You'll notice that coconut butter looks very smooth, but it actually has a slightly
grainy texture when you taste it.
Not exact matches
This method won't work
when a smooth, creamy
texture or a uniform light color is desired; the flax seed particles will make soft ingredients such as frostings and sauces
grainy and light colored baked items will have golden flecks.
I've used chestnut flour back
when we lived in the U.S., and really liked working with it — a medium weight flour, not too hygroscopic, a light flavor, not
grainy at all — I think I'd put it between buckwheat and sorghum as far as
texture.
I can't tell if the
grainy texture comes from the fat molecules in the coconut milk solidifying
when chilled, or if it's a
grainy texture from blended coconut (the way coconut butter has a similar
grainy texture.)
Grainy texture (even
when swapping half of the flour for regular flour) and not much flavor.
One of the downfalls with these protein powders is the
grainy texture, however this seems to have much less of this characteristic
when compared to others.
Adding pumpkin puree to coffee can give it a slightly
grainy texture if you let the drink rest too long, so keep that in mind
when making this!
Of course, it has to be completely done — but it's
when overcooked that liver gets that
grainy nasty in the mouth
texture and / or turns into shoe leather like my aunt made it.
I do remember the
texture being more
grainy when I made them — definitely not melty and gooey like flour brownies.
When the sweetener is heated, it dissolves so the
grainy texture goes away.
The
texture is of a soft, yet
grainy, powder that can be used as a cleanser, an exfoliator (use more water for a gentle exfoliation, less for a deeper clean) and lastly, as a mask (feels so good
when you're washing it off).
Bought to try it out, not impressed with the
grainy texture, however, it does make a good substitute and isn't quite as
grainy when adding other flours to it.
For example, Sherman's ground - breaking Untitled Film Still # 41 (1979), which opens the show and depicts a staged set - up of the artist as a glamorous actress in a striped bathing suit, displays a
grainy texture, achieved by accident
when the top came off the can of film she was developing.