As for your question below, I am not
sure about coconut flour — I have not seen any data on it.
Not
sure about coconut flour though....
I'm not
sure about coconut flour but it should be possible with the almond flour but you'll need to tinker with the recipe a bit.
Sunshine: Also, I'm not
sure about the coconut flour, as I've never worked with it, but sounds like it could work.
Not exact matches
I think
coconut flour would be fine, however make
sure you use
about half of the amount, possibly even a bit less than half, since it's so dense and a little goes a long way!
In fact I actually prefer to stick to
about 1/4 cup of honey if you go to 1/3 cup you want to make
sure you use the
coconut flour I linked to above because it seems to be more absorbent otherwise just add a couple more teaspoons of
coconut flour if it's too runny)
I'm
sure I've told you in the past my least favorite thing
about being grain free is the use of mass quantities of nut
flours,
coconut flour, and eggs.
For
flour ratios, start out with
about half the amount of
coconut flour for regular
flour, making
sure to use the proper amount of eggs and liquid for saturation.
If you aren't
sure about experimenting then you might search the internet for recipes specially designed for
coconut flour and there are a few cookbooks out there dedicated to
coconut flour.
I used
coconut flour, amul butter which was cold (from Indian store, though I have
coconut oil from trader joes but I was not
sure about temp) and honey.
Not
sure about the baking powder for GAPS, but you know, I made other
coconut flour recipes without the baking powder and they came out totally fine.
The eggs are definitely necessary when using
coconut flour (one of my least favorite things
about baking with
coconut flour), but I'm
sure if you used regular gluten - free
flour mix only 2 eggs would be sufficient — maybe even just a whole mashed banana.
About almond flour: I tend to use recipes that call for coconut flour rather than almond flour — or a blend of the two — because a) almond flour is expensive, b) it's just too DENSE, and c) I feel some concern about some of the anti-nutrients that are in almonds and also am not sure how it upsets my omega 3:6 balance when I over-consume alm
About almond
flour: I tend to use recipes that call for
coconut flour rather than almond
flour — or a blend of the two — because a) almond
flour is expensive, b) it's just too DENSE, and c) I feel some concern
about some of the anti-nutrients that are in almonds and also am not sure how it upsets my omega 3:6 balance when I over-consume alm
about some of the anti-nutrients that are in almonds and also am not
sure how it upsets my omega 3:6 balance when I over-consume almonds.
If you aren't
sure about experimenting then you might search the internet for recipes specially designed for
coconut flour and there are a few cookbooks out there dedicated to
coconut flour.
Hi Caren, I'm not
sure about using
coconut flour, but maybe a combination of flax meal and unsweetened shredded
coconut?