Cheesecake Crust
Author: Carrie Brown | Prep time: 15 mins | Cook time: 0 | Total time: 15 mins + chilling time | Serves: 1 x *” cheesecake base
What You Need
- 12 oz. / 340g almond flour
- 3 oz. / 85g xylitol OR allulose OR erythritol
- ½ tsp. sea salt (For the best salt and a 15% discount use code: carriebrown)
- 3 ½ oz. / 100g butter, melted
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
What You Do
- Put the almond flour in a dry skillet over a medium and toast until golden brown – about 4 minutes. Stir and turn often to ensure they toast evenly.
- Remove the almond flour from the heat, pour into a large bowl and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the sweetener and sea salt and stir well.
- Add the melted butter and vanilla extract and mix well until the almond flour is completely coated in butter.
- Pour the almond mixture into an 8” spring-form pan or loose-bottomed pan lined with parchment paper, and spread out evenly. Using a straight-sided glass press the almonds down firmly and evenly across the bottom of the pan.
- Place pan in the fridge so that the crust firms.
- Once chilled, fill with your cheesecake mixture and follow the remaining instructions on the cheesecake recipe.
Top Recipe Tips
- Dry toasting the almond flour before you use it makes a huge difference to the flavor and greasiness of the crust. Once you’ve used this method you won’t go back!
- You can also use this crust recipe to make individual cheesecakes. Divide the crust mixture between 8 individual spring-form or loose-bottomed pans and press the crust in with your fingers, getting it as even a thickness as you can.
- Using erythritol or xylitol will result in a crisper crust, allulose will result in a crumblier crust.
- This crust can be made a couple days ahead of time and can also be frozen.
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