Coconut flour is my new favorite flour. I have been experimenting with it for a while –that would be more than 2 years. During this time I have come up with some delicious recipes that lend themselves perfectly to coconut flour.
This flour is a bit lighter than almond flour, which makes it perfect for cakes, muffins and breads. Further, it is gluten free, high in fiber and low in carbohydrates, making it an ideal ingredient for celiacs, diabetics and those concerned with GI (glycemic index).
I have not found coconut flour available for sale in stores in my area to date. I order mine online from Nuts.com.
During the next few weeks, I will be debuting some of my coconut flour recipes, including my favorites for blueberry muffins, vanilla cupcakes and devil’s food cake. As with my other recipes, these use just one type of flour (rather than the complex combination typical of many gluten free creations) and are lightly sweetened with agave.
Please note: coconut flour and almond flour have very different properties; substituting one for the other in my recipes will not work.
Marie says
I should have specified, since you mention but tropical traditions and aloha nu. I’m talking about the Aloha Nu, that you link to on amazon. I know TT’s stuff is great, but price a bit higher than I want to pay.
Marie says
Hi, I was just wondering if this brand is a good quality. I’d like to order the 15# bag as I go thru alot of coconut flour but the reviews on amazon weren’t too great, said it wasn’t near as flavorful as other brands. What do you think?
Candi McCool Sharpe says
Elana,
Just want to say your site is amazing. I just pulled a batch of the blueberry muffins out of the oven and they smell and look WONDERFUL!! Question for you: the recipe calls for sifted coconut flour. Does that just make them lighter?
Looking forward to trying more of your recipes!!
Candi Sharpe
Kristin says
Hi Elana,
I was wondering about this because I love coconut flour. Can I sub it for almond flour quantities in your dessert recipes until you release recipes? I hate trial and error baking….it’s too expensive!!! Thanks!!
Patti says
Hi Elana, I would like to make homemade donuts with coconut flour and deep fried in coconut oil. I can’t find a donut recipe made with coconut flour anywhere on the internet, and I’m afraid to experiment on my own! Have you tried this, or do you know of a good recipe?
Jess says
*~Hi~*
I would just like to tell all those out there who don’t want to use eggs for one reason or another that you can replace eggs with ground flax seeds. For each egg to be replaced, blend in a blender/food processor 1 tablespoon flax seed with 3 tablespoons water until the mixture is thick and creamy. I haven’t actually tried it that way, but I have heated that ratio in a saucepan until gooey (about 2 minutes on low, stirring constantly) with fantastic results in many recipes. Give it a try! Paz y amor!
kemiim says
Thanks for this needful comment.
Mase says
Hey Elana, I was just wondering if it was possible to make coconut flour at home by grinding some unsweetened coconut flakes maybe?
Thanks
Elisabeth says
I just got back from my first shopping trip to the amish grocery stores. They have coconut flour and all the other ingredients I’ve been seeing in these recipes in bulk bags. I even found a tiny bread loaf pan. Living in a small midwestern town that has little good in the grocery stores (imagine what a rural walmart would offer), I started ordering online. Pretty expensive. But, the amish are very much into natural medicine and cooking and their prices are cheaper. So, if you live anywhere near them, go check out their grocery stores! I can’t wait to try my first GF bread now!
Theimmortaltroll says
Very excited to try Coconut Flour in recipes. I ordered some today.
On a side note, to the person having trouble with eggs. I’ve always had severe stomach pain when eating anything with chicken eggs until I started eating only “organic free ranged eggs” cooked well. No more pain. Cooked well seems to change the protein situation. Half cooked Soupy scrambled eggs like they are so prone to do in restaurants almost hospitalizes me.
Cathy says
Try asking for real eggs when you eat out and see if that helps. Most eggs served in restaraunts are barely egg at all, instead coming from a powdered mix that has egg as one of the many ingredients. My husband gets sick as well when he trys to eat scrambled eggs at a restaraunt as well- we are not sure which ingredient in the mix makes him sick, or maybe a combo. We’ve learned to ask for real eggs when we do eat out, which is less and less frequently. (we are getting tired of all of the sodium, msg and other gross additives restaraunts use!)
Tara says
I know I cannot risk eating scrambled eggs when I eat out because of ingredients mixed in. IHOP mixes in pancake batter to make their eggs fluffy. I do not know the status of other restaurants.
nancy bennett says
THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW, THANKS FOR INFO
elaine says
Elana and everyone, I saw coconut flour in an Indian grocery store. To those who notice that coconut is high in fat, many people say that coconut oil speeds up your metabolism, there is much to read about that on the ‘net’. I only found it to be true when I ate alot of it, when I made doughnuts in it and sweetened them with fructose. There was no sugar in the mix. I just used self-rising flour and water. To those who can’t eat flour, ignore this, and I apologize.