Keto Sunflower Seed Bread (Nut-Free, Egg-Free)

This Keto Nut-free Bread is a dense keto sandwich bread perfect for sandwiches.

It is 100% nut-free, mainly made with sunflower seed flour, a low-carb flour you can make at home for a very low price.

Bonus, this Keto Bread loaf recipe is also egg-free, dairy-free, and contains only 3 grams of net carbs per slice.

What’s Sunflower Seed Flour?

Sunflower Seed Flour is a healthy, gluten-free, and nut-free recipe made by grounding sunflower seeds.

It’s a low-carb flour that contains (per 100 grams):

• 20 grams of carbohydrates
• 9 grams of fiber
• 11 grams of net carbs
• 21 grams of protein
• 51 grams of fat

So it makes it about 8 times less rich in net carbs than regular flour, and its fiber content makes it a viable substitute for almond flour.

How To Make Nut-Free Keto Bread

There is nothing wrong with nuts on a keto diet. Actually, nut flours are great for creating delicious bread with a similar texture to wheat bread.

However, almond flour is expensive, and some people can’t eat almonds because of an allergy or intolerance.

That’s why this sunflower seed bread is an option for anyone looking for affordable homemade keto bread without eggs or almond flour.

Plus, you will learn how to make homemade sunflower seed flour in minutes so keep reading!

A keto nut-free bread is made of a combination of low-carb flour from seeds and coconut.

It is a delicious rustic bread with a dense crumb, earthy flavor, and crusty crust perfect for sandwiches or toasts.

Plus, this nut-free bread is mainly made of sunflower seed flour, a cheap flour made at home from a simple batch of sunflower seeds.

Ingredients

The ingredients you need to make a nut-free keto bread are:

• Sunflower seed flour – you can make your own sunflower seed flour using a high-speed blender and sunflower seeds. First, add the seeds into the jug of the blender. Next, blend at high speed until a fine flour forms. Finally, store the flour in an airtight container for at least 3 hours or overnight before using it in the recipe. You can also buy sunflower seed flour from the store.
• Coconut flour – you must use coconut flour in this recipe, and you can’t replace it with almond flour. Almond flour is not a nut-free keto flour, and it contains 4 times fewer fibers than coconut flour. It means that it won’t be able to soak up the moisture in the recipe.
• Flaxseed meal – golden or brown flaxseed meal works, but the golden flax meal is recommended to avoid the bitterness of brown flax meal.
• Baking powder – this is gluten-free bread, so it won’t rise much. Baking powder makes the crumb lighter. You can also use baking soda, use half the amount of baking soda to replace baking powder in this recipe. Note that baking soda can add a bitter flavor to the bread, so it is not the best option.
• Psyllium husk – whole psyllium husk is the best option to make nut-free keto bread since it absorbs moisture better than psyllium husk powder. Plus, the psyllium husk powder turns bread into a blue-purple color sometimes, and it is not very attractive.
• Sunflower seeds – or a handful of pumpkin seeds or sesame seeds to decorate the top of the bread and give it a crunchy toasted seed texture on each slice.
• Apple cider vinegar – or lemon juice. The purpose of apple cider vinegar is to activate the baking powder.
• Lukewarm water – it is very important to use lukewarm water to activate the fiber in the flours quickly. Coldwater won’t work, use lukewarm tap water or microwave some water and then measure the amount required by the recipe.
• Olive oil or coconut oil – you can use any oil, but olive oil has the best flavor in a keto bread recipe. In fact, coconut oil can add a strong coconut flavor to keto bread. If you want to use coconut oil, use refined coconut oil to avoid the coconut flavor. Don’t use butter in keto bread recipes, like egg yolks. Both give a cakey texture to the bread.

Making Keto Bread With Sunflower Seed Flour

This is a very special keto bread recipe, no egg yolks or egg whites, no almond flour or almond meal but instead a combination of sunflower seed flour, psyllium husk, and flaxseed meal.

This is an easy keto bread recipe for beginners or anyone looking for a low-price homemade keto bread recipe without the eggy flavor.

Step 1: Weighing Ingredients

There is no secret. The success of keto bread without eggs is to weigh ingredients with a scale.

As a result, you shouldn’t use cups to measure your flours to avoid losing precision and end up with a disappointing bread texture.

First, weigh every single ingredient into small bowls. Next, combine all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Finally, whisk all the dry ingredients together.

Step 2: Prepare Wet Ingredients

Before starting your keto bread recipe, it is clever to measure all your wet ingredients in small bowls. This prevents mistakes during the baking process and ensures precision.

The wet ingredients can be measured with US standard cups and tablespoons. Note that 1 cup is 8 fl.oz (237ml) and 1 tablespoon (15ml).

Note that this keto nut bread recipe calls for lukewarm water to activate the psyllium husk fiber quickly. It means that you must use water at 40°C.

To do so, run tap water until hot like a bathtub and measure, or microwave water in a bowl for 1 minute.

Since warming the water in the microwave evaporates some liquid, you must measure the amount required by the recipe after it has been warmed up.

Step 3: Combine Ingredients

After you have whisked all the flours evenly together, it is time to pour all the liquid. First, make sure the water is lukewarm.

Then, add the liquid to the center of the bowl, digging a well with a spoon to make space for the liquid.

Finally, combine with a spoon for barely 30 to 45 seconds to combine ingredients. It is important to let the dough sit for 5 minutes before shaping it into a loaf.

Step 4: Shaping The Dough

This is a gluten-free keto bread recipe which means it doesn’t rise. That is why you must shape the dough into a loaf before transferring it into the loaf pan.

As a result, the shape you give to the dough before baking is what you will get after baking. Gluten-free keto bread doesn’t rise or expand while baking.

Also, since the bread dough is sticky, it is recommended to wet your hands with tap water before you massage the dough to shape it into a cylinder.

Step 5: Baking

The best way to bake egg-free keto bread is to use a 2-step method. First, bake the bread in a loaf pan for 1 hour at 400°F (200°C).

Then, transfer the bread onto a baking sheet or directly on the bottom rack of your oven, and keep baking for 10-15 minutes. This extra step will dry the bottom of the bread and prevent the gummy bread texture.

Finally, cool down the bread at room temperature, not in a cold room to prevent the bread from deflating.

Cool the bread for at least 3 hours before slicing to ensure a regular bread texture.

How To Eat Keto Bread

This nut-free keto bread recipe is perfect for sandwiches or toast. First, slice the bread into thin slices.

Then, toast the slice to add some crispness to the crumb. Finally, make a keto toast like buttered toast, avocado toast, or cream cheese and chia seed jam toast.

Another option is to use this low-carb bread recipe for a keto grilled cheese sandwich.

Cut 2 slices of low-carb bread, place cheese between the slices, and toast the sandwich in a sandwich press.

Feel free to add any keto vegetables like spinach or lettuce!

Of course, if you tolerate nuts, almond butter, or any other nut butter like macadamia nut butter or cashew nut butter are delicious additions to a slice of toasted bread.

Keto Bread Troubleshooting

After years of baking egg-free keto bread recipes, I learned a lot along the way. The main issue you often encounter are:

• Moist, gooey bread – this can be because you miss fiber in the dough or your flours are coarse and not fine enough to absorb moisture. Try different sunflower seed flour brands or make your own very fine if you have a Vitamix powerful blender. Another reason can be that you used psyllium husk powder instead of the whole husk!
• A hole or collapse in the center – this happens if you add too much baking powder or open the oven door too often.

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