Coconut everything is everywhere. The popularity of coconut in the diet is for good reason; coconut is full of nutrients & GLUTEN FREE!
Coconut flour is made of ground & dried coconut meat. Its grain free, nut free and versatile in your baking. And our coconut flour is also organic.
Country of Origin: Sri Lanka
Ingredients: Organic Coconut Flour
HEALTH BENEFITS:
Coconut flour contains the same amazing benefits as traditional coconut:
- High in fibre
- Assists with metabolism
- Aids digestive health
- Helps maintain healthy blood sugar level
USE IT!
Baking with coconut flour is easy- once you know what you're doing. The secret is adding in equal amounts of liquid to coconut flour to prevent a dry and crumbly product.
Its recommended to use coconut flour for about 20% of the replacement flour in a recipe.
NUTRITION:
1/4 cup of coconut flour has:
120 calories, 4g of fat, 4g of protein, 10g of fibre, 16g of carbohydrates, 2g of sugar.
RECIPE:
Coconut Flour Pancakes
Recipe courtesy of: The Coconut Mama
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs, beaten and set aside
- 1 cup cream or coconut cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- Ghee, coconut oil or butter for cooking
Directions:
- Mix eggs, cream, vanilla together. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine coconut flour, coconut sugar, bicarb soda and sea salt.
- Slowly mix wet mixture into dry mix.
- Heat griddle or frying pan to medium heat. Add ghee, coconut oil or butter.
- Make pancakes using 2 tablespoons-1/4 cup of batter at a time (smaller pancakes are easier and will be less likely to fall apart when removing). Cook for a few minutes on each side. The pancakes should be slightly brown and dry on both sides.
- Serve and enjoy!