Whole grain flours require more moisture than all - purpose flour, and you have to be careful when kneading not to work too
much extra flour into the dough.
I was afraid of adding too
much extra flour, so I tossed it around as best I could (there was no way that sucker was going to hold a shape), put some cling wrap over it while the oven preheated, and then poured it into the dutch oven.
Not too
much extra flour though, as it may make the buns too tough.
My no - knead dough always comes out too sticky and I'm just not motivated to start the process of figuring out just how
much extra flour I need to add.
Knead the dough several times being careful not to add to
much extra flour.
Arrox how
much extra flour are you using to form your ball after the rising phase, I was afraid I was going to use too much.
Just kind of press it out as best you can without incorporating too
much extra flour.
The dough is very sticky, but a sticky dough results in softer bread so try to avoid incorporating too
much extra flour.
Not exact matches
I added in a little molasses into my batter for flavor and color, and so to make up for that
extra liquid I ended up with a little
extra flour, but other than that I pretty
much followed that ratio to the letter and had great success.
As our teacher reminded us, it's easy to add the
extra flour if the dough is too sticky; adding more water if it's too dry is
much more difficult.
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).
(I didn't need to add
extra flour because you work so
much in when you
flour your surface) I just suggest chilling the dough properly so that your house shapes keep the right form, and then trimming the edges when they're warm our of the over so the icing adheres better.
After some mild panic (my biggest bowl is not quite big enough for comfortable hand - mixing of that
much dough, and it was making things difficult to judge, so I was a little light - handed on the
flour before trying to begin kneading I think) because the dough was so wet it was just smearing / sticking to my board, I managed to knead in enough
extra flour that I could get it into an oiled bowl.
Banana bread baked with 50 % amaranth
flour keeps
much of its rise, and offers an
extra hint of flavor.
Hi Cheryl, almond
flour is less absorbent than other
flours so the
extra pineapple may have added too
much moisture to the batter.
I would try to knead your dough as
much as possible before adding in
extra water — sometimes the
flour will work into the dough more than you think, and this may help with the elasticity x
You can replace the oat
flour with brown rice
flour, sorghum
flour, almond
flour or more protein powder (approximately 3 - 5
extra scoopfuls worth, or however
much until you reach that fudgy cookie dough texture).
The dough should not be overworked, it's consistency will remain quite soft and sticky — it's not the type of dough you can shape
much with your hands, but if you feel it's too soft add an
extra 2 - 3 tbsp of
flour.
I tried adding
extra chickpea
flour and that didn't make
much of a difference.
I ended up having to use
extra flour because it was a little too
much (somewhere in the middle, like 8 TBSP ~ 1 stick ~ would be good), and it came out a little like shortbread.
It's quite important to follow a good recepie - especially paleo if possible - then you will get a feel for how
much extra fluid you have to add to a recepie with coconut
flour (I learnt the hard way!).
I know it doesn't seem like a huge change to make if you're used to it, but it can be hard to switch over to measuring in a whole new way and it can be tough to make sure the measurements are exact in grams / ounces (at least in my experience — for instance I keep having to spoon out
extra flour out of the bowl if I added too
much... it definitely takes a learning curve to be precise).
Use 1 whole tablespoon per cup of whole wheat
flour, your whole wheat bread will rise
much better and be less dense with the
extra gluten.
As for subbing macadamia for hazelnuts, I'm not sure... the fat content of macadamia is
much higher than that of the hazelnuts... if you do try it, be really careful not to over process them, as they turn to butter fairly quickly, and maybe add an
extra tablespoon of coconut
flour to make up for the
extra fat content.
Perhaps there was too
much coconut
flour for the amount of liquid used, this can happen with eggs weighing slightly different amounts which can throw the liquid off a little or if there was a little less liquid added /
extra flour added.
So generally it is
much better to just find a new coconut
flour recipe for an old favorite rather than trying to convert a recipe, unless you have a lot of
extra time and money.