I make a crust at christmas time for a dessert..it is cream cheese and butter with 1/2 cup of flour but i dont know what to replace the flour with??

this is a very good crust...i use it in making pecan tassies..trying to modify this recipe with low carb things.

The pecan tassie recipe is

Filling:
1 egg
3/4 cup brown sugar (need to replace this)
1tbs butter
1 tsp vanilla

pastry:
3 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour (need to replace this)

If anyone has any ideas i would love to hear them..thanks.

There's a link in this thread Good tasting "Crust" for Rhubarb Pie? to a site that has a low-carb pie crust that includes cream cheese. There's a bit of whole wheat flour in it so it depends on what your low-carbing boundaries are in regards to using the recipe or not.

Karen

sounds like plenty of people on the forum like to use soy flour flax and almond flour to substitute. I think there is no clear answer except for you to buy all three (maybe even some WHole Wheat Flour) and try a few combinations. In the end if you are making a double crust pie and need to stay away from a few extra carbs just take the top crust off.

MYself... I've tried soy flour but I didn't like the taste. going to try the expensive "BakingMix" Atkins Brand for $11-13 and see if it's worth it.

I've also purchased a 1g carb pie crust mix from GNC. I'll report back with the results.

Great i will be watching for the results of the "baking Mix"

I got some low carb mix at walmart i think it was carb sense or something, but i have not tried it yet.

If i can find something to replace the flour it is a good crust..people could make it to kinda take the place of crackers, or possibly bread.

thank you for the reply.