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Carnivore Fathead Dough

August 3, 2025 By elviira Leave a Comment

If you’ve been hanging around my blog, you know I’ve dabbled in all sorts of keto fathead dough—from nut-free versions to quick fixes. But lately, since I’m fully embracing the carnivore lifestyle, I felt it was high time to craft a true-blue Carnivore Fathead Dough, aka Carnivore Mozzarella Dough.

My first experiments started back in March 2024 with the usual suspects: shredded mozzarella, cream cheese, and egg. For flour, I tried egg white protein. Spoiler alert: the dough was sticky as a toddler with a candy stash. After adding more egg white protein to tame the mess, I baked pastries that rose like champs but tasted like cardboard. Not exactly a culinary win. Next, I threw in gelatin powder, hoping for a miracle. The dough was easier to handle, but the egg white protein formed nasty lumps—pastries still puffed beautifully, but the taste? Even worse cardboard vibes.

Fast forward a year and a half, and I finally had an epiphany: crushed pork rinds are the ultimate carnivore “flour”. I have sold dozens and dozens of pork rinds in my online store and used almost the same amount myself. I started experimenting with 2 oz (60 g), adding more in tiny increments until, boom, perfection. The dough held together like a dream, making a heavenly pizza crust worthy of the meatiest toppings. With a hot oven still going, I whipped up carnivore pigs in a blanket, too.

Now, I do have separate recipes for Easy Carnivore Pizza Crust and Carnivore Pigs in a Blanket, but honestly, this Carnivore Fathead Dough is so superb that I’m switching gears—it’s my go-to for those recipes and all kinds of carnivore baked goods from now on. Plus, my son’s raving about those pigs in a blanket, so I know this dough will be a repeat star in our kitchen.

Oh, and a quick tip: always make your fathead dough in a saucepan. Microwaves? Nope. You’ll burn your fingers and get a subpar result. Try the saucepan method once, and you’ll never go back.

Are you ready to meet your new favorite carnivore dough? Let’s dive in!
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Lazy Woman’s Fathead Dough & Breadsticks from the Dough

May 8, 2022 By elviira 20 Comments

All keto people must know the super popular Fathead dough, aka mozzarella dough. It’s versatile, so unique, and very widely spread among the keto and low-carb community. People often use the dough as a pizza crust, but it also makes an awesome keto replacement for puff pastry. If you don’t know what Fathead dough is, just continue reading further. You’ll notice how this simple recipe is a real life-saver!

Well, the problem with the regular Fathead dough is that preparing it is undoubtedly a bit complicated as you have to melt the cheeses first. Usually, this is done in a microwave oven. That results in an intolerably hot mixture that can become easily lumpy. A much finger-friendlier method is to prepare the dough in a saucepan over a stovetop, but this method is also quite laborious. In addition, no matter which method you use, you have to knead the heck out of the dough so that it becomes silky smooth.

I developed an extraordinarily simple method to prepare Fathead dough. No melting, and absolutely no kneading needed — and the dough is ready in a minute! Read on to find the secrets to the simplest and easiest method to prepare Fathead dough. I bet you won’t use the laborious old-school melting and kneading techniques ever again after trying this ridiculously effortless approach!
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Nut-Free Fathead Dough aka Mozzarella Dough

February 20, 2022 By elviira 27 Comments

Fathead Dough, aka Mozzarella Dough, used to be all the rage a few years ago. In my keto kitchen, it still is: this neutral-tasting, versatile, and pliable dough is magnificent for creating superb keto baked goods, sweet and savory alike.

However, regular Fathead Dough uses almond flour and thus is not suitable for people with nut allergies. Moreover, almond flour is high in oxalates, an antinutrient that can be detrimental to health. Some Fathead Dough versions use coconut flour instead of almond flour but let’s face the fact: coconut flour simply doesn’t make a satisfactory Fathead Dough.

But worry no more: I developed a wonderful Nut-Free Fathead Dough that uses an awesome zero-carb ingredient to further reduce your carb intake. Read on to find the secrets — and the secret ingredient — to the ultimate Fathead Dough without nuts of any kind!
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Traditional Finnish Christmas Pastries made Keto – with only 5 Ingredients!

December 5, 2021 By elviira 5 Comments

Welcome, December and the holiday season! Want to try out something extraordinary but still traditional during these holidays? Then, why not whip up a batch of fascinating star-shaped Finnish Christmas pastries (joulutorttus) — naturally ketoized and gluten-free!

Fathead dough works wonders in these keto pastries, making them super low in carbs and very close to the traditional treats. When the regular wheaty and sugary pastries contain 15.4 grams net carbs per piece, my ketoized versions contain just 1.2-1.8 grams net carbs per pastry — or even less if you use zero-carb filling.

The traditional Finnish Christmas pastries use prune marmalade as filling. You guessed it: I’ve ketoized the marmalade as well, and you’ll get it as a bonus recipe. For the keto marmalade, you still use prunes for authentic taste, but the sugar content is dropped dramatically compared to the regular sugary version. When the sugary prune marmalade has 7.6 grams net carbs per tablespoon, my keto marmalade has only 1.8 grams net carbs per tablespoon. For one pastry, you need just a teaspoon or two for a fabulous flavor!

Read on to find the ultimate keto version for the traditional Finnish pastries that we gulp down humongous amounts during the holidays here in Finland.
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