Keto Apple Pie Chaffles
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Introduction
There is nothing more American than apple pie, right? But no matter how patriotic you are feeling, making a whole pie is not always worth it. Crust, filling, an hour in the oven and the wait while it sets, all for a slice.
That is where these come in. A few ingredients and a few minutes in a mini waffle maker, and you have the warm spices of apple pie under a spoonful of whipped cream. We made them sweet, but not too sweet: enough to count as dessert without the sweetness taking over.
There Are No Apples in It
The name promises apple, so it is worth saying up front: this recipe does not use apples. The flavor comes from the spices. Apple pie spice does most of the work, with a pinch each of nutmeg and ground cloves behind it and a dusting of cinnamon on top.
That keeps these quick, and it keeps the fruit’s carbohydrate out of them. If it is the apples themselves you are after, our low-carb apple crisp uses real Granny Smiths, cooked down in browned butter under an almond-flour crumb.
A Cheese Dough, Not a Batter
These are made differently from a plain chaffle. Instead of stirring shredded cheese into an egg, you melt the mozzarella and cream cheese together first, in the microwave, 30 seconds at a time, until they come together as one soft dough.
The almond flour, powdered sweetener, baking powder and spices get kneaded into that dough by hand, and the egg and vanilla go in last, beaten on high until the mixture is smooth. It is the same method as our cinnamon roll chaffles. If you want to know how chaffles went from cheese-and-egg bread to desserts like this one, our guide to what a chaffle is covers it.
The batter makes three chaffles in a mini waffle maker, a third at a time. We use the Dash mini waffle maker, which makes a chaffle about four inches across, a single-serving dessert.
Keto Apple Pie Chaffles
Ingredients
For The Chaffles
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1 oz cream cheese
- 3 tbsp almond flour
- 2 tbsp lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp apple pie spice
- A pinch of nutmeg, ground
- A pinch of cloves, ground
- 1 large egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
For The Topping
Nutrition Facts
3 servings per recipe| Per Serving 150 | Per Recipe 460 | |||
| ½ cup of mozzarella cheese | 53.33 | 160 | ||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 33.75 | 101.25 | ||
| 3 tbsp of almond flour | 45 | 135 | ||
| ¼ tsp of apple pie spice | 0.67 | 2 | ||
| 1 large egg | 20 | 60 | ||
| ½ tsp of vanilla extract | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13g | 16% | 38g | 49% | |
| ½ cup of mozzarella cheese | 4 g | 12 g | ||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 3.37 g | 10.12 g | ||
| 3 tbsp of almond flour | 4 g | 12 g | ||
| ¼ tsp of apple pie spice | 0.02 g | 0.05 g | ||
| 1 large egg | 1.33 g | 4 g | ||
| 5g | 26% | 15g | 77% | |
| ½ cup of mozzarella cheese | 2.33 g | 7 g | ||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 2.02 g | 6.07 g | ||
| 3 tbsp of almond flour | 0.25 g | 0.75 g | ||
| ¼ tsp of apple pie spice | 0.01 g | 0.03 g | ||
| 1 large egg | 0.5 g | 1.5 g | ||
| Trans Fat | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 90mg | 30% | 270mg | 90% | |
| ½ cup of mozzarella cheese | 10 mg | 30 mg | ||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 10.12 mg | 30.37 mg | ||
| 1 large egg | 70 mg | 210 mg | ||
| 270mg | 12% | 800mg | 35% | |
| ½ cup of mozzarella cheese | 100 mg | 300 mg | ||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 37.12 mg | 111.37 mg | ||
| ½ tsp of baking powder | 106.67 mg | 320 mg | ||
| ¼ tsp of apple pie spice | 0.08 mg | 0.25 mg | ||
| 1 large egg | 23.33 mg | 70 mg | ||
| ½ tsp of vanilla extract | 0.07 mg | 0.2 mg | ||
| 8g | 3% | 24g | 9% | |
| ½ cup of mozzarella cheese | 0.67 g | 2 g | ||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 0.34 g | 1.01 g | ||
| 3 tbsp of almond flour | 1.5 g | 4.5 g | ||
| 2 tbsp of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener | 5 g | 15 g | ||
| ¼ tsp of apple pie spice | 0.17 g | 0.5 g | ||
| 1 large egg | 0.33 g | 0.99 g | ||
| ½ tsp of vanilla extract | 0.08 g | 0.25 g | ||
| 1g | 2% | 2g | 6% | |
| 3 tbsp of almond flour | 0.5 g | 1.5 g | ||
| ¼ tsp of apple pie spice | 0.08 g | 0.25 g | ||
| 1g | 3g | |||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 0.34 g | 1.01 g | ||
| 3 tbsp of almond flour | 0.5 g | 1.5 g | ||
| ½ tsp of vanilla extract | 0.08 g | 0.25 g | ||
| 5g | 15g | |||
| 2 tbsp of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener | 5 g | 15 g | ||
| Allulose | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 3g | 8g | |||
| ½ cup of mozzarella cheese | 0.67 g | 2 g | ||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 0.34 g | 1.01 g | ||
| 3 tbsp of almond flour | 1 g | 3 g | ||
| ¼ tsp of apple pie spice | 0.08 g | 0.25 g | ||
| 1 large egg | 0.33 g | 0.99 g | ||
| ½ tsp of vanilla extract | 0.08 g | 0.25 g | ||
| 9g | 18% | 27g | 53% | |
| ½ cup of mozzarella cheese | 4.67 g | 14 g | ||
| 1 oz of cream cheese | 0.67 g | 2.02 g | ||
| 3 tbsp of almond flour | 1.5 g | 4.5 g | ||
| ¼ tsp of apple pie spice | 0.01 g | 0.03 g | ||
| 1 large egg | 2 g | 6 g | ||
About these numbers: We are home cooks, not certified nutritionists. Nutrition is shared as a courtesy. We pick a representative product for each ingredient, and our recipe system works out the totals from the amounts in this recipe, so please treat them as a helpful estimate rather than a guarantee. The brands you buy, any swaps you make, and how generously you portion the recipe will all move these numbers.
Directions
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Preheat the mini waffle maker.
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Melt the mozzarella and cream cheese together into a cheese dough.
Put both cheeses in a microwave-safe bowl and heat them for 30 seconds at a time, until they are completely melted and combined.
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Knead in the almond flour, sweetener, baking powder and spices.
Move the cheese dough to a mixing bowl and add the almond flour, powdered sweetener, baking powder, apple pie spice, nutmeg and cloves. Knead with your hands until everything is worked in.
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Add the egg and vanilla and blend on high until completely combined.
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Place one third of the batter in the heated waffle maker and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
Cook it until it reaches the texture you like. A shorter cook gives a softer chaffle.
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Repeat with the rest of the batter to make three chaffles.
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Top the chaffles with sugar-free whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon.
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Notes
- The nutrition figures cover the chaffles only. The whipped cream and cinnamon are toppings you add to taste, so they are not counted.
- No apples go into this recipe. The apple pie flavor comes from the spices.
Toppings
Sugar-free whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon is how we serve them, and it is what you see in the photos.
If you want to take them further, a drizzle of sugar-free caramel syrup is the obvious move. Caramel and apple pie spice belong together, and it is the easiest way to make these sweeter without touching the batter.
More Sweet Chaffles
For another spiced chaffle, our snickerdoodle chaffles are brushed with butter and coated in cinnamon and sweetener. The cinnamon roll chaffles finish with an icing. The rest of our chaffles, sweet and savory, are in the collection.
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