Almond Bear Claws

Ingredients

• Mozzarella cheese

  Part skim milk

  8 oz or 227g

• Cream cheese

  2 oz or 57g

• Almond Flour

  Trader Joe's - "Just Almond Meal"

  ⅔ cup or 80g

• Organic Coconut Flour

  Baker Josef's

  ⅓ cup or 47g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 medium or 44g

• Baking powder

  Leavening agents, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate

  2 tsp or 9g

• Almonds

  Nuts, raw

  ¾ cup, sliced or 69g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  1 ½ tbsp or 21g

• Almonds

  Nuts, raw

  ¼ cup, sliced or 23g

• Egg white

  Raw, fresh eggs

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Sweetener

  Calorie Free - Giant

  12 tsp or 12g

• Cream

  Heavy, Sweetened, Extra Creamy - Kroger

  2 tbsp or 6g

• Xylitol

  Health Gardeen

  18 tsp or 72g

• Powdered sugars

  ¾ cup sifted or 75g

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350.
2. Put cheese in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave one minute. Stir. Microwave 30 seconds. Stir. At this point, all the cheese should be melted. Microwave 30 more seconds until uniform and gloppy (it should look like cheese fondue at this point).
3. Alternatively, you can melt the cheese in a small saucepan over low heat.
4. Add the melted cheese and the rest of the dough ingredients to a food processor. Mix using the dough blade until a uniform color. Once it is a uniform color wet your hands, divide the dough into 6 pieces, and press them out into 6 squares on a parchment lined baking sheet.
5. Put the ingredients for the filling in the food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Divide between the squares of dough. Fold over the top edge of each rectangle. Cut slits 3/4 of the way through the dough and gently fan out the pieces. Brush with the egg and sprinkle with the remaining sliced almonds. (Make sure to check out the example photos in the blog post!)
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Source: joyfilledeats.com/almond-bear-claws/