What Can Coconut Flour Be Used For

Coconut flour is commonly used in baking, particularly paleo, grain- and gluten-free

Can I use coconut flour instead of all-purpose flour?

Coconut flour, a gluten-free alternative to all-purpose flour, is made by grinding dried coconut meat into a fine powder. … You can use it for a variety of baking purposes, but you you’ll almost always need to incorporate another type of flour. Most baked goods can’t be made with 100 percent coconut flour.

Can coconut flour be used as flour?

You cannot merely do a one-to-one replacement of coconut flour for wheat flours in your recipes. As a very general rule of thumb for baked goods, 1/4 – 1/3 cup of coconut flour can be substituted for 1 cup of wheat flour. Gluten-free batters tend to be thicker than those made with wheat flours.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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