The Best Keto Garlic Bread
This is seriously the BEST Keto Garlic Bread! It is cheesy, garlicky and good! And how good does it look?! We get fancy with this Garlic Star Bread, but trust me it is so easy to make!
This Keto Garlic bread is a delightful and visually striking type of bread that is made with layers of soft, garlicky dough folded and twisted into a star-like shape. It’s brushed with garlic butter, herbs, and cheese. While traditional starbread recipes is made with wheat flour, this keto bread recipe uses low-carb ingredients. I hope you love it even nearly as much as me!
Keto Garlic Bread Ingredients
- Mozzarella – I just use the pre-shredded full fat mozzarella from the supermarket.
- Inulin – activates yeast. Inulin is a prebiotic and feeds yeast. Keto sweeteners do not activate yeast this is why I use inulin. You can use 1 teaspoon of sugar or honey and the yeast will consume the carbs.
- Eggs – I always use the freshest of free range eggs. Free range eggs have higher Omegas and better taste. Room temperature eggs eliminate the “eggy” flavour sometimes associated with low carb baking.
- Almond meal or flour – the flour is finer and gives a better result but this loaf was actually made with meal so that you can see it works.
- Baking powder – I use Bobs Red Mill Baking Powder. It is gluten free and aluminium free, and has no bitter aftertaste.
- Xanthan gum – helps to create gluten-like structure to low carb and gluten free baking.
How to Make the BEST Keto Garlic Bread
- Mix together warm water, inulin and yeast in a small bowl and cover with cling film and a towel or silicone mat to keep warm. Transfer to a nice warm spot until yeast activates and is foamy (15-20 mins).
- Add butter, herbs and garlic to a food processor and chop until creamy and smooth. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.
- Heat cheese and cream cheese in heat-safe bowl for 2 minutes on high. Stir to combine.
- Add eggs and baking powder. Stir to combine (mixture should foam up a lot).
- Add remaining ingredients and mix until well combined and until no longer sticky.
- Transfer dough to a silicone mat and chop into 4 even pieces.
- Roll one piece of dough thinly (approx into a 25cm diameter circle between 2 pieces of baking paper. (watch the video for tips). Transfer to the prepared baking tray. Spread very thinly with some herb & garlic butter.
- Repeat with all pieces of the dough and stack one on top of each other pushing each layer to match the edges of the one below it. Spread with garlic butter before adding the next layer. Do not butter the top layer.
- Once they are all stacked run a silicone cake scraper around the edge to make a perfect round. (Alternatively, use a spatula or similar).
- Place a bowl or cup (approx 10 cm in diameter) upside down into the centre of the dough and mark an indentation.
- Using a pizza wheel cut from the indentation line (not all the way into the centre) to the edge of the dough. Cut into 16 equal segments.
- Using two hands pick up two strips of the dough and twist away from each other then press the ends of the strips together to make the star points. Repeat with all strips to create the Star Bread shape. .
- Season with nigella seeds and salt flakes (if using). Cover with silicone lat and place into a warm spot and allow to rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 180℃ fan/200°C static/400°F. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
Keto Garlic Bread Serving suggestions
Of course our star bread can be made to whatever flavour you so choose. For more savoury options, add things like olive tapenade, basil pesto, tomato pesto rosso, chimichurri, or even Vegemite. There are endless combinations. Flavoured butters are a great idea to change up the bread. Try it with scallion butter, wild garlic butter or even something sweet like raspberry butter.
For a sweet star bread recipe, simply add a little sweetener (1-2 tbsp) to the dough. Layer with a Keto Nutella or cinnamon and sweetener for a tasty sweet bread.
While I was creating this keto garlic fathead recipe, I was thinking about serving it with baked Brie in the centre so you could dunk the bread in it…. So I did it, haha!
What To Serve With Keto Garlic Bread
I love easy dipping recipes. Try this funny-named Hissy Fit Dip (how good does it look), Egyptian Beetroot Dip, Haydari Turkish Yogurt Dip, or Ranch Cottage Cheese Dip. Pair it with soups like keto tomato soup, keto minestrone soup or clear chicken soup, serve it alongside a hearty salad (think Caesar Salad or antipasto).
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Want More Keto Bread Recipes?
As you may know I kind of love making keto bread recipes. Here are just a few of my favourites on the website.
- Keto Cheese and Bacon Scrolls
- Keto Vegemite and Cheese Scrolls
- Low Carb Bread
- Keto Banana Bread
- Keto Cauliflower Wraps
Tools to Make Keto Garlic Bread
Look other than a few basic bits of baking paper, bowl and spatula these are two of my most used tools in the kitchen, and as you can see in this video.
Cake Scrapers – great for work with crackers, dough, pastry, breads and of course cakes. You can use the link for a very cheap set.
Lekue Silicone Mat – this is without a doubt the best silicone mat I have ever had. It has literally been used A LOT over many years and is still perfect. With all the work I do I could not recommend this brand enough.
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Keto Garlic Bread
Equipment
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon warm water
- 1 teaspoon inulin
- 1 sachet instant yeast 7g or 2 tsp
- 250 g (2 ¼ cups) shredded mozzarella
- 60 g (4 tbsp) cream cheese
- 1 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 2 eggs
- 200 g (1 ⅘ cups) almond meal
GARLIC AND HERB BUTTER
- 3 tabsp butter softened
- 1 cup mixed herbs (I used parsley rosemary garlic chives
- 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
SEASONING
Instructions
CONVENTIONAL METHOD
- Mix together warm water, inulin and yeast in a small bowl and cover with cling film and a towel or silicone mat to keep warm. Transfer to a nice warm spot until yeast activates and is foamy (15-20 mins). See Note 1.
- Add butter, herbs and garlic to a food processor and chop until creamy and smooth. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside. See Note 2.
- Heat cheese and cream cheese in microwave-safe bowl for 2 minutes on high. Stir to combine.
- Add eggs and baking powder. Stir to combine (mixture should foam up a lot). See Note 3.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix until well combined and until no longer sticky. See Note 4.
- Transfer dough to a silicone mat and chop into 4 even pieces.
- Roll one piece of dough thinly (approx into a 25cm diameter circle between 2 pieces of baking paper. (watch the video for tips). Transfer to the prepared baking tray. Spread very thinly with some herb & garlic butter. See Note 5.
- Repeat with all pieces of the dough and stack one on top of each other pushing each layer to match the edges of the one below it. Spread with garlic butter before adding the next layer. Do not butter the top layer. See Note 6.
- Once they are all stacked run a silicone cake scraper around the edge to make a perfect round. (Alternatively use a spatula or similar). See video to see how easy this is. See Note 7.
- Place a bowl or cup (approx 10 cm in diameter) upside down into the centre of the dough and mark an indentation.
- Using a pizza wheel cut from the indentation line (not all the way into the centre) to the edge of the dough. Cut into 16 equal segments. See Note 8.
- Using two hands pick up two strips of the dough and twist away from each other then press the ends of the strips together to make the star points. Repeat with all strips to create the Star Bread shape. See Note 9.
- Season with nigella seeds and salt flakes (if using). Cover with silicone lat and place into a warm spot and allow to rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 180℃ fan/200°C static/400°F. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes or until golden and cooked through. See Note 10.
THERMOMIX® METHOD
- Mix together warm water, inulin and yeast in a small bowl and cover with cling film and a towel or silicone mat to keep warm. Transfer to a nice warm spot until yeast activates and is foamy (15-20 mins). See Note 1.
- Add butter, herbs and garlic to mixer bowl and chop 10 sec/speed 5. Scrape and repeat until finely jopped and smooth butter consistency. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside. See Note 2.
- Add cheese and cream cheese to mixer. Chop 5 sec/speed 5.
- Melt cheese 3 min/90°C/speed 3.
- Add eggs and baking powder and mix 15 sec/speed 3. See Note 3.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix 10 sec/speed 3. Then knead 1 min/dough setting. Follow from Step 6 above.
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27 responses to “Keto Garlic Bread – Star Bread”
I’ve been doing keto for 3 years this is the best garlic bread recpie I’ve found .. We had a dinner party and I did this keto star bread and normal garlic bread for those who weren’t keto .. Omg the Keto star bread disappeared and the normal carb bread was left over .. such a lovely recpieThis is so great to hear Cheryl. I am so happy you had a great time and also loved the bread x Thanks for taking the time to come back and let us know and leave a review. xx
Hi 👋 I’m new to this site and new to Keto.
I love the look of this star bread and can’t wait to make it. It looks delicious and can’t wait to share it with friends. But
I noticed in the Nutrition section it says serves- 1 serve
That does not mean that the whole star is for one person to eat does it, I’m a bit confused sorry.😐Hi Sheree, the star bread makes 9 serves and the nutritional is per serve. You can find how many serves each recipe makes in the blue section just above the list of ingredients
I finally got around to making the herb and garlic star bread and it’s delicious this is the closest bread in taste I’ve had to Bread made with bakers flour. I’ll definitely be making this again it’s just yummy 😋Thanks so much for letting us know you enjoyed the recipe Sharon. I am so happy that you are 💕
I loved this recipe. I added pesto instead of herbs. Next time I would add double the garlic and maybe some feta too!
Stop it Mandy now I need to make another today! haha! I am so glad you enjoyed it and will use the dough recipe again and again.
Thank you Megan. This bread was really good. I made it with just garlic butter as I have some who are fussy with herbs. My family loved it and my daughters boyfriend who usually won’t eat anything keto ate it and said he’d definitely eat again. It is the first bread my daughter has really enjoyed. Definitely will be making again and again.That is so awesome Linley. Happy to be able to make the whole family happy with such a simple dish.
Another OMG recipe by Megan. Glad I watched the video as this made it so much easier to create. This bread is easy to make and gets devoured within minutes. Thank you Megan for yet another fabulous recipe xxxYay! I am so glad you enjoyed it Carolyn. I also love that you found it easy too. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review.
I found the recipe for this bread easy to follow and make. I added feta cheese to my bread. It came out very light and delicious.
Will definitely be making this bread again and again.
Thank you Megan for your wonderful recipes.I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe and found it so easy Flora. Thanks also for taking the time to rate it and leave a review. xx
Omg this is so good!! Did it to take to work for morning tea and didn’t last 5min we all loved it!! Thank you Megan for this wonderful recipe!! Going to try with keto Nutella next!!Thanks so much Cristina. I am so happy you enjoyed it. I think I need to do a sugar free nutella version too. Yummo! Hot from the oven with a scoop of ice cream perhaps..
Absolutely brilliant loved making it today.
I made mine a bit different (made a pizza one instead).
Very proud of my achievements.. and I love the dough.
Loving your recipes Megan your a SUPERSTAR ⭐️!!!Hi! I love your recipes! Especially the bread ones. You’re really good at keto cooking and baking. Makes me wonder, do you have a recipe for tortillas? I’ve tried many but nothing come close to the real thing because of the almond and coconut flours. Just wondering if you’ve been able to come up with a good recipe for tortillas? Thanks!
I was graving myself that this would be difficult but it was so easy and the whole family loves it!!
Yay! I am so glad you did this and found it easy to make. Thanks for taking the time to give me your feedback too Kym.
I added basil pesto & a lot more garlic. The result was not as gorgeous as Megans- but now I’ve done it once I’ll have another go.I think yours look great Jenny. I am so glad you gave it a go and enjoyed it too. Thanks so much for leaving a review too.
Amazing, made by my 14 year old daughter in thermomix, so easy once we knew temperature to melt cheese. We had as garlic bread with spaghetti sauce. Can’t wait to try it with the Brie. The video of spreading the dough out was fantastic, made it so much easier.
Wow what a visually great looking garlic and herb bread. It was easy to make and the video helps heaps . My family loved the flavour and tonight I added the melted Brie cheese to it. Omg it took it to another flavour sensation again.
I can’t wait to try some of the variations this recipe has to offer.
Thanks for another incredible recipeThank you Lynda for giving it a whirl so quickly. I am flabbergasted how many people are already trying this bread out. Cannot wait to see some delicious variations.
Wow. I can’t believe how delicious this is. I didn’t change anything and I used my Thermomix. It is so easy to make and very easy to follow. Watch the video first and you cant go wrong. I will be making this again.Hey Lucy, I just spied your bread on one of the groups and it looks amazing! Thanks again for testing and reviewing a recipe for us. I am super happy that you are happy too!
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