Baking

Almond flour Christmas star pastries

Name: Almond flour Christmas star pastries
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 150 g almond flour; 100 g butter; 100 g cream cheese; 1 kpl egg; 40 g plum jam

Plum jam fills the centres; its carbohydrate content depends on the product.

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35 minDifficulty: easy

Golden brown Christmas tarts with a plum jam center on a platter

Servings in this printout: 8

Ingredients

Servings8

150 g almond flour
100 g butter
100 g cream cheese
1 kpl egg
40 g plum jam

Method

Heat the oven to 200 °C. Mix almond flour, soft butter, cream cheese and egg into a dough.
Roll the dough between baking papers and cut into squares. Make incisions in the corners and turn the branches to the center.
Add a teaspoon of plum jam to the center of each tart.
Bake for 12–15 minutes. Allow to cool on the tray before transferring.

Nutrition per serving

Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.

Net carbs: 3.44 g
Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols): 5.57 g
Protein: 7.53 g
Fat: 24.28 g

GL estimate: about 2 / serving

Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.

The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.

Estimate details and sources ↗

How was the estimate calculated?

The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.

almond flour · Food group average
cream cheese · Food group average
plum jam · Food group average

Calculated ingredient-based estimate per serving, not a measurement of the prepared meal. All supported positive carbohydrate amounts are included. An unmatched individual portion under 1 g available carbohydrate per serving may be omitted only while all such portions total less than 2 g per serving; the omitted amount is disclosed. This is an editorial tolerance, not a clinical precision limit.

Small portions omitted: 0.1 g available carbohydrate per serving.

Research sources and technical details

Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.

almond flour · nuts-category-mean-gi-22 · fineli-379-release-20
cream cheese · dairy-category-mean-gi-35 · fineli-650-release-20
plum jam · sugar-syrups-category-mean-gi-58 · fineli-32744-release-20

Carbohydrate data sources

MANTELI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
VOI, SUOLATON · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
TUOREJUUSTO, KOTIJUUSTO, RASVAA 9-14 %, MAALAISJUUSTO · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
KANANMUNA, KUORETON · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
LUUMUMARMELADI, LUUMUHILLO · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.

GI and calculation sources

International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Low-confidence category mean for peanuts. (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN
International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Category mean, not a measured GI for the recipe's cream cheese. (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN
International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · sugars and syrups category mean (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN

Notes

Check for doneness and finally season according to your own taste.
The carbohydrate content depends on the products used and the portion size. Calculate it from the labels of your chosen products, including any accompaniments and toppings.