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I miss cake and cheesey biscuits how does coconut flour and stevia turn out in cakes and would the coconut flour work in a cheesey biscuit??
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You could try soy flour too.
Oh, that's a shame. It does taste a little strange (and I like coconut generally) but I seem to have got used to it.
Cheesy biscuits - heat a non stick frying pan, pop in LITTLE piles of grated hard cheese (warning - they SPREAD), let them sizzle and start to turn golden. Take out of pan, leave to cool, et voila. Cheesy nibble, anyone?
Also works in the oven, I gather, but I haven't ever tried that.
No flour required. Just cheese. Mmmmmmm cheese. Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.
Oi @Terryrhino you're at it again with the cheese temptation - I've eaten kilos if the stuff over the last few days and it all started with you talking about Stilton....!
A mixture of erythritol and stevia is very good. They tend to cancel out each others aftertastes. This can be bought already mixed together. I wouldn't know any brands in the UK though. Maybe someone else does.Hi Terryrhino,
I'm just getting back into baking and have been experimenting with making crackers. So far I've made some with garlic and rosemary (excellent!) cheese (a bit soggy, but very tasty - combo of almond and coconut flour - would make a fantastic pizza base), and seed ones (almond flour, psyllium husks - wonderfully crunchy after baking but went soft in a day - still delicious though).
I managed to find all the ingredients in health food shops/larger supermarkets and want to have a go at making low-carb bread next.
Even before I was diabetic I did make a chocolate tart with a base made from ground coconut and almond flour.
What I miss the most since being diagnosed is cake! I want to make something like a lemon drizzle cake using almond flour, but I've heard that stevia can make cakes taste bitter. If anyone has any suggestions re cake making, please post!
I think stevia would be alright in cakes you have to try it. Can't say if coconut flour would work in your cheesy biscuits because I can't stand the taste of anything made with almond or coconut flour . I have Nairn oat cakes with cheese and they are really nice and not to high in carbs and quite a few here have thoseI miss cake and cheesey biscuits how does coconut flour and stevia turn out in cakes and would the coconut flour work in a cheesey biscuit??