Skip to Content

Low Carbohydrate Bread

Categories Healthy Recipes, Low Carb, Side Dish

This low carbohydrate bread is soft, tender, delicious and also super low in carbs! It’s simple to make and you might be surprised when you find out the secret ingredient! It’s tofu! Tofu inherently has no flavor so it blends perfectly into bread and replaces the space needed for carbs with the protein in the tofu.

Jump to Recipe

My kids love this bread too! Which is really saying something for a healthier bread and they have no idea they are eating tofu in this bread! It always surprises me when I make this bread and the kids devour it, part of me wants to hide it so I can keep it for myself but then I think about the extra protein they are getting and then I’m good with it!

lower carb bread using tofu.

I started playing around with manipulating proteins to take the place of carbohydrates a few years ago and I am always excited when I find a formula that works! I have a recipe where I use chickpea flour to make low carb bread, That recipe is also delicious! That recipe is HERE.

What you need to make low carbohydrate bread:

makes 1 standard bread loaf

  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
  • 1/4 cups melted butter
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup tofu – firm
  • 1/2 cup vital wheat gluten (you can use flour in place of this if you don’t have any vital wheat gluten on hand, it will raise the carbohydrates in the recipe slightly though)
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour

Instructions

  1. Add warm water and yeast together in a blender or a bowl that you can use an immersion blender in.
  2. Add melted butter, salt and tofu and blend until smooth.
  3. Pour mixture into a bowl and add vital wheat gluten and whole wheat flour into the bowl.
  4. Knead mixture together until a dough ball forms and continue kneading for 5 minutes if kneading by hand or 3 minutes if using an electric dough hook.
  5. Place dough in a greased bowl, cover the top then allow to rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.
  6. Gently punch dough down.
  7. Place in bread pan and rise again for 30-45 minutes.
  8. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  9. Bake for 45 minutes, covering the top if it starts to brown too soon.
  10. Allow bread to cool completely before slicing for longest lasting bread.

Printable recipe below

low carb bread using chickpea flour

I also created low carb soft pretzels that are dangerously delicious that recipe is HERE.

Low carb soft Pretzels

A few months ago, I had Great Harvest’s low carb bread and was fascinated how they were able to make a bread that was so soft and delicious that was low carb so I researched how they did it. I saw they used tofu and I knew I needed to make my own recipes using it!

Lower carbohydrate bread using tofu.

I created a lower carb cinnamon roll using tofu that tastes just like a full carb one and that is definitely a recipe worth trying! That recipe is HERE.

low carb cinnamon rolls
Print Recipe
4.94 from 15 votes

Low Carbohydrate Bread

Delicious, soft and tender low carb bread that uses tofu!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
rise time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: bread, Side Dish
Cuisine: Baked goods, Bread
Keyword: bread, Healthy Recipes, low carb
Servings: 1 loaf

Ingredients

  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons yeast or roughly 1 packet of yeast (packets are 2 1/4 tsp)
  • 1/4 cups melted butter
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup tofu – firm
  • 1/2 cup vital wheat gluten (you can use flour in place of this if you don't have any vital wheat gluten on hand, it will raise the carbohydrates in the recipe slightly though)

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour

Instructions

  • Add warm water and yeast together in a blender or a bowl that you can use an immersion blender in.
  • Add melted butter, salt and tofu and blend until smooth.
  • Pour mixture into a bowl and add vital wheat gluten and whole wheat flour into the bowl.
  • Knead mixture together until a dough ball forms and continue kneading for 5 minutes if kneading by hand or 3 minutes if using an electric dough hook.
  • Place dough in a greased bowl, cover the top then allow to rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.
  • Gently punch dough down.
  • Place in bread pan and rise again for 30-45 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • Bake for 45 minutes, covering the top if it starts to brown too soon.
  • Allow bread to cool completely before slicing for longest lasting bread.