Cheesy Keto Breadsticks (Low Carb)
Making these Cheesy Keto Breadsticks will make sticking to the keto lifestyle so much easier,, plus they are gluten-free. One of the hardest things to give up on the keto diet is bread, but you don’t have to worry anymore! These easy low carb cheese breadsticks are going to change everything in your meal plan!
HOW TO MAKE THESE KETO CHEESE BREADSTICKS
One thing I miss the most since we started Keto is bread. After posting my Keto Biscuit, Keto Sausage Ball Puffs, and Keto Chicken Pot Pie recipe, I thought that surely I could make some adjustments to create a cheesy keto breadstick recipe.
Now, let me set the expectation. These will not taste EXACTLY like cheese sticks from your favorite Italian Restaurant since there is no gluten in coconut flour,, and the texture is different. However, they are an excellent keto/low carb alternative that will hit the spot.
Make sure to check out all of my keto bread recipes.
Recipe variations for keto cheesy breadsticks
I’ve had many people ask if you can sub out almond flour for any of my recipes that contain coconut flour. Just to let you know up front, I am sure you could. However, my daughter is allergic to almonds, so I don’t personally have any experience cooking with almond flour. It is not a 1:1 substitution as coconut flour is more absorbent. Generally, a great place to start is using 4x as much almond flour as coconut flour.
Ingredients:
- Butter – you need fat to make the dough come together. The butter also adds flavor.
- Coconut flour – a keto-friendly gluten-free flour
- Cream cheese – adds moisture to the dough to help it come together. Coconut flour is very absorbent.
- Eggs – works as a binder
- Salt & baking powder
- Italian seasoning & garlic powder – adds Italian flavor
- Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese – makes the keto breadsticks extra cheesy and delicious
Here is a step-by-step tutorial with images. Make sure to scroll to the bottom of the post for the full printable recipe with instructions.
Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a 11X7 baking pan.
Step 2: Combine melted butter (I cool mine by popping the bowl in the fridge for 5 min), eggs, salt, and cream cheese,, then whisk together. Add coconut flour, baking powder, and spices to the mixture.
Step 3: Stir to combine.
Step 4: Pour batter into a 12 x 7-inch pan and smooth out the batter with the back of a spoon.
Step 4: Top bread mixture with the additional mozzarella, parmesan cheese, and Italian spices.
Step 5: Halfway through baking, use a pizza cutter to cut horizontally down the middle then vertically every inch or so to create a division in the individual breadsticks. I cut mine into 16 half breadsticks.
Step 6: Remove from pan.
Enjoy! Serve with low sugar Marinara Sauce.
Low Carb Marinara Sauce Options without any added sugars:
- Rao’s Homemade Marinara Sauce – 4g net carbs per ½ cup
- Rao’s Homemade Tomato Basil Sauce – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Lucini Italia Organic Tuscan Marinara Sauce – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Lucini Italia Organic Rustic Tomato Basil – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Mezzetta Napa Valley Homemade Sauce Marinara – 6g net carbs per ½ cup
- ALDI Selected Premium Marinara – 5g net carbs per ½ cup
WHAT DO YOU SERVE WITH CHEESY KETO BREADSTICKS?
I love serving up these keto breadsticks with just a bit of homemade marinara. You can also add these as a side to my Italian Meatball casserole or Lazy Chicken Parmesan with a low carb marinara sauce.
CAN YOU FREEZE THESE KETO BREADSTICKS?
While these cheesy keto breadsticks are best right out of the oven, you may also want to make larger batches to reheat later. First, allow them to cool, then place in freezer bags or freezer containers, and they keep well in the freezer for up to 3 months. They are great in the refrigerator for several days after baking.
MORE KETO FRIENDLY RECIPES
If you love our simple low carb cheesy breadsticks, then I know you will enjoy checking out all of my family’s favorite recipes in my Keto Recipes Index. Check out all of my Keto Recipes!
How to Make Cheesy Keto Breadsticks
Keto / Low Carb Cheesy Breadsticks
Ingredients
For the Breadsticks:
- 4½ tablespoons of butter (melted & cooled)
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- 1 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 eggs
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⅓ cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese shredded
For the Top:
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese shredded
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease an 11X7 baking pan.
- Combine melted butter (I cool mine by popping the bowl in the fridge for 5 min), eggs, salt, and cream cheese then whisk together.
- Add coconut flour, baking powder, and spices to the mixture and stir until combined.
- Stir in cheeses.
- Pour batter into rectangular casserole dish.
- Top bread mixture with the additional mozzarella, parmesan cheese, and Italian spices.
- Halfway through baking use a pizza cutter to cut horizontally down the middle then vertically every inch or so to create a division in the individual breadsticks. I cut mine into 16 half breadsticks.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until breadsticks are done.
- Move pan to top rack of the oven and broil for 1-2 minutes so that the cheese is browned and bubbly.
- Serve with low carb marinara sauce. .
Video
Notes
Low Carb Marinara Sauce Options without any added sugars:
- Rao’s Homemade Marinara Sauce – 4g net carbs per ½ cup
- Rao’s Homemade Tomato Basil Sauce – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Lucini Italia Organic Tuscan Marinara Sauce – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Lucini Italia Organic Rustic Tomato Basil – 3g net carbs per ½ cup
- Mezzetta Napa Valley Homemade Sauce Marinara – 6g net carbs per ½ cup
- ALDI Simply Selected Premium Marinara – 5g net carbs per ½ cup
Nutrition
For more easy Keto recipes, check out my Keto Recipe Index.
Thank you for the coconut flour recipes!! And the honesty to say the recipe will NOT taste exactly like it’s wheat flour counterpart. Because it won’t taste, feel, bake, etc. But, you’re right, it will hit the spot! Again, thank you! Finding your site this morning is like a breath of fresh air in the grain free world!!
Oh, Laurie I’m so glad you commented. I’ve read so many recipes that say cauliflower tastes just like mashed potatoes and pizza. It’s NOT true! It may be a good substitute but it’s not as good and definitely not better. I had to be honest. lol!!
Thanks Kasey. I followed your directions to the letter and they turned out perfectly. It worked out to two tablespoons of batter to each cup for my batch of twelve.
I had to run to store to get new baking powder, mine expired in 2011. I am going to freeze them and have a nice treat readymade in the mornings. I wanted to send picture but haven’t learned how to do that. I took one if I learn how to send it, I will.
Sounds great! I’m so glad you enjoyed them.
Mine are very runny
Hmmmmm…..that is very weird. I don’t have any idea why that would happen. Did you use coconut flour?
Oh. My. YUM! Thank you!
Great recipe! I added pepperoni. Will make this again.
Yum! Great idea!
These are to die for!!!! Me and my husband are starting to eat better and get healthy and it seems keto is the best way to go. I had a stomach surgery a while back, and he can’t eat wheat….so this fits us perfectly, and with all your recipes, makes it soooo much better and easier.
I did have to tweak the recipe just a bit and put crumbled bacon in it tho…you should try it.
Thanks again for all the awesome recipes, ESPECIALLY this one!
Yay! So glad you enjoyed them. Thanks for the bacon suggestion! Bacon makes everything better. 🙂
Hello, I forgot to buy Parmesan, do you think I could sub with more of the other cheeses?
You could sure try.
Im curious, why do they need to be cut in the middle of baking?
It makes them easier to cut when they are done and kind of creates a crisp like edge.
These are very good, and I agree they aren’t the same but a good sub! Will be saving this one.
I had to laugh about the cauliflower mashed potatoes comment.. I also saw where they
like potatoes and uh.. No way they are definitely not. :0) Lol.
Thank you for sharing the recipe.
(I used almond flour instead as I am not a fan of coconut in case anyone else is wondering, and they worked out perfectly!)
So glad you enjoyed them and that you appreciate my honesty in regards to ‘keto foods.’
did you use the same amount of almond flour??
What would be the measurement for regular flour?
I’m not sure. I’ve never tested this recipe with regular flour, although coconut flour and regular flour are not 1:1 substitutions.
I was searching for a recipe for cheese breadsticks… With what I already have in the kitchen. I taste tested with my family and they loved them just as much as I do!
Its amazing when you can share your diet foods with your family and everyone is happy!!
Thank you so much!
Kasey, you have some amazing recipes. Thank you for making the keto life so much easier for me. Can’t wait to try these.
Thank you so very much, Sandra! I so appreciate your kind words!
Hi – had trouble with the cheesy breadstick recipe – cooking time. It states to remove 1/2 way thru baking to pre-cut the sticks. At what time in baking is that to be done 7.5mins? That did not work – it was still slop at that stage. At 15mins baking time I recut the strips. They were not done yet.
Baked a further 15mins to make sure that they were cooked thru.
Pls clarify cooking time – 15mins total does not seem to do the job.
In my oven, 15 minutes worked just fine. But, all ovens cook differently.
This worked out delicious. I had them along with the Cheeseburger Soup from this website.
I only had 3 tbsp of butter but they came out perfect. Also I don’t have a pizza cutter so I just cut them in the end.
I wonder if they’ll work with almond flour?
Awesome! You will need 4x as much almond flour as almond flour isn’t a 1:1 sub?
Hi,
For clarification, calories are 299 for one breadstick and the recipe makes 8, correct?
yes