Best Low Carb Bread Recipe Ever

1 cup of water - 246 g

1 Tbsp. Saf Instant brand yeast (I've tried a few different brands, but none rise as well as Saf.) - 11 g

1 tsp of real honey (this doesn't get added to carb count, as it is eaten by the yeast) - 7 g

3 Tbsp. of Swerve Confectioner-style sweetner - 27 g (update: I no longer use any swerve; don't notice a taste difference)

2 eggs, slightly beaten, room temperature

½ Cup Oat Fiber - 38 g

⅔ Cup Ground Golden Flax Meal - 84 g

1 ¼ Cup Vital Wheat Gluten - 192 g

½ tsp of Xanthum Gum - 1 g

1 tsp of salt - 6 g

2 Tbsp. of softened butter - 28 g

subheading: Instructions for Mixer (Updated: 5/6/17):

Microwave 1 cup of water for about 45 seconds until it is 100 to 110 °F

Pour your honey into the water and mix it around so it dissolves

Add your yeast into the honey water and stir it around

Add in your remaining ingredients in the order listed above

Mix for about 7 minutes to knead it Update: I've noticed that kneading it for longer (upwards of 15 minutes) results in a better dough. The end result shouldn't be shaggy looking, and it should bounce back a bit when you push on it with your finger.

Put into a loaf pan, cover with oven-safe seran wrap that has been sprayed with non-stick spray

Microwave 2 cups of water until it begins to boil (about 2 minutes). Keep this in the microwave to make it warm and humid.

Place loaf in the microwave BUT DO NOT TURN IT ON. Leave it in there for 45 minutes Update: 2 to 3 hours. to allow the dough to rise (You can also use the oven on low. But, again, you are not microwaving the dough -- you're just putting the dough in the microwave while it is off).

Put in oven for 20 to 25 minutes at 375 degrees.

subheading: Update: Pizza Crust Recipe:

I talked to my friend (who referred me to this recipe) and she said she has also used it to make pizza.

To make it, you start with the dough listed above, and then

Use some oat fiber on your counter (to keep the dough from sticking)

Roll it out with a rolling pin like you would do with any other dough

Scatter some coarse corn meal on a wooden pizza peel (one of those big spatula things)

Pre-heat an oven to 550 * F with a pizza stone in it

Brush the crust with olive oil, add toppings, then slide it into the oven with a jerk of the pizza peel onto the stone and bake for 10 to 12 minutes (until crust is brown and cheese is bubbly).

It tastes like bread, chews like bread, tears like bread, feels like bread, and even toasts a bit (not great, but similar to wheat bread). The flavor reminds me of a white bread crossed with a wheat bread. Total cost for ingredients comes out to about $4.50 per loaf.

Best of all, the whole loaf comes in at about 22 net carbs, meaning there are about 1.3 net carbs per slice (17 slices per loaf).

This bread is going to be a staple for me. I wanted to share it with you folks because I hadn't seen it (or anything like it) on here before, and because I'd love to have more people experiment with it in case there are ways to improve upon it.

I got all the ingredients from Whole Foods except Oat Fiber, which apparently needs to be bought online.

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