We have two separate keto pie crust recipes for you here. One is sweet, and the other is a savory keto pie crust which can be used for quiches or savory pies. Both recipes are very easy to make and extremely tasty! As always, the recipe video will help you get the technique right if you’re having trouble.
How to Make a Keto Pie Crust
Now, you may be wondering why it takes two flours to make a crust. For a long time I was truly determined to keep the crusts as simple as possible, either coconut flour or almond flour. However, after hundreds of recipes I realized a sturdy crust makes ALL the difference. The right combination of almond flour and coconut flour is crucial to achieving the very best pie crust.
Temperature is Everything!
When you’re working with these pie crusts and trying to form them to your pie pan, having them at the right temperature is critical. Once the pie crust dough is formed, put it in the fridge for about an hour, or the freezer for 30 minutes before trying to roll it out. If you’re having trouble working with this dough it is because it is too warm or too cold.
Use Cold Butter
Most pie crusts, and really any sort of baked good that is going for a flaky consistency will call for cold butter. Some magic happens when the cold butter goes into the hot oven that makes any pie crust, even a keto pie crust flaky.
Use Parchment Paper for Rolling Out the Crust
The best way to roll out the crust to the size you need for your pie is to stick it between two sheets of parchment paper. This prevents sticking and helps keep the dough together. Remember, if you’re having trouble with this step your dough is probably not cold enough.
Keep an Eye on the Pie
Keto pie crusts are more prone to burning than traditional crusts. For this reason it is a good idea to check on your crusts every 5-10 minutes. You won’t get much browning when baking the pie crust on its own, but if you use a filling that takes a long time to bake you can run into problems. A good work around for this is to cover the pie edges with foil when it starts to brown.
Use Xanthan Gum for Best Results
Xanthan gum is an ingredient you may want to become familiar with if you plan on baking keto pies, cookies and cakes. Xanthan gum is often used in gluten free baking to provide stickiness and elasticity to doughs. We find that it also improves the final texture of these pie crusts.
Tart Pans Work Best
While your traditional pie pan works fine, we’ve completely switched over to using tart pans for our keto pies. The bottoms are removable so the pie comes out perfect every time and never sticks. We have a set of mini tart pans and a few larger tart pans.
Our Favorite Keto Pie Fillings?
Without a doubt our favorite pie recipe is this low carb pecan pie. Not only is it our favorite but it is one of the most popular recipes on our food blog. Some other classics are:
Most of all, we would like to hear what type of pie you decided to make with these keto pie crust recipes. If you make something awesome tag us on instagram so we can see!
How many carbs are in pie crust?
You might be shocked to find out that a traditional pie crust contains over 100 grams of carbs. These keto friendly pie crust only contain around 1 gram of net carbs per slice, or a total of under 10 grams of carbs per pie! The even better news is that keto pie crusts are one of the few recipes that might actually taste better than the original high carb version.
What is a Keto Crust made out of?
While recipes will vary, a keto crust is typically made of either coconut flour or almond flour. Combining both types of keto flours will make for the absolute best crust, which is what we’ve done for this recipe.
Sweet And Savory Keto Pie Crusts
Either way you go, sweet or savory, you can’t go wrong when using these crust recipes. It’s always great to have some go to recipes in your back pocky, from the perfect keto brownies and cookies, to pie crusts. If you check out the video below you’ll see me devouring the keto pie crusts – they are just that good on their own.
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Recipe can be quickly added to MyFitnessPal – Search “KetoConnect – Keto Savory Pie Crust”
Keto Pie Crusts – Sweet & Savory
What You Need:
Ingredients:
Sweet Crust:
- 1.25 cups almond flour
- 2 tbsp coconut flour
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/4 tsp pink himalayan salt
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 1/4 cup cream cheese, cubed
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 15 drops liquid stevia
Savory Crust:
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/2 tsp pink himalayan salt
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 1 large egg. lightly beaten
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
Instructions:
Sweet Crust:
- Add almond flour, xanthan gum, coconut flour and salt to food processor and pulse until evenly combined.
- Add butter and cream cheese cubes and pulse for a few seconds, just until crumbly. Add egg and liquid stevia and pulse until the dough just begins to come together into a ball, being sure not to overwork the dough. The mixture should resemble coarse
- Turn out the dough onto plastic wrap and pat into a ball, then flatten and seal.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 3 days. You can also freeze the pie crust and thaw out as needed.
Use Sweet Crust:
- Place cold dough disc between two sheets of parchment paper and, working quickly, gently roll out to desired size.
- Once the dough is in the pie pan or molded into your desired shape (galette, tart, etc.), refrigerate it for 30 minutes (or freeze it for 10-15 minutes) before baking to help it keep its shape.
- Brush it with egg wash, if desired. If baking a pie crust base, prick the base with a fork a few times to keep bubbles from forming.
- Bake at 425 degrees F for 10, then cover the outer crust with a pie shield or a strip of foil. Bake for an additional 3-5 minutes until nicely browned, keeping a close eye on it as grain-free flours can burn rather quickly.
Savory Crust:
- Add flours, xantham gum, and salt to a food processor; pulse until evenly combined.
- Add the butter cubes, egg, and vinegar. Pulse until the dough just begins to come together into a ball, being sure not to overwork it. The mixture should resemble coarse breadcrumbs.
- Turn out the dough onto plastic wrap and pat into a ball, then flatten and seal.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 3 days. You can also freeze the pie crust and thaw out as needed.
- Note – pockets of butter are normal.
Use Savory Crust:
- Place cold dough disc between two sheets of parchment paper and, working quickly, gently roll out to desired size.
- Once the dough is in the pie pan or molded into your desired shape (galette, tart, etc.), refrigerate it for 30 minutes (or freeze it for 10-15 minutes) before baking to help it keep its shape.
- Brush it with egg wash, if desired. If baking a pie crust base, prick the base with a fork a few times to keep bubbles from forming.
- Bake at 425 degrees F for 8-10, then cover the outer crust with a pie shield or a strip of foil.
Video:
Notes
Fat: 13g
Protein: 4.3g
Carbs: 4.8g
Fiber: 3g
Net Carbs:1.8g Serving Size: 1/8 pie crust
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
Has anyone tried the savory crust for pizza?
How long do I bake pecan pie tarts? Is it the same as for 9 inch pie?
I was wondering if you could mix cocoa powder in to make it a chocolate pie crust. If so how much ya think would work.
What if salted butter is used?
What food processor do you use
So my pumpkin pie recipe calls for cooking for 60 minutes, so should I pre-bake this keto crust as shown or cook both the pie and the filling at the same time?
Looks good. Suggestion for possible experimentation: My wife uses Julia Child’s pie crust recipe. It can be made in either a food processor or a Kitchenaid mixer. You cut the butter (or in this case butter and cream cheese) into the room temperature flour until it’s pea size as Megha emphasizes. The small pieces of butter make it flakey. Then you use a measuring cup with some water and and an ice cube to make it cold and dribble the water in while pulsing the processor or mixer until it comes together.
She still refrigerates it before rolling to make it firm.
I know there are probably new people testing recipes for you but a few of these are EERILY similar to Gnom-Gnom lately and maybe you guys (Matt and Megha) aren’t proofing recipes in that way to see if they are copycats? This one in particular is way too close to not have been completely influenced by theirs.
I use both of these sites regularly and trust you both. What I love about Keto Connect is the simplicity of your recipes and I actually like your OG coconut flour pie crust (pecan pie recipe) so much more than this one! Integrity is key in growth.
I really don’t Like the liquid stevia Taste what can I use in place of it
These crust recipes stop at just baking the crust. How much longer do you cook it after putting on the toppings, say for using it as a pizza crust. Do you put the toppings on before baking the crust or after?
Hi Krista, there are cooking temps and times listed in the recipe card section of the post. Can you see those? Under instructions, it says Sweet/Savory Crust and then under that Use Sweet/Savory Crust. In the use portion are the specific instructions on baking 🙂 Hope that helps!
You haven’t really addressed the question here – I have the same question – Do you have to pre-cook the crust? If you do, and then add your filling that also needs to be cooked – the crust will burn. Can you bake the crust with the filling in it??
Sorry! Yes, you would want to do a short prebake of the crust first. 10-12 minutes typically, then add filling and continue baking for the duration of the recipe. You can also add foil to the outer edges of the crust for a little while to avoid burning.
The baking instructions say 8-10 minutes, then cover with foil or pie shield. Is it supposed to be baked longer after it’s covered? Thanks. 🙂
Hi Guy’s
For the savoury pastry, is it 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar as stated in the written reciepe, or just 2 teaspoons as was stated in the video?
Whoops! Great catch – it should be 2 teaspoons. We’ve updated the written recipe. Thanks!
How do you bake if the filling needs to be baked as in pumpkin pie?
Could you use the savory crust to make hot pockets? Or does it need to cook without a filling to work? Thanks!
These would work best to bake without a filling because they need to cool to harden and if there is filling, it will affect the moisture of the crust.
What if I don’t have a food processor? Can I use a blender or kitchen aid mixer?
Yes you could probably use one of those.
Donna, I don’t think it would work to use a blender. I think a regular pastry cutter tool would better, and do it by hand.
Can we use this to top the chicken pot pie recipe? will it work? Not sure if it will be flexible enough…
Hmm, I am not sure about this, but it would probably work! Not sure about the baking time though.
Your instructions for the sweet pie crust state to combine the butter and cream cheese. There isn’t any cream cheese listed in the ingredients?? Is there cheese in the crust and if so, how much?
Thank you
Sorry about that! It calls for 1/4 cup cream cheese for the sweet crust
Looking forward to making these. KC making the impossible, possible! –we can have pie and eat it too!
Video uses cream cheese; recipe didn’t list it. Just a heads up. I will be following the video.
Keep On, Keto-ing On!
In the sweet crust directions, you mention adding cream cheese but it’s not in the ingredient list. Should it be there and if so, how much?
I just updated the recipe, it should be 1/4 cup cream cheese for the sweet crust.
I’m in trouble with dairy, so I’d use ghee instead of butter, it generally works fine for me, but I was wondering: could I substitute cream cheese with coconut heavy cream/full fat cream? I’d also skip the cheddar cheese in the filling and use something else, just trying until I find my favourite adds-on 😉
We haven’t tried that so I don’t know if it would work. Crusts can be finnicky! But if you experiment, please let us know how it turns out!
I have been using non dairy cream cheese tofutti, no butter and the company sels plain and other flavors. I buy at the health food store for over 15 years.i use in my enchiladas because it melts and tastes very good.
I’m also lactose intolerant and have a lot of digestive issues. I take 1 capsule of “Digestive Advantage Brand – Lactose Defense” every morning before breakfast and it’s the best thing I’ve ever found. Only take 1 capsule per day. I don’t have to chew those chalky brands with every meal. I can eat cheese or dairy now and not have that excruciating pain in my stomach that I’ve had for my entire life. I also tried lactose free cheeses. I’m not as big of fan of the taste, but its an alternative to regular cheese. I hope the capsules help you, because I enjoy cheese everyday now.
In the ingredient list it says 2 tablespoons of coconut flour, but it doesn’t say when to add it in the recipe.
The cream cheese isn’t listed in the ingredients
It is under the butter. 1/4 cup. It Just wasn’t underlined