Apple Danish Recipe

IDEAL PROTEIN PHASE 1 | SERVINGS: 2 | TOTAL TIME: 1 HOUR

I’ve tried to make savoury breakfasts my thing, because I know they’re a good idea, but I just love a coffee and a pastry. This is my answer. Ideal Protein Apple Oatmeal and a little grated zucchini make a soft, cinnamon-scented base, and a spoonful of apple butter in the centre gives you that danish feel. It fits Phase 1 of Ideal Protein. Just remember the eggs count toward your dinner protein.

Ingredients:

• 2 packets Ideal Protein Apple Oatmeal
• 2 eggs (reduce dinner protein by 1.5 ounces for each egg)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp swerve or stevia or allulose
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ cup -1 cup grated zucchini (let it sit a few minutes and then squeeze out excess water)
• 2 tbsp Walden Farms Apple Butter * available at Low Carb Grocery Stores
• Note: Peeling the zucchini first gives this more of an authentic Danish look (less green bits)

Instructions:

1. Beat eggs in a glass bowl or measuring cup
2. Add the rest of ingredients except Apple Butter and use a spatula to combine until mixed
3. Divide evenly among a 6 count whoopie pan or just use a muffin tin but 1/3 full,  flatten the batter. Very very lightly oil the pan so you can get them out!
4. Using a spoon, make a small well or indentation in the middle of each one.
5. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
6. Before eating, fill each depression with 1 teaspoon apple butter. If like me you used a muffin tin and had no depression after baking, worry not, cut in half and put your apple butter in there!

Enjoy! Let us know what you think.