Desserts Recipes - Used by families using Atkins for seizure management

Chocolate Macadamia Nut Muffins

6 egg whites
6 egg yolks
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Liquid Sweet & Low 70 drops -- divided
1/4 cup Carbsense Baking Mix (or other low carb baking mix - soy flour will work)
2 tsp cocoa -- sifted
1/4 cup macadamia nuts -- finely chopped
1 tsp vanilla

Frosting
4 oz cream cheese
3 tbsp cream -- or less
3 tbsp Keto hot cocoa mix
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup macadamia nuts -- finely chopped

Separate the eggs and put the whites into mixer bowl. Add the cream of tartar and 35 drops of Sweet & Low; beat until stiff peaks form. In a separate bowl mix the egg, vanilla and beat well. Stir together the flour, cocoa, nuts and remaining Sweet & Low, add to the egg yolks and stir well. Add a good-sized spoonful of the whites to the yolks to thin the batterdown. Carefully fold the batter into the egg whites being careful not to deflate the whites. Spray 12 muffin tins with non stick spray, then carefully spoon the batter into them. Do not flatten. Bake in a pre-heated 350°F-180°C oven for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. When cool, beat the frosting together except for the nuts, beat till creamy Spread frosting on muffins and sprinkle the nuts over top.

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