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When we’ve gone on low carb diets, the one meal I am always stuck for ideas is breakfast – until I started making these cheesy keto everything “bagels”. I love puffy, light baked eggs with tons of cheese, baked in a perfect bagel shape, that are great with cream cheese or as a keto breakfast sandwich!
I love bagels – especially hot toasted everything bagels – and decided to play around with my Keto Jalapeno Bread recipe a bit to come up with a real bagel I think is every bit just as delicious as my favorite everything bagels. Just like my everything bagel fat bombs, this one is incredibly low carb keto with NO special flours or crazy ingredients – just cheese, eggs, and Everything Bagel seasoning!
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How to Make Carb Free Bagels
First assemble the following ingredients:
- Shredded cheese (1 cup) – I like to use cheddar, mozzarella, any kind of cheese that melts well, they create a chewy, cheesy base for the keto bagels.
- Grated parmesan (½ cup) – Adds a salty, nutty bite and helps the bagels hold their structure, you can also use asiago or Pecorino Romano.
- Eggs (2) – Bind the ingredients together while giving the bagels lightness and richness.
- Everything bagel seasoning (2 tbsp) – Brings the classic garlicky, oniony crunch with sesame and poppy seeds for authentic bagel flavor.
Once you have assembled the ingredients, use this method:
Prep
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a donut baking pan.
Mix
Combine the shredded cheese, grated parmesan, and egg in a bowl and mix it until the ingredients are fully combined. Divide the mixture equally into six parts and press into well greased donut pan. Sprinkle everything bagel seasoning over the tops of the egg and cheese mixture.
Bake
Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 to 20 minutes until the cheese has fully melted and created a slight brown crust. Let cool slightly until it is safe to touch and has set, then slide out of pan and eat!
Tips and Tricks to Perfect Low Carb Bagels
Spray Well – I did find even with preparing the pan with coconut oil spray, my bagels very slightly stuck to the donut pan – but it didn’t ruin their shape or appearance at all.
Remove Carefully – I simply slid a butter knife around the edges of the bagels to pop them out of the pan, and they were perfectly fine.
Try Silicone – To avoid any sticking, try to use a silicone donut pan. If you don’t have one, like I don’t, the butter knife trick works just fine.
Cool Slightly – I do find it is easier to release the bagels from the pan if they are slightly cooled (still very warm, but not so hot you can’t touch the pan without an oven mitt.)
FAQs
Bake keto everything bagels at 375 degrees.
Keto bagels take about 15 minutes to bake until puffy.
Keto bagels are done baking when they are light, puffy, and lightly browned around the edges.
This recipe relies on cheese and egg for it’s structure since we’re skipping flour – as it’s designed to be a very quick mix for busy mornings. You can use a cheese substitute, however I have not found one that will bake with the right texture of cheese and doesn’t include high carb counts if you’re trying to stay keto.
While these can technically be frozen, I wouldn’t recommend it since they are basically cheese and egg which both have an awkward texture after frozen. You can reheat them on a sheet pan in the oven from the fridge, but you only get a crunchy texture when they are fresh.
Try These Keto Recipes Next
If you love these easy keto everything bagels, be sure to check out some of my other favorite easy keto and low carb dishes!
Try my easy keto sandwich bread next!
For my complete recipe for everything bagel seasoning, including storage tips and other recipes to use it with, please visit my Everything Bagel Seasoning Mix recipe.
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Keto Bagel
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded cheese, cheddar, mozzarella, any kind of cheese that melts well.
- ½ cup grated parmesan, or asiago, other hard, dry, grated cheese.
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp everything bagel seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Combine the shredded cheese, grated parmesan, and egg in a bowl and mix it until the ingredients are fully combined.
- Divide the mixture equally into six parts and press into well greased donut pan.
- Sprinkle everything bagel seasoning over the tops of the egg and cheese mixture.
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 to 20 minutes until the cheese has fully melted and created a slight brown crust.
- Let the bagels cool for about 30 seconds/1 minute after removing from the oven then turn them out onto a cooling rack and cool completely.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
OMG….these were so good, thanks for sharing the recipe!
So I did try these they are good but salty.
I just made a dozen of these , double batch, used silicone donut pans. I used mozzarella and sharp cheddar cheeses as well as the parm. I lightly sprinkled the season mix on top they were delicious! I cut in half and crisped them up in a frying pan, so seemed toasted
Great idea
Has anyone attempted in a airfryer? I think I may make 5 in the oven and throw on in my airfryer and see what happens. Let me know if anyone has had success or tips on that. Thanks
Amber – I haven’t but I should! The dough’s consistency would make it fall through my air fryer basket (and I am SUPER new to air frying), but if you have a pan it would work!
Could you make this sweet instead of savory? My kiddos are in MAD diet for their seizures. The would love a cinnamon/sugar replacement version. Any ideas on how to tweak it to work for that? Thank you!
Cindy – because of the parmesan base it might taste a bit funky (though I am going to be trying some sweet versions!) I am testing out a few new recipes with this base this week! I’ll let you know how they turn out.
I put cream cheese, stevia, and cinnamon on the bagel as they are and it tasted great!
IF you grate really “fresh parmesan” it is a sweeter taste !!! I cannot get past the “soured baby burp-up smell” otherwise….it has to be fresh hard parmesan and it would lend itself to being a sweeter flavored batter. A good Italian Deli should have it.
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
Any suggestions if you don’t need have a donut pan? I have limited storage and don’t really want to buy one if I don’t have to.) Maybe shaped into a bagel shape on a cookie sheet or in a muffin pan?
So to be perfectly honest – I often am too lazy to find my donut pan and will just bake them as “biscuits” on a silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet. Looks a bit different – tastes exactly the same!