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Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs

These Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs are a delicious snack filled with healthy fats and they are guaranteed to kill your sugar cravings! 

Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs

New favorite snack alert! Since you guys have been loving my Chocolate Almond Butter Collagen Fat Bombs, I’m so excited to share another delicious fat bomb recipe with a flavor combo that I just can’t get enough of.

I’ve been loving these Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs so much in between meals to hold me over on busy weekdays ever since making them. I’m definitely not keto, but I do tend to do better on a lower carb diet. So when choosing my snacks, I like to keep them low in sugar and high in healthy fats to keep me satiated until the next meal. These fat bombs do just that while killing any sugar cravings that I may have.

Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs

You can use either butter or ghee for this recipes, but I do love the extra toasty and nutty flavor and smell of ghee so I highly recommend you use the latter. Also, many people who have a sensitivity to the lactose in butter usually find that they can tolerate ghee much better. If you want to make it at home, you can find my recipe here. It’s so nutritious and yummy, and make an excellent high heat cooking oil.

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I hope you enjoy these Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs as much as I have been. They remind me of my childhood summers when I use to steal a bite out of my dad’s favorite ice cream flavor, and it just makes me so happy. They are also a breeze to make so you have no excuse the next time you get hangry or those sugar cravings hit!

Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs

Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs

Course: Dessert, Snack
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes
Servings: 12 fat bombs
Calories: 145 kcal
Author: Jean Choi

These Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs are a delicious snack filled with healthy fats and they are guaranteed to kill your sugar cravings! 

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup pecans
  • 1/4 cup coconut butter
  • 1/4 cup ghee or butter
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/8 tsp sea salt
  • Optional: sweetener of your choice I added about 7-8 drops of stevia. Omit if you are on a sugar detox.
  • Optional: 2 tbsp grass-fed collagen Use code GREATGRANDMA10 for 10% off your entire order

Instructions

  1. Heat a skillet over medium heat. 

  2. Add the pecans and toast them while constantly stirring. Transfer to a dish when the pecans are darker and smell toasty. They'll toast even more while cooling.

  3. Roughly chop the pecans. I like to leave them in larger chunks.

  4. In a small saucepan, combine coconut butter, ghee (or butter), and coconut oil and heat over low heat until melted.


  5. Stir in vanilla extract and sea salt, as well as a sweetener and/or grass-fed collagen, if using. 

  6. Divide the chopped pecans into a silicon mold of your choice. I filled them into 12 mini cubes.

  7. Pour the heated butter and coconut mixture over the pecans, dividing it evenly. 

  8. Freeze for at least 30 minutes until the fat bombs harden. 

  9. If you don't have a silicon mold, you can pour the mixture in a small container, freeze, then cut into bite-sized squares.

  10. Store in the freezer or the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts
Paleo Butter Pecan Keto Fat Bombs
Amount Per Serving (1 fat bomb)
Calories 145 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16g 25%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Sodium 20mg 1%
Potassium 17mg 0%
Total Carbohydrates 2g 1%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 1g
Protein 1g 2%
Vitamin A 4%
Iron 1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Slow Cooker Ghee

gheeWhat is ghee?

Ghee, often called liquid gold, is simmered clarified butter that is traditionally used in Indian and other South Asian cooking. It’s basically butter that’s been cooked down so its milk proteins and water are removed and evaporated. People who are sensitive to lactose and casein in dairy and can’t tolerate butter find that they can enjoy ghee just fine. Still, I advise that if you are especially sensitive, ghee may not be right for you and you should still avoid it.

Otherwise, it’s absolutely delicious and nutritious, and has a higher smoking point than butter, making it ideal for high-heat cooking. It’s amazing for cooking eggs, sautéing and stir frying, or even roasting in the oven. Ever since I started making my own, it’s all I’ve been cooking with because of its nutty and toasty pleasant flavor. I honestly think it tastes better than butter.

Benefits of ghee

Ghee has all the same healing benefits that grass fed butter does. It contains a good dose of vitamins A, E, and K, which play essential roles in our body like boosting our immune system, promoting skin and reproductive health, building our cell membranes, and supporting our bone health. A lack of these vitamins leads us to disease states.

The high amount of butyric acid and Omega-3 fatty acids in ghee decrease inflammation in the body and reduces the levels of unhealthy cholesterol. Butyric acid is especially beneficial for our gastrointestinal lining, and ghee is highly recommended for anyone with digestive issues.

Ghee also has antioxidant properties with its carotenoids and vitamins, which have the power to get rid of harmful free radicals in the body. The combination of its nutrients can help reduce oxidative stress and help fight cancer.

Making ghee

Ghee can be purchased online or at a health food store, but I really like to make it at home. Not only is it super easy, it takes a fraction of the cost to make it than to buy it. All you really need is good quality grass fed butter.

Some people like to make it on the stovetop, but I make mine in my slow cooker. I usually make 16oz of butter at a time. It’s important to get grass fed butter for ghee to get all of its health benefits. Kerrygold is a great choice. Once you heat up the butter in the slow cooker, it’s important to keep an eye on it after 2.5 hours. The white milk solids will start floating to the top. You’ll know that it’s done when you see these solids browning.

gheeOnce this starts happening, you need to use a cheese cloth or a nut milk bag to pour it out and strain out the solids so you are left with a beautiful dark and clear liquid.

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It’s important to cool ghee completely before screwing the lid on. Any moisture left in it before storing can create mold. Once it cools, you can store it at room temperature, or in the fridge. I usually keep mine in the fridge just to be safe. It’ll stay soft if you keep it on the counter, but harden like you see in the following photos if you refrigerate it.

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Slow Cooker Ghee

Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 1 minute
Author: Jean Choi
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Ingredients

  • 16 oz or more grass fed butter
  • Slow cooker
  • Funnel
  • Cheese cloth
  • Glass jar

Instructions

  1. Place the butter in the slow cooker and set it to high for 4 hours.
  2. Keep the lid on the slow cooker only half way so the moisture can evaporate.
  3. After 2-2.5 hours, start checking on the slow cooker.
  4. There should be white foam and solids forming at the top. Keep letting the butter cook until this foamy layer starts turning brown.
  5. Once the layer is browned, place a funnel in a glass jar big enough to hold the ghee, and put a cheese cloth over the funnel.
  6. Pour out the ghee in the covered funnel to strain out the milk solids. You'll be left with a dark golden liquid inside the glass jar.
  7. Let it cool completely before putting the lid on the jar.
  8. Store at room temperature or in the fridge.

Paleo Gluten Free Whole30 Slow Cooker Ghee

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