The hot shortening helps
flour absorb the moisture faster so I didn't need to wait the ideal 1 hour rest.
(Coconut
flour absorbs moisture and liquid extremely well).
Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until mixture is well combined and begins to thicken a little as
the flours absorb the moisture.
However, different
flours absorb moisture differently, and you can't always make a one to one measurement swap.
Not exact matches
I haven't tried specifically for this recipe, but usually it works fine to substitute the almond
flour with 1/3 of the quantity in coconut
flour, since the coconut
flour absorbs more
moisture than almond
flour.
If you find the dough is sticking to your hands like crazy, you can either
flour your hands, or mix some additional
flour into the dough to
absorb some of the
moisture (this would be the better option for these particular cookies as any excess
flour on the tops of the cookies from your fingers would be visible after they have baked).
Yeah, I counted them in the
flour mix — there was such a small amount, and they really do a great job of
absorbing any excess
moisture.
My Gluten Free Healthy Hummingbird Cake, well, I'll be honest, to be completely perfect, it could probably use a little less banana, maybe a bit of coconut
flour to
absorb some of the
moisture, and a little more time in the oven.
Turn dough out onto a lightly
floured surface and knead using a dough scraper to help lift it until it becomes smooth, about 2 or 3 minutes, trying not to add too much more
flour (the dough needs a little extra
moisture for the wheat to
absorb).
Coconut
flour is very dry and
absorbs a LOT of
moisture so it is most difficult to replace in recipes.
I'm still somewhat stymied by baking with coconut
flour (which
absorbs moisture like a sponge) or I'd try it myself.
Cake
flour undergoes a bleaching process that helps it
absorb moisture and provide structure to the cake.
I tried this technique to help the
flour absorb more
moisture by giving it more time with just liquid and no gum.
Coconut
flour tends to require the addition of many, many eggs as it
absorbs so much
moisture.
Anything that is too high in starch, like Trader Joe's All Purpose Gluten Free
Flour, is going to be difficult to roll out smooth as it will
absorb too much
moisture in the dough.
It is extremely dry and
absorbs a lot of
moisture so it can never be used 1:1 to replace any
flour.
Coconut and chickpea
flour not only add to the taste and crispiness but also
absorb the excess
moisture to yield non-slimy okra.
Let stand for 5 minutes so the coconut
flour can begin to
absorb the
moisture.
Baking time would need to be a bit longer, or perhaps adding a tsp of coconut
flour would
absorb the extra
moisture.
The mix will look pretty yellowish and will be very thick (coconut
flour is dry and
absorbs a lot of
moisture).
Gluten free
flour has a tendency to
absorb a whole lot (< — technical term) of
moisture, which can lead to dry cookies.
It could be that your coconut
flour absorbs alot more
moisture than normal.
Gluten free
flour blends that are super high in starch
absorb tons more
moisture and struggle to brown in the oven.
And having used coconut
flour in another recipe, I knew that it was especially good for
absorbing moisture, so I added a bit of that.
You may also need to add a tablespoon of coconut
flour and skip the cream, because almond
flour doesn't
absorb moisture.
As the
flour sits in the dough, it
absorbs moisture and softens considerably.
I replaced the maple syrup with pureed ripe bananas and only a splash of maple syrup to taste and added a couple of tablespoons of coconut
flour to
absorb the extra
moisture and the muffins turned out amazing!
Coconut
flour absorbs A LOT of
moisture.
In this recipe, adding tapioca
flour helps to
absorb extra
moisture and increases browning.
I used Danival's Organic Pumpkin Cream which was a little more watery than a puree, so I had to add 1 tbsp of coconut
flour to
absorb some of the
moisture, but it turned out beautifully (and made the apartment smell amazing)!
This step is important because the
flour will
absorb the
moisture from the zucchini and create a batter.
It
absorbs way more
moisture than almond
flour or all purpose
flour so if you try to swap them evenly they will likely be very dry.
Then as you wait for the skillet to heat, the
flour absorbs all of the excess
moisture from the zucchini creating a thick batter that forms perfect little golden fritters.
Let the batter sit for a few minutes to allow the coconut
flour to
absorb the
moisture.
And since coconut
flour absorbs so much
moisture, a little goes a long, long way.
Not all coconut
flours are equal as some
absorb more
moisture than others.
If you're shunning grains altogether, I've had good results with a combination of flax seed meal and coconut
flour for binding meat loaves; for this I'd probably use 2 - 3 tablespoons of flax meal and 1 tablespoon of coconut
flour — coconut
flour absorbs a LOT of
moisture.
Some coconut
flours absorb more
moisture than others.
It also
absorbs moisture really well so you don't need to use as much
flour for the same effect.
It
absorbs moisture more than any other
flour and usually requires a lot of eggs for baking purposes.
You can also use an all purpose wheat
flour or gluten free
flour, but make sure to double the amount since they don't
absorb as much
moisture.
A simple one - bowl recipe, the cake's main ingredient involves coconut or almond
flour, which
absorbs moisture so well that you can get away with using much less (also saves on ingredient amounts, which is always great!).
Because coconut
flour absorbs a lot of
moisture, I would suggest adding it last and adding 1 tablespoon at a time.
Even with a larger batch, most coconut
flour recipes will have small amounts of the
flour because it
absorbs moisture majorly.
Hi Sarah, I think regular AP
flour could work, but it would likely require a higher amount (the coconut
flour absorbs tons more
moisture than any other
flour which is why we ended up adding it here).
Second, it allows the
flour to
absorb more of the
moisture in the dough, which makes handling the dough significantly easier.
But as I expected, the almond meal separated from the other ingredients (I have had this happen in other recipes — it does NOT substitute for
flour, since it does not
absorb moisture in the same way) and created a jelly - like layer at the bottom of the cake (think «moist crust»).
Yes, coconut
flour can differ (and can
absorb quite a bit of
moisture from the air depending on how it's stored and how humid it is where you live), glad you worked it out.
If you are making
flour blend substitutions, if you are using a high starch blend, it
absorbs a lot of
moisture and will make rising difficult if not impossible.
Beyond that, if you are making any substitutions, and perhaps using a high starch blend as your base all purpose gluten free
flour, it will
absorb too much
moisture, making rise difficult for a similar reason.