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Pizza Crust
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4 large eggs
4 tablespoons cottage cheese -- small curd is best
1-1/2 tablespoons Atkins Bake Mix
1 tablespoon flax seed -- as needed, or 2 tablespoons flax meal
1/2 packet Splenda -- or 1 teaspoon granular Splenda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Preheat your oven to 300*.
Separate your eggs, putting the whites into the mixer bowl and the yolks into the second bowl.
As you follow the remaining steps, the egg whites will be warming to room temperature, which helps them to whip better.
Grind the Flax seed to meal, if you started with Flax seed. Add the Flax Meal to the second bowl.
Add the salt, Splenda, cottage cheese, and Atkins Bake Mix into the yolks in the second bowl.
Stir the ingredients in the second bowl with a fork until evenly mixed. As you do this, crush the cheese curds with the tines of the fork. They'll still be clumps when you're done, but try to get them a little smaller than when you started. Add the Cream of Tartar to the egg whites. Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks. Use your spatula to gently push the whites to one side of the bowl, creating a "well" beside the egg whites. Use the spatula to scrape the yolk mixture in the second bowl into the "well" you just created in the egg whites.
FOLD the yolk mixture into the egg whites.
Generously spray your pizza pan (pan with no holes) generously with cooking spray.
Use the spatula to "spoon" the mixture onto the pizza pan, evenly spacing the blobs of mix on the pan. Very gently spread the mix with the spatula, making one evenly-thick mass with no holes. Place the pizza pan on the middle oven rack and bake for 50 minutes.
The crust will rise a little, making what looks like one gigantic sugar cookie. Remove from oven, and then set the oven up to 375F (for cooking the actual pizza later). Allow the crust to cool until warm. (Usually about five minutes.)
Using your fingertips, flatten the inner part of the crust firmly, leaving the outer rim raised, to create that classic "pizza crust look." Cool the crust.
Top with your favorite toppings and bake for 20 minutes.
When choosing a sauce, read the labels to find the one lowest in carbs. I regularly find pizza sauces as low as 5-6 carbs a serving, and I find that it takes little more than one serving to make a whole pizza.
21 Carbs
4 servings @ 5.25 carbs per serving
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