Comments on: Coconut Flour – The Other White Flour http://www.healthyfellow.com/114/coconut-flour-the-other-white-flour/ Your Natural Health Critic Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: rob http://www.healthyfellow.com/114/coconut-flour-the-other-white-flour/comment-page-1/#comment-7582 rob Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:05:50 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=114#comment-7582 Ive just found this flour in my grocery store. Will have to pick it up a try some recipies Ive just found this flour in my grocery store. Will have to pick it up a try some recipies

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/114/coconut-flour-the-other-white-flour/comment-page-1/#comment-3654 JP Mon, 31 May 2010 16:48:57 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=114#comment-3654 Good day, Sy. I've never tried to make homemade coconut flour before. However I have made homemade almond flour. Perhaps you can try to use the same process. I begin by placing raw almonds in a food processor. I set the machine to the "chop" setting and pulse the whole almonds little-by-little until they form a flour or meal consistency. It's important to pulse and not simply chop non-stop. If you do the latter, you'll end up with almond butter rather than almond flour/meal. In the case of coconut, I would think the same strategy could work provided that the coconut flesh is adequately dry. Also, please keep in mind that this homemade version of coconut flour would be significantly higher in fat than store bought versions - which have most of the coconut oil pressed out. Extra fat isn't necessarily a bad thing. It just needs to be taken into account when planning recipes. Another option, as you mentioned, is to extract the "milk" prior to drying. I believe this is how they make coconut flour commercially. Ultimately, I think you may need to do a little experimenting with this. But I hope I've at least given you a basis to begin. Experimenting in the kitchen can be fun. I hope you discover some truly delicious recipes. Please keep us posted! :) Be well! JP Good day, Sy.

I’ve never tried to make homemade coconut flour before. However I have made homemade almond flour. Perhaps you can try to use the same process.

I begin by placing raw almonds in a food processor. I set the machine to the “chop” setting and pulse the whole almonds little-by-little until they form a flour or meal consistency. It’s important to pulse and not simply chop non-stop. If you do the latter, you’ll end up with almond butter rather than almond flour/meal.

In the case of coconut, I would think the same strategy could work provided that the coconut flesh is adequately dry. Also, please keep in mind that this homemade version of coconut flour would be significantly higher in fat than store bought versions – which have most of the coconut oil pressed out. Extra fat isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It just needs to be taken into account when planning recipes.

Another option, as you mentioned, is to extract the “milk” prior to drying. I believe this is how they make coconut flour commercially.

Ultimately, I think you may need to do a little experimenting with this. But I hope I’ve at least given you a basis to begin. Experimenting in the kitchen can be fun. I hope you discover some truly delicious recipes.

Please keep us posted! :)

Be well!

JP

]]> By: sy choy http://www.healthyfellow.com/114/coconut-flour-the-other-white-flour/comment-page-1/#comment-3650 sy choy Mon, 31 May 2010 08:55:30 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=114#comment-3650 i live in hot and sunny Malaysia where i can get freshly grated white coconut easily. i would like to know how i can make my own coconut flour as i have not found any place selling it. And if i do, any imported goods will be very expensive. I am not sure whether i should just sun the grated coconut daily until it is very dry and then grind it into flour or whether i should first extract out the coconut milk from the grated coconut(use that for other purposes) and then only, dry the grated coconut. Will really appreciate your reply as soon as possible. thank you i live in hot and sunny Malaysia where i can get freshly grated white coconut easily. i would like to know how i can make my own coconut flour as i have not found any place selling it. And if i do, any imported goods will be very expensive. I am not sure whether i should just sun the grated coconut daily until it is very dry and then grind it into flour or whether i should first extract out the coconut milk from the grated coconut(use that for other purposes) and then only, dry the grated coconut. Will really appreciate your reply as soon as possible. thank you

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/114/coconut-flour-the-other-white-flour/comment-page-1/#comment-2194 JP Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:40:10 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=114#comment-2194 Jessi, Thanks for sharing that! It's interesting how different sweeteners can affect the texture of baked goods. We recently used a erythritol/stevia sweenter (Truvia) in a cookie recipe and it completely changed the consistency (less crumbly and more moist) as compared to using Splenda - the sweetener called for in the original recipe. It's fun to experiment with new ingredients like this! :) Be well! JP Jessi,

Thanks for sharing that! It’s interesting how different sweeteners can affect the texture of baked goods. We recently used a erythritol/stevia sweenter (Truvia) in a cookie recipe and it completely changed the consistency (less crumbly and more moist) as compared to using Splenda – the sweetener called for in the original recipe. It’s fun to experiment with new ingredients like this! :)

Be well!

JP

]]> By: Jessi http://www.healthyfellow.com/114/coconut-flour-the-other-white-flour/comment-page-1/#comment-2192 Jessi Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:33:40 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=114#comment-2192 I recently ground my own coconut flour and mixed it with oat flour and used this to make chocolate chip cookies. I replaced the brown sugar with sucanut. They cooked up crispier than the usual cookies, but my family LOVED them! They didn't last very long at all! I recently ground my own coconut flour and mixed it with oat flour and used this to make chocolate chip cookies. I replaced the brown sugar with sucanut. They cooked up crispier than the usual cookies, but my family LOVED them! They didn’t last very long at all!

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