Add
solid coconut oil or butter and and syrup, pulse until mixture is crumbly and sticks together.
Not exact matches
Pastry 3/4 cup / 100 g oat flour (
or 1 cup / 100 g rolled oats mixed into flour in a food processor) 1/3 cup / 50 g rice flour 1/2 cup / 50 g almond flour 2 tbsp potato starch
or arrowroot 1/2 tsp sea salt 90 g / 3 oz chilled
butter or solid coconut oil, cut into dices 3 - 4 tbsp ice - cold water
In the bowl of a stand mixer (
or a large bowl using a hand mixer) combine the
butter (
or solid coconut oil),
coconut sugar (
or brown sugar) and vanilla extract.
3 Tbsp
solid coconut oil (NOT melted) 1 Tbsp natural peanut
butter or other nut
butter 1/2 — 1 tsp grade B maple syrup (to taste) 2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder (to taste — this depends on the brand of cocoa and your taste buds!)
When making pies
or flaky pastries, we recommend using
coconut oil in its
solid state, just as you would for
butter or shortening.
Because they are liquid, these oils aren't likely to whip up unless they are first blended with more
solid fats like
coconut oil, shea
butter or cocoa
butter.
Mixing the
coconut oil with shea
or cocoa
butter will raise its melting point and keep it more
solid when its warm.
1/4 cup
coconut oil 2 tablespoon raw
coconut butter (optional, use regular
coconut oil if not available) 3 tablespoon raw honey, one that becomes
solid at room temperature (use agave
or maple syrup if vegan) juice of 1/2 lemon
I'd say it's best to use
solid or semi-firm
coconut oil... I found that using
butter that was too runny affected my traditional chocolate chip cookies, so I imagine it's the same with the
coconut oil.
However a
solid oil like the non-dairy
butter or coconut oil might hold the pie together better.
As I mentioned last week in my King Arthur Flour recap, you want to cut half of your COLD fat into small pieces (generally
butter and /
or lard, though Nikki told me she's had success with
coconut oil when it's
solid), then work into the flour with your hands until the mixture looks like cornmeal.
I haven't tried this with other oils, but I think it's really important to use chilled hardened
coconut oil (
or butter) because they're both
solid fats.
Unrefined
coconut oil (which is
solid at room temperature) can add the thickness that
butter would, and canola
oil works in recipes with liquid sugars (think agave)
or solid fats, such as groundnuts
or chocolates in cakes.
115g
coconut oil 150g dark chocolate, broken up (I used a good quality 70 % cocoa
solids chocolate with no milk products) 6Tbsp cashew
butter (
or any nut
butter) 1 / 2tsp himalayan pink salt 150g cranberries 100g almonds (
or pistachios
or hazelnuts) lightly roasted & chopped sprinkling of freeze dried raspberries
100g
coconut oil 40g almond
butter 60g almond milk 100g ground almonds 50g rice flour
or buckwheat flour
or cornflour 50g
coconut sugar 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 100g dark chocolate, chopped (60 - 70 % cocoa
solids, dairy free) sprinkle of himalayan pink salt for tops
If you're dairy - free, replace the
butter in the recipe with an equal amount of
solid non-dairy substitute, like shortening
or coconut oil.
2 cups raw almonds (
or other crunchy nuts) 1/3 cup flaxmeal 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded
coconut 1/2 cup almond
butter 1/2 cup
coconut oil, warmed if it's rock
solid 1 tsp.
flour granulated sugar brown sugar
butter *
solid shortening vegetable
oil eggs baking powder baking soda milk vanilla extract (and other extracts, if desired) salt colored sugars (red and green) colored sprinkles
or any other nonpareils colored icing (either make you own,
or buy the already made) chopped nuts shredded
coconut M&M's any other toppings you desire at the store unsweetened chocolate food colors
Coconut oil, olive
oil, avocado
oil, and
butter (
or ghee, made by removing the milk
solids from
butter).
The Keto Nut
Butters will either be a
solid or a liquid, depending on the heat, much the same as
coconut oil and
butter, if exposed to sunlight and
or warm temperatures.
If you don't have this particular product, just substitute a tablespoon of white chocolate chips, a tablespoon of cashew
butter (I buy fresh ground at from my grocery store), and a teaspoon of
coconut butter (
or coconut oil that's
solid at room temp).
Or cool the
coconut oil so it's
solid and cut it into the dry batter as you would
butter in baked goods (using a standing mixer is the easiest way — don't worry, using it here won't overwork the batter).
Coconut oil is very popular these days in both
solid or liquid form to replace oils
or butter in a recipe.