Easy Keto Bread Shaped Like a Turkey!

This Easy Keto Bread shaped like a Turkey is the perfect fit for your festive Holiday table! Light, buttery, and oh-so-delicious, this keto bread can be served plain or topped with a delicious garlic butter Parmesan topping! Easily made with just a bowl and a spoon, this is the easiest keto bread recipe EVER!!

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Keto Turkey Bread

This easy keto bread recipe is one that I have been making for quite a while now.

However, shaping it into fun and festive figures has been made possible with ideas from other bloggers. When I saw this amazing spider web bread from the gal at The Frugal Homestead, and then her turkey-shaped bread, I knew that after successfully creating a spider web from this recipe creating a keto bread shaped like a turkey should not be much more difficult!

Here is The Frugal Homestead's spider web with a spider on top:

And here is my keto spider web made using the same bread recipe as the one in this post:

Keto Thanksgiving Recipe

I grew up with a Mum who made all her bread from scratch and dinner was never served without a side of the bread of some sort.

Traditionally found alongside large bowls of pasta, breadsticks are no longer a staple in our house. Since going gluten-free and low carb, our family of two have been forced to modify our old "wheat ways" and had to come up with alternatives for these high carb bread dishes.

Made from a modified Fathead dough, this keto turkey bread is easy to make and tastes as good as any regular gluten-laden breadstick.

And, since they only have about 4 grams of net carbs per serving, you can have your bread and eat it too!

What I LOVE about this low carb holiday bread:

• Light and airy: The dough bakes up so fluffy and soft
• Adaptable: You can make this bread into a homemade keto Olive Garden version by adding garlic butter and Parmesan or you can use any other toppings and dipping sauces
• Freezer friendly: You can freeze the keto bread after baking and simply pull it out of the freezer, pop it into the microwave for a couple of seconds and voila!...bread craving is gone!

Keto Turkey Bread Ingredients

Making this keto bread shaped like a turkey is much easier than it looks! Below is the list of ingredients you will need for this keto Thanksgiving recipe:

• Mozzarella cheese: The BEST and foolproof cheese to make any keto fathead dough is to use full-fat mozzarella that has NOT already be shredded. Prepackaged shredded cheese contains anti-caking ingredients which do not allow the cheese to be easily blended into the cream cheese. Shred your own cheese for guaranteed success with this recipe.
• Cream Cheese: Again, make sure that you are using full-fat and not low fat or fat-free cream cheese as these last two types will contain some sort of binding agent that will make it very difficult to blend
• Eggs - In this recipe, we are using two eggs that are whisked with an additional egg yolk. Make sure that you whisk the eggs prior to adding them to the cheese mixture. Also, make sure that your eggs are at room temperature so that they don't cool down the cheese too much so that it hardens again. You also have to make sure that the cheese is not too hot that you risk the chance of cooking the eggs when you incorporate them.
• Almond Flour: Super-fine almond flour must be used otherwise you will not be able to mix it thoroughly into the cheese
• Whey Protein Powder - Use plain whey protein powder which helps to get the keto bread to rise. If you don't have any, you can omit this ingredient but your breadsticks may not rise as much.
• Xanthan Gum - Again, if you don't have any xanthan gum, you can omit this ingredient. However, xanthan gum helps to create the chewiness that we all love when it comes to bread!
• Baking Powder - We are using quite a bit compared to most recipes but it will help to give each section of the turkey that nice and rounded look that is perfect for the delicious garlic butter to melt down its sides!
• Seasoning: I used an Italian seasoning blend but you can use any type of seasoning you want.

Keto Bread Shaped Like a Turkey Instructions

There are only a few steps needed to make his keto Thanksgiving recipe:

Step 1 - Prepare the easy keto bread recipe

• Microwave the cheese and cream cheese together until they have melted
• Stir in the egg and then add all the remaining ingredients (hint: You will need to aggressively stir the ingredients for a couple of minutes in order for them to all be incorporated)
• Place dough in the fridge to cool for about 30 minutes (it makes it easier to shape)

Step 2 - Shape the dough like a turkey

• Remove ¾th of the dough and set it to the side (this will become the turkey body). Take the remaining leftover small ball of dough and divide it into ¼th (this will be divided again and made into two wings) and ¾th sections (this will be divided in half to make both the legs)
• Form the turkey body with the large ball of dough. Next, form the wings and the legs and stick them to the body of the turkey.

Step 3 - Bake

• Bake the keto turkey bread for about 18-20 minutes or until the top just begins to brown

Storing and Reheating Keto Turkey Bread

Store in an airtight container or bag for up to 5 days. Wrap in foil and reheat in an oven preheated to 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 7-10 minutes.

You can also take the frozen turkey bread and it in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds or until it is nice and warm!

Keto Turkey Bread Topping Options:

• Garlic Butter topping (Olive Garden style): combine 2 Tablespoons salted butter and ¼ teaspoon garlic powder. Mix and spread over warm bread once it is removed from the oven.
• Cheesy Breadsticks: After rolling out the dough and placing on a baking sheet, spread the bread with melted butter. Sprinkle ½ cup finely shredded cheese on top (I like to use ¼ cup parmesan cheese and ¼ cup mozzarella cheese). Bake as directed.
• Little Caesars Crazy Bread: top with garlic butter (above) and sprinkle parmesan cheese on top
• Cinnamon Sugar Turkey Bread: Instead of adding the Italian seasoning, replace it with some sweetener and cinnamon. After forming the dough spread the uncooked turkey bread with 2 Tablespoons melted butter. Combine ¼ cup granulated sweetener and 1 ½ teaspoons of cinnamon and sprinkle over the breadsticks. Bake as directed.
• Dipping sauce: Keto Chimichurri Sauce, Keto Creamy Mustard Sauce, or a Healthy Garlic Cream Sauce

How can I get my low carb holiday bread to brown on top?

There are several different methods to get a nice and golden colour to the top of your keto bread:

• Brush with whipped Egg yolk – gives the brown colour.
• Brush with Egg white – gives the shine.
• Brush with a whipped Whole egg – brown colour and shine.
• Brush with an Egg and milk mixture – darker brown.
• Brush with Egg and heavy cream mixture – even darker brown.

How to Store Keto Bread

Since this keto bread contains milk products (cheese and cream cheese) you will need to store this bread in the fridge. You can store it in an airtight bag for up to 5 days in the fridge or slice it and store it in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Easy Keto Holiday Desserts

Here are some of my favourite keto holiday desserts to serve alongside this keto bread:

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