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Monkey Bread

By December 13, 2012October 29th, 2021Bread, Breakfast, Desserts, Holiday Recipes, Vegetarian

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monkey bread

What is Xylem Sap?

As Maria’s husband I have helped out on a lot of recipes but never owned one from start to finish.  This is my first attempt.  I have a degree in Electrical Engineering so I am a technology and science geek.  One thing I find interesting is some people’s reluctance to try alternative sweeteners like Erythritol and Xylitol.  Many times they think they are artificial sweeteners due to their chemical sounding names.

While this is typically a good instinct when looking at ingredient labels, in this case it is not warranted.  Erythritol is a sugar alcohol or polyol.  It is found naturally in some fruits and fermented foods.  From the Wikipedia page it is “almost noncaloric, does not affect blood sugar, does not cause tooth decay, and is partially absorbed by the body, excreted in urine and feces. It is less likely to cause gastric side effects than other sugar alcohols due to its unique digestion pathway.”  The typical manufacturing process involves using yeast to ferment glucose (typically from vegetables).

When using good non-GMO vegetables, this process is no less natural than distilling maple syrup.I think that this is somewhat similar to calling salt “sodium chloride”.  Salt is mainly sodium chloride but if we said “put some sodium chloride on my eggs” instead of “put some salt on my eggs”, the perception is very different.  Or like calling Maple Syrup what it really is, Concentrated Xylem Sap.

A reader (thanks Chris Johnson!) tipped us off to a great looking recipe that desperately needed to be “Healthified”.  So I took a stab at it and I think it turned out great!

monkey bread

NOTE: SOME psyllium powder will turn your baked good a “rye bread” color. If you are having an issue with a gummy wet texture, try weighing your ingredients as listed below.  I use this kitchen scale. 🙂

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DOUGH:
3 cup blanched almond flour (10 oz) (or 1 cup coconut flour or 5 oz)
10 TBS psyllium husk powder (no substitutes)  (90 grams)
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp Celtic sea salt
1 cup Swerve (or erythritol and 1 tsp stevia glycerite)
8 egg whites (16 whites if using coconut flour)
5 TBS apple cider vinegar (2 oz)
2 cup BOILING water (14 oz)
FILLING: 
8 oz cream cheese

TOPPING:
8 TBS butter (or coconut oil)
1 TBS cinnamon
1/2 cup Swerve (or erythritol)

 

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine the flour, psyllium powder (no substitutes: flaxseed meal won’t work), baking powder, salt and sweetener. Mix until combined.  Add in the eggs and vinegar and combine until a thick dough. Add boiling water into the bowl. Mix until well combined.  When you add the water the dough will be very sticky but after mixing for a couple minutes it will firm up.

Separate dough into 20 equal sized disks. You can spray some more spray on top of the dough to help keep it from sticking to your fingers. Cut cream cheese into 20 squares.  Place on square on top of each dough disk and form the disk around the sides of the cream cheese.

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Place 10 of the squares in the bottom of a greased bundt pan with the cream cheese facing up.  Sprinkle cinnamon and Swerve on top.  Then put the remaining 10 squares inverted on top of the first 10 (making the cream cheese touch).  Bake for 55 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the topping. Place all ingredients into a medium sized bowl and combine until smooth. After it has baked for 55 minutes, remove and quickly spread topping over the monkey bread. Return to oven and bake for 15 minute. Allow to cool for 20-30 minutes before turning over and removing from bundt pan. Makes 14 servings.

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NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Recipe = 308 calories, 21.1g fat, 2.9g protein, 28.9 carbs, trace fiber (28.9g effective carbs)
“Healthified” Almond Flour Monkey Bread = 261 calories, 21.8g fat, 7.6g protein, 9.8g carbs, 6.5g fiber (3.3g effective carbs)
“Healthified” Coconut Flour Monkey Bread = 196 calories, 13.4g fat, 7.1g protein, 10.2g carbs, 7.2g fiber (3g effective carbs)

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Maria Emmerich

Maria is a wellness expert who has helped clients follow a Ketogenic lifestyle to heal and lose weight for over 20 years. She has helped thousands of clients get healthy, get off medications and heal their bodies; losing weight is just a bonus. She is the international best selling author of several books including "Keto: The Complete Guide to Success on the Ketogenic Diet.".

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