I love coconut flour!
Thanks to Coconut Mama, I have some new coconut flour baked goods. Being gluten free and now mostly grain free, I miss eating things some others take for granted… bread, biscuits, pizza. You get the idea.
Coconut flour is a relative newcomer on the food scene. With the rise of people interested in low carb dieting, Paleo and Primal eating, grain free recipes, the search went out world wide to find things to expand those parameters. Coconut flour is sort of a conundrum for me. It is processed so not really a whole food. But/and, I am human and I want what I want. I am not willing to go the rest of my life without baked goods. I am willing to go the rest of my life having better health, having a healthier thyroid and all those issues which are affected by gluten. So, I am happy to include coconut flour in my diet when those carb-y urges arise. It has a really good nutritional profile, 2 Tablespoons provides the following:
1.5 g fat (1 g saturated fat)
10 g carbs (with 9 g fiber, bringing the net carb count to a measly 1)
2 g protein
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Note how high in fiber it is. I don’t need to tell you everything that that means! Just be aware and don’t eat too much at one time. ( a good thing to remember about food in general) Drink some extra water. I find that things made with coconut flour tend to be on the dry side. Most recipes contain plenty of fat and there seems to be some chemical reason that coconut flour needs a lot of eggs for things to work. This increases the protein content of things, which is a good thing.
This is a good basic recipe for flatbread, biscuits, and beyond. After the recipe, you will find some of my ideas for improvising. As usual with my posts, I encourage you to be creative and come up with your own explorations.
Coconut Flour Flatbread
makes 4 small bread rounds
- 3 Tablespoons Coconut Flour or 1 Tablespoon Almond Flour & 1 Tablespoon Coconut Flour Mixed Together
- 2Tablespoon Coconut Oil, Melted
- 2 Eggs ( local and pasture raised organic)
- 1/2 Teaspoon Sea Salt
- 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Powder