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Coconut Flour And Cookbook Ideal For Celiacs And Those With Food Allergies

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Robina Contributor
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Okay my mom who is diabetic was telling me how her friends in the diabetes forums were raving about coconut flour bc it is low carb... so I looked into it... and... since coconut flour is gluten free I decided to order some from Aloha Nu... as well as the cookbook compiled by Bruce Fife, ND (naturopathic doctor)... imagine how happy I was to read in the cookbook intro that each recipe in the book is wheat and gluten free... and that coconut flour and the recipes are ideal for those with celiac's disease and with other food allergies (nuts, soy, milk, etc.)... sooooo... I've been told that the recipes are delicious... I'm gonna try some of them out this weekend... there's alot of good ones by the looks of it... I'll keep you guys posted...

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chrissy Collaborator
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i'll be interested to hear how it goes-----i had only recently heard of coconut flour.

Robina Contributor
Robina
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i'll be interested to hear how it goes-----i had only recently heard of coconut flour.

Well I cannot speak from personal experience yet... but one of my mom's friends said that the blueberry muffin recipe is out of this world... even better tasting than traditional blueberry muffin recipes... so I'm pretty psyched... the cookbook has recipes for all sorts of stuff... drop biscuits, breads, cookies, cakes, etc... and I love the fact that he clearly discusses celiac's and food allergies in detail during the intro part of the cookbook... plus he specifically states that all the recipes in the cookbook are "wheat free, gluten free, soy free, trans fat free, artificial sweetener free and yeast free" because then I don't have to waste time figuring out substitutions.. ya know? Anyway... Sunday is baking day... so stay tuned :-)

Guest Kathy Ann
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The coconut flour looks wonderful! But it is quite expensive to use regularly. Does anyone know why you couldn't grind unsweetened coconut finely enough to produce the same thing? What would you use to grind it that fine? Vitamix maybe? The cookbook looks great too. But it unfortunately uses lots of eggs, sugar and corn, so I can't take advantage of it. But I think the idea of a new flour source is great!

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Thanks Robina! I can't wait to hear. I'll keep checking back to see if you like it and would recommend it.

Robina Contributor
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The coconut flour looks wonderful! But it is quite expensive to use regularly. Does anyone know why you couldn't grind unsweetened coconut finely enough to produce the same thing? What would you use to grind it that fine? Vitamix maybe? The cookbook looks great too. But it unfortunately uses lots of eggs, sugar and corn, so I can't take advantage of it. But I think the idea of a new flour source is great!

From what I understand... you would use less coconut flour than traditional flour in standard recipes... it's sort of concentrated I guess would be the word???

Anyway... I made hubby a bday cake this morning... I'll let you all know how it went after we eat it for dessert today... it smells and looks pretty yummy anyway...

Robina Contributor
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okay so the cake was pretty good... denser and moister than a regular cake... but pretty tasty... I did a yellow cake... the recipe called for a dozen eggs... so the cake had almost a vanilla custard taste and texture... everyone loved it... I bet the chocolate would be wicked decadent...

I'm gonna make some blueberry muffins with it before the weekend is out... I'm thinking they will taste good based on my experience w/ the cake... oh... and the cookbook isn't just for cookies, cakes, pies, breads, rolls, muffins... it's also got a section for main dishes... meatloaf... meatballs... pot pies...

So given my options... few and far between... especially good tasting ones... I'm looking forward to cooking and baking w/ coconut flour...

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Please do share your ideas and recipes, as I just purchased some coconut flour last week and have no idea what to do with it!

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Robina
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Please do share your ideas and recipes, as I just purchased some coconut flour last week and have no idea what to do with it!

Here are some easy recipe ideas for coconut flour:

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let me know if you want specific recipes and I look them up and the book and see if I can find a comparable one...

daffadilly Apprentice
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This sounds so great, I want to order the cookbook & the coconut flour. I will look back to the first post to see if you named the site.

About 15 years ago I was in Belize (central America) and a lady made me some coconut bread & it was delicious. She had an outdoor kitchen in a shed that was next to her little house. Her oven was a washtub that had a piece of metal pulled over the top of it, her fuel was coconut husks. Her baked goods the breads, and cookies (I was still eating wheat then :o ) came out picture perfect. One day I wanted to make some coconut chips to snack on & she took two coconuts and then a huge machete and took off the outer green husks, & then with the machete she peeled the coconut and there was not one single nick on it!!!

Just a little off topic rambling...

Dang the stuff must be good, it is temporarily out of stock !!!!!!

hineini Enthusiast
hineini
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Thanks for the link!

Do you have a recipe for coconut bread?

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Robina Contributor
Robina
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Thanks for the link!

Do you have a recipe for coconut bread?

I didn't see any recipes for bread... just muffins, rolls and quickbreads... but I guess the deal w/ coconut flour is that you can use it as a regular flour substitute in all recipes that call for flour :-)

hineini Enthusiast
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For those who are interested I just posted a pumpkin muffin recipe using coconut flour in addition to a usual gluten-free mix on my blog today, and I have a previously posted recipe for coconut flour blueberry muffins (with no other flour, just coconut) [link below]

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I just bought this book and some of the flour. Most if not all of the recipes do call for eggs and many of the baked good call for a lot of eggs. The book said this is necessary to get the baked goods to rise from the lack of gluten. And it said you can not just swap this for wheat or rice flour one on one. You have to make other adjustments. The coconut flour absorbs liquid but does not thicken. And it said you have to be careful not to add too much liquid or you'll get the opposite result of what you want. A drier end result.

Because my daughter and I are allergic to eggs, I think most of the baked stuff is out for us. But I did try the meatball recipe adding some additional seasonings (wee bit of garlic and some Italian seasonings). I subbed flax meal and water for the eggs. The first batch crumbled. So I added more water. Perfect! My husband's family is Italian so I know what a good meatball should taste like!

I highly recommend this stuff.

criosa Newbie
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I think the basic rule of thumb for adding eggs to coconut flour is one egg per ounce of flour - if you're using all coconut flour. That can be a lot of eggs! Personally I like to use the coconut flour in smaller amounts - like a couple of tablespoons. Like mentioned above, it's great in meatballs. I like it in meatloaf and salmon or tuna patties.

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