Tried lots of good recipes but still have many more to try
I would definitely recommend this book if you like keto baking. I got this book because I've really only found about 5 or 6 keto recipes that are desserts or baked items that I like, and three of them are Carolyn's. They are her garlic bread sticks from her soup cookbook, her almond crusted butter cake (blog), and her scotcheroos (blog). They are all amazing!  I have tried several things from this book, but still have many more to try. There are several that I haven't liked and several that I have liked. I will go over what I have tried.<br /><br />I started out with the rum cake because it was around Christmas. It was pretty good but not good enough to finish the whole cake because I love rum cake and it just wasn't the same. I've learned that with keto treats it's usually better for me not to try to replicate things that I love in the non-keto version because they rarely compare.  Having said that, I tried the banana bread and it was amazing! It was so much like real banana bread that I couldn't believe it! The chia seed trick really made a difference! I would buy this book just for that recipe!<br /><br />In general, I hate keto cookies! I love real cookies and the texture of keto cookies is always awful. I love gooey, chewy cookies and most keto cookies taste like cake. And not very good cake either. I've tried at least 10 keto cookies and ended up throwing them out, so I didn't make any of her normal cookies. They sounded the same as the many I had tried. But, I did try some of the cookies that were supposed to be crispy because I thought I might like the texture. I had the oatmeal lace cookies and the cowboy cookies and both were great! The only thing I didn't like was that you had to use erythritol sweetener (not allulose which I prefer the taste of) or they wouldn't be crispy. I thought they had an extreme "cool" taste, which I didn't like. That's more the fault of the sweetener than the recipe.<br /><br />I tried the vanilla ice cream which I didn't like at all. It had a whipped cream texture which I hate in ice cream. I also tried the caramel sauce to use in one of her online recipes. It tasted okay but it was for Carmelito's and it doesn't get chewy like normal caramel, so it was disappointing.<br /><br />Then I tried some of the savory items. The rosemary olive oil bread had good flavor but a weird texture that I didn't like. It was better if I buttered a slice and put it under the broiler. I made the cloverleaf dinner rolls and they were okay. I much prefer Carolyn's garlic bread sticks in her soup cookbook. They are amazing! I made the bagels and they were just okay. I wouldn't make them again. I  made the cream cheese biscuits and the cheddar drop biscuits, and they were both pretty good. But I think my very favorite thing, in addition to the banana bread, are the fresh herb and ricotta scones. I love those! I've made them a bunch and even for company. They are delicious!<br /><br />That's about all I've tried so far. But I still have a ton to try and I'm really looking forward to it! I think the cookbook is definitely worth getting for the things I have liked because it's so hard to find good tasting keto items that are baked or sweet. That has nothing to do with the author, it's just the way it is. If I can find a few that I actually want to make more than once and wouldn't mind serving to non-keto company, then it's worth it!
Rating: 4 stars