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  • pecan pie and crust

    This is an OWL recipe not induction friendly

    Ingredients:
    1 unbaked low-carb pie shell recipe to follow.
    3 eggs
    1/8 teaspoon salt
    1 cup Splenda
    1/4 cup (Splenda-sweetened) Butterscotch or Maple Syrup
    1 teaspoon high gluten flour
    1/2 cup Zero-Carb Maple syrup
    2 Tablespoons Steel's Vanilla Flavor Nature Sweet
    1/4 cup melted butter
    1 cup pecan pieces

    Preheat oven to 300°F.
    Beat eggs and salt. Mix in flour and Splenda. Gradually add syrups (previously mixed separately in a small bowl.) Beat well. Add melted butter and pecans. Pour into Pie Shell. Add a few decorative pecan halves to the top of pie if desired (I always do.) Bake 45 minutes to an hour. Pie is done when top cracks.


    Total grams in pie without crust I count the Steel's maltitol-based syrup as labeled, total count for pie is 59. Cut into 8 pcs: 7.4 grams. You can subtract the sugar alcohol if you want.


    Pie crust
    Ingredients:
    3/4 cup plain whey protein powder
    1/4 cup flax seed meal
    1/4 cup finely ground almonds (almond flour)
    1/2 cup shortening or lard the real stuff not the hydrogenated stuff.
    1-2 Tablespoons very cold water

    Mix together whey protein powder flax seed meal, and almond flour. Cut shortening or lard into flour mixture with two knives or a pastry blender, using a "cutting" motion. It will resemble peas when done. Add water, 1 Tablespoon at a time until dough can hold together. Refrigerate till chilled for easier handling. This dough can be rolled out by putting between two pieces of waxed paper, or you can put the dough in a 9" pie plate and pat it up the sides to the rim. Spray PAM on a pie plate (glass/Pyrex works best) before putting crust in. Oil your hands to make it easier to manage dough if you are using the patting method. If you take the pie crust over the rim, be sure to put aluminum foil around edges to prevent it browing too much before pie filling is done. Pour filling into crust and bake per directions.

    Entire crust is 10 net carbs.
    by the book atkinseer

    started 6/1/02 at 313
    goalie 5/04 at 167 with under 15% body fat ADBB Presidents exercise Challenge



  • #2
    I'm confused (certainly not the first time!) by the shortening or lard note. I thought all shortening was hydrogenated, that in fact shortening was nothing by hydrogenated vegetable oil. Can you give me the brand name of non-hydrogenated shortenings, so I can be on the look out for them?
    277/180/160ish -- started 7/28/03 --F

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    • #3
      Lard on the shelf is a mixture of real lard and hydrogenated fats. Look in the refrigertor section for the real stuff if your market carries it. The only nonhydrogenated one I know of is a Vegan shortening called Spectrum Organic Vegan Shortening you can order it online
      by the book atkinseer

      started 6/1/02 at 313
      goalie 5/04 at 167 with under 15% body fat ADBB Presidents exercise Challenge


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      • #4
        Thanks 2B! Could you use butter in this instead of shortening or lard -- or does it not work with this recipe? I also saw Brook's recipe for crust was basically almond flour and butter? Have you tried that? I am thinking that I may need to whip up some low carb dessert for Thanksgiving, so a pumpkin pie or cheesecake (probably crustless) or maybe pecan tarts.

        I saw on another post that you had done a complete low carb Thanksgiving menu, but I can't find it now. Perhaps in early Nov. you could repost with a "Thanksgiving Dinner" menu link, with links to the best turkey day recipes? I am still getting the hang of adapting my old recipes, but there is a great one that I have made before with zucchini chunks, sausage, cheese, sour cream and pecans that may not even need any adapting that I will post when I find it. My real challenge is the old fashioned corn bread dressing that I have to figure out a sub for! Thanks again -- and super congrats on the new descent! I did a little dance for you when I saw the numbers start to drop!
        277/180/160ish -- started 7/28/03 --F

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        • #5
          I have made a nut crust, but it is pecan pie. you don't want almond flavored crust to over power your pecans. If you have the carbs you could do a pecan crust but remember you only get a net of 5 carbs of nuts on the OWL rung and I used them in other foods on thanksgiving and this was from my thanksgiving dinner.

          Butter might burn maybe if you clarified it first you could use it.
          Actually our Canadian members need thanksgiving recipes for Oct.
          I used flax meal stuffing
          by the book atkinseer

          started 6/1/02 at 313
          goalie 5/04 at 167 with under 15% body fat ADBB Presidents exercise Challenge


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          • #6
            Another shortening question, if you get a chance

            I checked out the Spectrum shortening, and there was also another brand at the local health food store, but there were both palm oil. My recollection is that after all the hoopla a few years ago about how bad palm oil if for you that it was removed from many products. Was the problem the palm oil itself, or that the products all used hydrogenated palm oil?

            The Spectrum brand was actually not in the refrigerated section, and had a note indicating that palm oil is solid a room temp. The other brand did have some other oil(s) mixed with it, and was in the refrigerated section. Just curious, so if this is more minutia than you can deal with, skip it!
            277/180/160ish -- started 7/28/03 --F

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            • #7
              the fury over palm and coconut was that they were sat fats and we know those high carb low fat folks are changing their minds about the fats. LOL Dr Atkins said avoid trans fats and hydrogenated fats only. Sat fats are okay in his book and plan.
              by the book atkinseer

              started 6/1/02 at 313
              goalie 5/04 at 167 with under 15% body fat ADBB Presidents exercise Challenge


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              • #8
                Crisco has a new O grams of Trans Fat Shortening. I've never tried it, but you can find more information at www.crisco.com .

                David

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