Ellie Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 A friend was wondering if coconut flour is similar to wheat flour for baking. I told her that my Hive friends know every thing. Don't let me down!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Very, very different. You use waaaaay less coconut flour (and more eggs). You cannot substitute coconut flour for wheat flour. You have to use special recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Very, very different. You use waaaaay less coconut flour (and more eggs). You cannot substitute coconut flour for wheat flour. You have to use special recipes. I agree with all of this! For the record, my family has liked things made with coconut flour. I get recipes from blogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 I knew it. Y'all are the best. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpyTheFrog Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 The cookbook in the link above has excellent muffin and cake recipes. Even gluten-eating people like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Way different, but it is yummy. Coconut flour is basically straight fiber and soaks up a ton of liquid. You usually need tons of eggs in comparison to a wheat flour recipe.There are some great blogs that use it, like healthyindulgences. I love the coconut flour banana nut muffins. Mariahealth is another good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windmillmarie Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 How funny you ask this. I just got an issue of Clean Eating magazine and there was a recipe requiring this ingredient. I had never heard of it and was headed over here to ask. What a nice coincidence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 When you go to buy coconut flour you will be floored by the price. It seems expensive. But really a small bag goes a long way. I ordered some from Tropical Traditions because they had some awesome deal. I thought the amount I ordered wouldn't last all that long. Well after trying a few recipes I realized it will last me forever. So I threw a lot of it in the freezer. One thing that is a pain about it is that it lumps up easily. You have to sift it each time you go to use it. If I recall correctly Tropical Traditions has a lot of recipes on their site too. I just finished a really old bag! It was Trop. Traditions and lasted for a long, long time. It was even substantially past the use by date but wasn't rancid or anything, so I used it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 One book I read said that when you substitute coconut flour for another kind of flour in a recipe, you need to increase the amount of liquid by the amount of coconut flour you added. It also mentioned that it's usually best when combined with other kinds of flour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 i use mine fairly often - its in my sweet baking mix and my pastry mix. i keep it in the freezer because in the summer it was going rancid. i guess i could leave it out in the winter lol. i probably go through a bag in 2 mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 When you go to buy coconut flour you will be floored by the price. It seems expensive. But really a small bag goes a long way. I ordered some from Tropical Traditions because they had some awesome deal. I thought the amount I ordered wouldn't last all that long. Well after trying a few recipes I realized it will last me forever. So I threw a lot of it in the freezer. One thing that is a pain about it is that it lumps up easily. You have to sift it each time you go to use it. If I recall correctly Tropical Traditions has a lot of recipes on their site too. I haven't had problems with clumping. Maybe it depends on the humidity where you live? I'm in a desert. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squiddles Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 When you go to buy coconut flour you will be floored by the price. It seems expensive. But really a small bag goes a long way. I ordered some from Tropical Traditions because they had some awesome deal. I thought the amount I ordered wouldn't last all that long. Well after trying a few recipes I realized it will last me forever. So I threw a lot of it in the freezer. about the price... this is good to know, I was avoiding it for this reason :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I ordered some off of Amazon this week to us for thickening beef stew. We are mostly gluten free here, but sometimes I start making something forgetting that I typically use flour in it. So my beef stew was more of a soup. I can't wait to try it with the coconut flour. Good to know that i should just add a little at a time until i get used to working with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I ordered some off of Amazon this week to us for thickening beef stew. We are mostly gluten free here, but sometimes I start making something forgetting that I typically use flour in it. So my beef stew was more of a soup. I can't wait to try it with the coconut flour. Good to know that i should just add a little at a time until i get used to working with it. Let us know how it turns out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Xanthan gum is kind of slimy feeling, but if you go really light on it, it can thicken things up a bit. Too much and you end up with slime. It also thickens shakes, smoothies, that type of thing. On lowcarbfriends there are a lot of people having success making dumplings using oat fiber and glucomannan. Some people have then basically pureed up the dumpling type of mixture to use as a thickener. Just tossing that out there in case the coconut flour doesn't thicken well for you. (sorry, crossposted with WendyK. I agree that the coconut flour probably won't work out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I learn something new here most days. Didn't even know that coconut flour existed! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I have tried using it as a thickener. NOT GOOD. Don't do it. It will ruin your food. A better thickener is xanthan gum. Xanthan gum is kind of slimy feeling, but if you go really light on it, it can thicken things up a bit. Too much and you end up with slime. It also thickens shakes, smoothies, that type of thing. Thank you! I guess ill have to use the coconut flour for something else. Ill look at those other site reccommended. On lowcarbfriends there are a lot of people having success making dumplings using oat fiber and glucomannan. Some people have then basically pureed up the dumpling type of mixture to use as a thickener. Just tossing that out there in case the coconut flour doesn't thicken well for you. (sorry, crossposted with WendyK. I agree that the coconut flour probably won't work out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Like others said it is WAY different. This is my favorite coconut flour baking book: http://www.amazon.co...onut flour fife The author uses real sugar though. I just substitute with whatever sugar substitutes and the recipes still work fine. The biggest difference is that coconut flour sucks up liquid. So you use very little of it in a recipe and many of the recipes call for a ton of eggs. So a muffin recipe, for example, might use only 1/4 a cup of coconut flour, but 3/4 eggs. I was going to post a link to this same book. This book seems to cover it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Guess i multi quoted wrong... Thank you for telling me! Guess ill use the coconut flour for one of those other wonderful recipes on the other sites. But i did come across two or three recipes that said coconut flour could be subbed, glad i didnt ruin a crockpot full of stew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarlaB Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 This is oh so random, but I found a great little coconut flour muffin recipe http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breads/r/coconutrmuffins.htm I used stevia (because I can tolerate it in baked goods) and added a dollop of cream cheese & raspberry mixture w/ 1/2 packet of equal for sweetness on top- very, very good :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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