stuffed with butter, cheese, cured meat, or crunchy raw keto vegetables. You can also toast the sandwich in a sandwich press and butter the outside slices for a crispy sandwich.
- French toast – dip the bread slices in beaten eggs and almond milk, then fry in butter. Serve with a pinch of ground cinnamon and sugar-free crystal sweetener.
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s not difficult to make keto bread without eggs. However, if you are new to the keto diet, there are a few things you must keep in mind.
1. Stick to the ingredients list – if the recipe calls for fine almond flour, don’t replace it with a coarser almond meal. Same for the whole psyllium husk, don’t use Metamucil fiber supplements in my recipes. This is not the same product as whole psyllium husk fiber. Metamucil is a husk powder that is not suitable for baking keto bread. It will turn food dry, purple, or blue.
2. Weigh ingredients – keto baking uses high-fiber flours. Too much or too little of it, even in tiny amounts, will impact the bread texture a lot. Therefore, cups are not precise enough to achieve the best result every time. In fact, when you measure ingredients in cups, it’s easy to add a little bit too much of one flour (it would dry out your bread) or miss some flour resulting in moist undercooked bread.
3. Practice. Keto baking is different from what you used for baking before. You need practice and time to learn how to bake with these new flours. Repeat the recipe, be precise. You will learn each time.
4. Find your favorite flour brands. Yes, all flour brands are different. For example, some almond flours are finer than others. Experiment with different brands until you find the one that gives the best outcomes for your keto bread. Also, remember that the most expensive brands are not necessarily the best ones. I personally use my supermarket brands to make this recipe at a very low price.
The slices of this keto bread are soft, with a compact, dense crumb.
This is a gluten-free, egg-free keto bread, so it will not rise much, and will not be that fluffy or airy because there are no eggs in the eggless keto bread.
It can be slightly moist if you did not weigh the ingredients properly or if you used coarse flour.
But this can be fixed by toasting your bread slices! The taste is very similar to a whole-wheat artisan bread with no eggy taste.
That is probably the question I get the most about egg-free keto baking. Experience shows me that doughy bread is always due to one of 3 things:
1. You didn’t weigh your ingredients – the wrong flour/water ratio makes the dough too moist. Weigh your ingredients, don’t use cups!
2. Your husk or almond flour is too coarse and doesn’t absorb moisture. Change brand, experiment until you find your favorite one.
3. Your oven temperature is wrong/too cold. Old ovens or conventional modes are less powerful than the fan mode. You can try to increase your oven temperature by 35°F (20°C), so bake this bread at 400°F (200°C) if your oven doesn’t cook well enough.
More Vegan Keto Bread Recipes
There are many ways to make egg-free keto bread, depending on which low-carb flour you want to use.
If you love egg-free keto bread, check my other keto bread recipes:
More Low Carb Bread Recipes
Some of my best keto recipes are bread recipes! Check out the Sweet As Honey Keto Bread below!
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Best Keto Bread Recipe Without Eggs
Ingredients
Dry ingredients
- 4.3 oz Coconut Flour scoop and level method (or 1 cup)
- 2.1 oz Almond Flour (or 1/2 cup)
- 0.95 oz Whole Psyllium Husk (or 1/3 cup)
- 0.91 oz Chia Seeds (or 2 tablespoons)
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder or 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
Liquid ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups Lukewarm Water 18.9 fl.oz
- 2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350°F (180°C), fan mode works the best and faster. Otherwise, use conventional baking mode. Line a 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Measure all your ingredients carefully before you start. I highly recommend weighing your ingredients in grams or oz for precision rather than cups. If you use cups, make sure they are packed, leveled up using flour with no lumps.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients.
- Add apple cider vinegar and lukewarm water (think hot bath temperature, cold water won't activate the fiber in the flour, and the ingredients won't bind)0
- Combine with a spoon at first. It will be very liquid and will dry out as you go. After 30 seconds, the dough is moist, not liquid, and slightly crumbles apart. Knead the dough, press/squeeze with your hands for at least 1 minute, or until you can form a ball.
- Form a dough ball and set it aside on the benchtop for 10 minutes to let the fiber absorb all the water and hold the ingredients together.
- Now the dough should be soft, elastic, and slightly moist but should hold perfectly together. Shape a cylinder, bread loaf shape. Don't press the dough too much. It's a gluten-free loaf, it won't rise, and the shape you give will be the shape you get. If you press too much, it will be very dense, doughy.
- Another option is to shape 14 small buns to make bread rolls. If so, bake on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. It will bake faster – only 35 minutes on the bottom rack.
- Place the loaf onto the prepared loaf pan covered with parchment paper.
- If cracks appear on top, wet your fingers with water and massage the top of the bread to fix cracks. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds or poppy seeds to decorate (optional).
- Bake on the bottom rack of the oven (first rack from the bottom) for 45 minutes then switch to the middle rack for 15 extra minutes. You can add a piece of foil paper on top of the loaf if the color gets too brown.
- Insert a skewer in the middle of the bread to check the texture. It should come out dry with no or very few crumbs on it.
- Remove from the oven and cool on a rack for 4 hours or overnight before slicing.
How to serve
- The texture is dense, soft, and can be slightly packed or moist at the bottom if you press the dough too much or your husk is too thick (change brand next time for a better result!). If so, toast the bread slices to add some crispiness and dry out. Otherwise, serve directly as a sandwich bread with butter, avocado, spinach, lettuce, chicken, or cheese.
Storage
- Store up to 3 days in the pantry or fridge. Slice when needed to keep the bread moist.
- Slice into 14 slices and freeze the slices in a zip lock bag.
- Defrost the day before and toast before using it.
Notes
- Bread is undercooked/too doughy: read the blog post above to see why this happens.
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About The Author
Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook, and founder of Sweet As Honey.
I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.
I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet
Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!
All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.
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Do you think this recipe could be done in a bread machine, perhaps on the quick bread setting?
I don’t have a bread machine so I didn’t try this option. I am unsure how it will come out I am sorry. XOXO Carine.
Question I cannot eat chia seeds, could I replace it with ground flax seed (aka meal), one-to-one? Thanks.
Yes ground flaxmeal should work or you can try my other bread loaf recipe, it doesn’t use chia seed and it is an egg free keto bread recipe too. Enjoy, XOXO Carine.
Hi,
Which type of baking powder do you use for this recipe, the one special for breads? how long do you have to leave the dough before baking?
I am using regular baking powder not instant bread yeast and it is a keto bread, so yu don’t need to let the dough raise, it won’t as there is no gluten. Enjoy the recipe and take care, XOXO Carine.
Hey,
I made it and I love the flavor and it fills up a lot. However it didn’t raise like the one you made it, I don’t what I did wrong, I measured everything and the dough was exactly as you described. Thank you so much ❤️
I am very happy to read your comment! This bread doesn’t raise has it contains no gluten. My bread is round and high because I shaped the dough this way before baking. You must gently knead the dough to kee some air and shae a thick high cylinder. The bread will have the same shape after baking. Enjoy XOOX Carine
Best keto bread recipe I’ve come across. I feel like I can actually have sandwiches on keto with this recipe!
That is great! Take care, XOXO Carine.
Hi I was excited about making the bread; however, for some reason it did not rise. We created and used a DIY grain free baking powder. Not sure if this was the issue? The result was completely raw in the inside and flattened as it cooled. Any idea what could have gone wrong? I really want to try it again but I’ll wait for our feedback. Thank you very much.
This bread doesn’t raise much as it is a gluten free bread recipe and gluten is what makes bread raise. That is why I recommend to shape the dough in a round cylinder, don’t overknead or press the dough or you will remove any possibility of air staying in. If the bread was too moist, it is not because of the baking powder but it could be because the dough miss fiber, maybe you didn’t measure precisely coconut flour or husk, few grams makes a big diffence in keto baking. You can also increase baking time. I hope it gets better next time, XOXO Carine
Thank you for the recipe! It came out very good. Next time though I will double it as my loaf pan is bigger in size. ???? Do you know how much longer I will have to bake it?
I am so happy you enjoyed the recipe! I have never doubled up this bread recipe but by experience, I know that those high fiber flour can make the bread very moist if the bread batter is too thick – even if you bake it for longer. But if your pan is bigger, the thickness of your bread should be very similar to mine so it may come out the same 🙂 I recommend you check the baking time anyway, inserting a skewer in the center of the bread after 50 minutes and if it is too moist keep baking, add a piece of foil on top of the pan if needed to make sure the bread doesn’t burn on top. I hope it come out great, Let me know! XOXO Carine.
Recipe looks great, but can you clarify whether it calls for whole psyllium husk or psyllium husk powder? It just says ‘psyllium husk’ but the link takes me to a powder. Thank you!
My bread rolls are purple. Great flavor though. Any reason for the color?
The color comes form your husk brand, use a different brand next time. For some reason, some psyllium husk brands turns purple when cooked. It doesn’t change the flavor or quality of the food only the colo. Enjoy, Take care, XOXO Carine
It is ground psyllium husk also called psyllium husk powder. Enjoy the bread recipe. XOXO Carine
Can anyone tell me dose this taste of the coconut flour? I have held back from using recipes
using coconut flour as I dislike the taste very much.
Well, I won’t lie to you if you absolutely don’t like coconut flour I don’t recommend this bread recipe. Howwver, I recommend you try my almond flour bread recipe ! No coconut flour at all. Enjoy the keto bread, XOXO Carine
For the no egg Keto bread ..can the psyllium husk be Sugar free?such as the Konsyl brand ?
Konsyl won’t work in this recipe, it is a supplement to soften stools but it is not made for keto baking. You need pure psyllium husk, it is 100% fiber, no sugar and made for baking. This what you should use see my affiliate amazon link . Enjoy the recipe, XOXO Carine.
I just made the keto bread from your recipe, and is just FANTASTIC, DELICIOUS, JUST PERFECT BREAD…… I want to say to you THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SHARE YOURS RECIPIES…. big hug from Montreal…
Thanks so much for the lovely comment! Enjoy the keto bread recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine.
Thank you so very much! Simply the best sandwich ‘bread’ recipe I’ve found over the last ten years – I would venture to say even better than bread as we know it – the subtle sweetness is equally palatable with sweet and savoury toppings, in fact it enhances the savoury. The texture and ‘crust’ is incredibly satisfying, and so kind on the digestive tract!
Thank you! that is the most beuatiful comment I have read today! I hope you will try more recipes on the blog then. I have plenty of egg free keto bread recipes to try for you. XOXO Carine.
Help:(
Tried 2x and both times end up with dense bread that didn’t rise and looked and felt like didn’t bake.
Baked over an hour and still the same
It seems you are having some issue with the ingredients you are using. Try different brand of low carb flour and husk. Some are coarse, don’t absorb water and the bread looks uncooked. However note that this bread won’t rise much and stay very dense as it is a gluten free bread. Enjoy! XOXO Carine
Hi, I noticed the description states 3.6 carbs per slice but the nutrition label states 7.2 carbs per serving (1 slice). Should the label be a 2 slice serving? Is the nutrition label reliable? I would like to make this for my father who is a very brittle diabetic. I am excited to have found your recipe & offer this option to him! How do you obtain the nutrition info?
Yes all our nutrition label are reliable using nutrifox as a calculator. The nutrition label shows TOTAL carbs which comes to 7.2 g per slices. However on keto diet or for diabtic you don’t count fiber as those are non digestible carbs meaning they won’t raise blood sugar level. So what you count are net carbs. Net carbs are total carbs per serve takeaway fibers per serve. That is why oOne slice of this bread contains only 3.6 g net carbs as it contains 3.6 g of fiber. Hope it makes sense, Enjoy the recipe. XOXO Carine.
Hello Carine, can I juse 2 times more ingredients for a bigger bread?
With regards, Martin
Hi Martin, I don’t recommend that option simpl because keto egg free bread are very dense and longer to bake so if you double the size of the recipe it will be very difficult to bake. It may stay highly moist in the center. Enjoy the recipe! XOXO Carine.
Hi! Lovely recipe! Can I replace de husk with xanthan gum ? And if so how much should I use?
Thank you! It won’t work with xantham gum or guar gum. The recipe calls for a large amount of psyllium husk and you absolutely need it to hold the flou together as there is no eggs to act as a binder. Enjoy the bread recipe ! XOXO Carine
My bread came out looking beautiful and then the top completely caved in 🙁 what did I do wrong??
It may happen if it cool down too fast but the taste will still be very good. You can keep the bread in the pan for 15 minutes after taking it out of the oven. Then, transfer on a rack. That will make the temperature variation lower and it shouldn’t deflate as much. Enjoy the bread ! XOXO Carine.
Wow! Looking forward to try it out!!! Glad there are some eggless keto recipes. Wanted to ask if i can eliminate the chia seeds and maybe add some more psyllium husk pls
It may work but as I alreay reply to someone before I only try chia seed and they act very differently to husk. They absorb the moisture but don’t had as much elasticity to the dough as husk does. So I am unsure how it will come out if you swap this. Let me know if you try it ! I am happy to hear your experience. Enoy the blog, XOXO Carine
Sorry didn’t see the other reply. Will do as soon as I find time.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
No Problem, don’t apologize for asking i am here to help 🙂 Happy new year too ! XOXO Carine
Can I leave the chia seeds out my son cannot have them.
Unfortunately you need the chia seed or the bread will too moist. I didnt try something else, maybe flaxmeal can replace it … Sorry for no being more helpful on that one, XOXO Carine
Could I use tigernut flour or hemp flour in place of the almond flour? I’m allergic to all nuts and also sunflower seeds :(.
I never try any of both flour. I know that you can swap almond flour by sunflower seed flour with great success. Enjoy ! XOXO Carine
We love the almond flour keto bread loaf that also doesn’t call for eggs. I usually make 2 loaves at a time of that one. How does this recipe compare to that one? Thank you so much for your website!
WOW, you are an amazing baker ! Honnestly, I love both recipes, this one is bit ‘fluffier’ lighter in texture as the main flour is coconut flour. It also has a sweeter flavor again because of the coconut flour an makes delicious breakfast toast with chia see jam. Enjoy, XOXO Carine