Just like crepes, only keto! Yum!

Krepe Kids

We usually fill them with ham and cheese and roll them up. But the coconut meal gives them a little more body than a real crepe, and they are a little spongy too, so they are kind of a cross between a crepe and a pancake.

They make a great meal because Anders and Ted like them too (but they have too many eggs for me. My own little food glitch).

Tonight Nora had some extra carbs coming, so we filled them with cheddar and 18 g of apple slices! She normally gets about 10 g of apple at a time. What a treat. Of course, she wanted to separate it and eat the apples first, so I let her eat 1/2 of the apples, then made her eat 1/2 of the crepe. Although I didn’t hear any complaining and she ate up every bite.

They would also work great as a dessert or breakfast crepe with some sliced strawberries and whipped cream. Nora claims to dislike whipped cream, but it is because I ruined it by trying to hide her medicine in it once. And she never forgets. Whipped cream will be ruined for her forever. What a shame.

I can also make a batch of batter, which makes about 6 crepes, and use 1/2 at one meal and save the rest for another meal. That helps with the meal-time-crunch on some days.

I have had some problems with getting them to turn out right. It’s the flipping. Tonight I got it right, so here’s my procedure: I use my small frying pan and melt plenty of butter (1/2 T) over medium. Just when the butter gets bubbly, I make sure that it is coating the pan and pour 1/4 cup of batter all around and turn to coat the pan with batter. Maybe it helps if the batter is cold to start–I haven’t experimented on that point much. The batter and butter will co-mingle (good for those ketones). When the crepe is getting quite dry on top, loosen all around the edges. If it’s working, it should be able to move freely in the pan. Then flip and cook to brown on the other side. Right after flipping, put in the fillings to melt cheese and warm everything up. Roll immediately; they will begin to break if you try to roll them when cool. Or just fold in half or serve as a pancake.

And note that these are also gluten free! Coconut meal makes them taste sweetish and contains a lot of fiber. For anyone who wants to try a lower-fat version, use milk instead of heavy cream.

Nutrition facts for Keto Crepes. 1 serving = 1/4 cup of batter. Analysis from caloriecount.com

Keto-Crepes
Makes 1.5 cups of batter = 6 servings of 1/4 c batter each
4 eggs
1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
pinch nutmeg
1/4 C heavy cream
1/4 C water
1/4 C Coconut Flour (Bob’s Red Mill)
1/2 Tbsp butter

See procedure below.

Keto Crepes under the gram recipe, updated 2/24/2014.

In grams, makes 7 servings, 49.4 g each:

28 g Organic Coconut Flour
200 g eggs
0.5 g pure vanilla extract
0.1 g nutmeg
60 g Heavy Whipping Cream
50 g water
7 g Butter

Whisk eggs, vanilla, nutmeg and cream. Sift and stir in coconut meal. Let stand 5-10 minutes for coconut meal to absorb the liquid. Thin with water to your desired consistency.
Heat frying pan to medium and melt butter. Pour 1/4 C batter into hot pan, spreading to desired thin and cover bottom of pan.
Cook until top is drying, flip and fill with ham and cheese, etc.
Remove from pan and roll or fold over.