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I tried and failed twice to make a coconut loaf cake with coconut flour and no eggs. Below is the ingredients I used.
Coconut Bread/Loaf
First attempt:
1 cup of coconut flour
1/2 cup of dessicated coconut
500ml of bottled Volvic water
1 tablespoon coconut butter
1 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Second attempt:
1 cup of coconut flour
1/2 cup of dessicated coconut
coconut milk and water (indefinite amount though enough to wet the mixture so it could be whisked)
2 1/2 tablespoons of coconut butter
2 tablespoons of sodium bicarbonate
4 tablespoons of vinegar
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
The first attempt didn't rise and the mixture was crumbly. I allowed it to cook for approximately 50 minutes at 200-230 degrees. The second rose somewhat however was still crumbly and tasted quite unpleasant (soapy). I let this cook for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes at 150 degrees.
I would like to be able to make a coconut bread/loaf using coconut flour without using eggs or yeast. Is this at all possible? I hope so. I was loosely following a recipe I found on a website. I have to limit my yeast intake in food and I read that sodium bicarbonate and lemon juice/vinegar can be used instead and work as egg substitutes. I didn't want to use dairy butter or margarine as I'm not happy with the ingredients in either. I struggled to find a coconut bread recipe that was both gluten free and vegan. I know I added too much vinegar and sodium bicarbonate the second time. I have little baking experience, which I'm sure is obvious. Do you know of any way I could make a coconut bread using coconut flour and no eggs? I don't want to use an egg replacer like Ener-g as I am not happy with some of it's ingredients. Would using a blender or electric whisk (neither of which I have) help with the consistency? Would using bananas work to get the right consistency? How much sodium bicarbonate and lemon juice/vinegar should I use to make the loaf rise and taste nice?
Answer
Coconut flour is tricky. It is highly absorbent, and behaves differently from other flours. I discovered coconut flour years ago when I was still baking with eggs. With eggs, coconut flour yields a result similar to wheat flour. Without them, I found it didn't respond the same.
When baking vegan, you often need to combine coconut flour with other flours. Are you able to tolerate millet flour, tapioca starch, sorghum flour, almond flour? You can combine GF flours to get great results. Buckwheat is a gluten-free seed that is not classified as a grain, even though we often use it culinarily as a grain. Buckwheat is one of the few flours that you can combine or use on its own without having to combine with other GF flours or with eggs.
My preferred egg replacement methods are flax gel or chia seed, not Ener-G Egg Replacer. Are you able to tolerate flax seed or chia seed? Ener-G can work when the eggs in a recipe are primarily there for lightness. It's not the best as a binder. You need an egg replacement that will bind, like flax or chia.
I see that you added some vinegar to help the sodium bicarbonate do its thing. That's good - the alkaline baking soda needs an acid to work and vinegar is a good source. However, you added too much. I would stick with one to two teaspoons, max.
You have very little fat in the recipe. Coconut flour is very low in fat because the coconut oil has all been pressed out already. You need something to hold moisture in or you will have an unpleasant, gritty, dry mouthfeel.
I don't see anything sweet or richly flavored in either of your recipes. Coconut flour has no natural sweetness, and you don't add any sweet fruits, nor coconut nectar nor coconut sugar. Even if you are not aiming for a particularly sweet result, you will benefit from some sweet or rich-tasting fruit (like banana) to improve flavor and mouthfeel. Avocado may give you a good mouthfeel too, without sweetness. It will replace some oil in the recipe too, and provide a very healthy source of beneficial fats.
I don't see anything protein-rich or gel-like to hold the loaf together, so it's are bound to be very crumbly. You need something flavorful and something to act as a binder. That's why I recommended banana and/or avo - both ingredients will act in both capacities. Combined with flax or chia, these ingredients will give you a better result.
This recipe
http://www.freecoconutrecipes.com/index.cfm/2010/9/13/gluten-free-coconut-flour-flax-bread
uses a lot of eggs, but it also has a lot of flax so it might hold together without them. I might try replacing the eggs with 1 1/4 cups of mashed very ripe banana to see what happens. A teaspoon of cinnamon will complement the flavor of the banana. If you need more sweetness and/or moisture, applesauce will help. You could also try skipping the sweet fruit for extra flax, like in the recipe below.
If you really want something savory and you tolerate almond, flax, and caraway (you can skip the caraway and use herbs or something else instead though) I have successfully veganized this recipe
http://www.elanaspantry.com/dark-rye-bread/
I just added a little more flax and water instead of the eggs she calls for. It is not a coconut flour recipe; it's an almond flour recipe. The amazing thing is it keeps well and it slices neatly!!! Just wait until it's fully cool to slice.
I bet you could experiment with adding some coconut flour to it, a little at a time, to see how it turns out. Substitute a half cup of almond meal with maybe a third of a cup of coconut flour to start.
Elana's Pantry is actually a pretty good resource for recipes. Even though she uses eggs in many recipes, you can often substitute flax or chia. She doesn't use any grains and bakes primarily with nut flours and nut butters, and sometimes with coconut flour. She doesn't use a lot of sweeteners these days, though in the early days she did use more agave nectar. I don't know if you use any liquid sweeteners, but you can get a different flavor but great results swapping between agave, honey, maple syrup, and coconut nectar. Date paste is a great sweetener you can make at home simply by pureeing dates with a little water.
Here's a great no-bake treat: Unsalted raw pumpkin seeds, raisins, vanilla, and cinnamon with a pinch of sea salt, pulsed together, then rolled in more ground pumpkin seeds. Simple and delicious! More raisins = more chewy and sweet. Less raisins = firmer and less sweet. Google "fudge babies" for some amazing treat ideas.
Edit: I also saw the recipe Penny cites above. I didn't reference it because a) it looks really sweet, and I suspect you're looking for something less sweet and b) it uses a purchased GF flour blend and I'm not sure what other ingredients you're sensitive to. Some of these blends contain other grains, some contain beans, and most contain vegetable gums, which I suspect are the ingredients you object to in the Ener-G product.
Coconut flour is tricky. It is highly absorbent, and behaves differently from other flours. I discovered coconut flour years ago when I was still baking with eggs. With eggs, coconut flour yields a result similar to wheat flour. Without them, I found it didn't respond the same.
When baking vegan, you often need to combine coconut flour with other flours. Are you able to tolerate millet flour, tapioca starch, sorghum flour, almond flour? You can combine GF flours to get great results. Buckwheat is a gluten-free seed that is not classified as a grain, even though we often use it culinarily as a grain. Buckwheat is one of the few flours that you can combine or use on its own without having to combine with other GF flours or with eggs.
My preferred egg replacement methods are flax gel or chia seed, not Ener-G Egg Replacer. Are you able to tolerate flax seed or chia seed? Ener-G can work when the eggs in a recipe are primarily there for lightness. It's not the best as a binder. You need an egg replacement that will bind, like flax or chia.
I see that you added some vinegar to help the sodium bicarbonate do its thing. That's good - the alkaline baking soda needs an acid to work and vinegar is a good source. However, you added too much. I would stick with one to two teaspoons, max.
You have very little fat in the recipe. Coconut flour is very low in fat because the coconut oil has all been pressed out already. You need something to hold moisture in or you will have an unpleasant, gritty, dry mouthfeel.
I don't see anything sweet or richly flavored in either of your recipes. Coconut flour has no natural sweetness, and you don't add any sweet fruits, nor coconut nectar nor coconut sugar. Even if you are not aiming for a particularly sweet result, you will benefit from some sweet or rich-tasting fruit (like banana) to improve flavor and mouthfeel. Avocado may give you a good mouthfeel too, without sweetness. It will replace some oil in the recipe too, and provide a very healthy source of beneficial fats.
I don't see anything protein-rich or gel-like to hold the loaf together, so it's are bound to be very crumbly. You need something flavorful and something to act as a binder. That's why I recommended banana and/or avo - both ingredients will act in both capacities. Combined with flax or chia, these ingredients will give you a better result.
This recipe
http://www.freecoconutrecipes.com/index.cfm/2010/9/13/gluten-free-coconut-flour-flax-bread
uses a lot of eggs, but it also has a lot of flax so it might hold together without them. I might try replacing the eggs with 1 1/4 cups of mashed very ripe banana to see what happens. A teaspoon of cinnamon will complement the flavor of the banana. If you need more sweetness and/or moisture, applesauce will help. You could also try skipping the sweet fruit for extra flax, like in the recipe below.
If you really want something savory and you tolerate almond, flax, and caraway (you can skip the caraway and use herbs or something else instead though) I have successfully veganized this recipe
http://www.elanaspantry.com/dark-rye-bread/
I just added a little more flax and water instead of the eggs she calls for. It is not a coconut flour recipe; it's an almond flour recipe. The amazing thing is it keeps well and it slices neatly!!! Just wait until it's fully cool to slice.
I bet you could experiment with adding some coconut flour to it, a little at a time, to see how it turns out. Substitute a half cup of almond meal with maybe a third of a cup of coconut flour to start.
Elana's Pantry is actually a pretty good resource for recipes. Even though she uses eggs in many recipes, you can often substitute flax or chia. She doesn't use any grains and bakes primarily with nut flours and nut butters, and sometimes with coconut flour. She doesn't use a lot of sweeteners these days, though in the early days she did use more agave nectar. I don't know if you use any liquid sweeteners, but you can get a different flavor but great results swapping between agave, honey, maple syrup, and coconut nectar. Date paste is a great sweetener you can make at home simply by pureeing dates with a little water.
Here's a great no-bake treat: Unsalted raw pumpkin seeds, raisins, vanilla, and cinnamon with a pinch of sea salt, pulsed together, then rolled in more ground pumpkin seeds. Simple and delicious! More raisins = more chewy and sweet. Less raisins = firmer and less sweet. Google "fudge babies" for some amazing treat ideas.
Edit: I also saw the recipe Penny cites above. I didn't reference it because a) it looks really sweet, and I suspect you're looking for something less sweet and b) it uses a purchased GF flour blend and I'm not sure what other ingredients you're sensitive to. Some of these blends contain other grains, some contain beans, and most contain vegetable gums, which I suspect are the ingredients you object to in the Ener-G product.
Why does my skin produce so much damn oil?
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Why does my skin get so oily after I do my facial cleanse? I use tea tree oil, specifically this one:
http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/men-product/men-top-rated/tea-tree-skin-clearing-facial-wash.aspx?vendor=CSE_GOOG&mr:trackingCode=681FEB10-66D2-E111-8A92-BC305BEDEAD8&mr:referralID=NA&mr:adType=pla&gclid=CKjq_Zb37rYCFYHe4AodmwoAHA
Why does it get so oily like an hour later then accumulates more oil? My face feels all gross for the rest of the day, I sometimes even think why do I have this and other people have really clear skin and don't even have to be dealing with these...
I have acne, but it seems to be wearing down than before (Pimple breakout in 7th grade and had acne 'til now). I wash my face with that tea tree skin clearing facial wash two times a day, one in the morning right after and one at night right before I go to bed. It's in the genes, got it from my Mom. But really, is there any ways to stop my skin from producing so much damn oil to the point where it feels all disgusting to be making facial expressions, to touch your own face, and to not be seen with a greasy face? Sorry for the rage, if you'd just understand, I just really hate it. Can't go one day without my face feeling greasy with oil. Sometimes my friends would be like "why is your nose so sweaty" or "why is your forehead so greasy?"
Oh, and does skin chemical work? Will it prevent skin from producing oil? Like this product:
http://www.amazon.com/SALICYLIC-Acid-Skin-Chemical-Peel/dp/B00428EJXU/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
I just want my skin to stop producing so much damn oil! Like when before I hit puberty! Fuck you, hormones!!!
Answer
I used to breakout in acne due to oily skin myself. Genetic and Stress can affect hormones and can theoretically promote acne. Here are some home remedies that can help but do not mix them together.
1) Tea Tree Oil- An essential oil is diluted and applied topically to acne lesions.
2) Lemon oil or juice - Applied lemon juice or apple cider vinegar to face or you can drink it through using it in water a few drops a day. You can leave overnight don't expose yourself to sunlight. Will help with both acne, and scars as well.
3) Mandarin oil
4) Cedar wood â good for eczema, psoriasis
5) Lavender
6) Apple cider vinegar
7) Bamboo extract or Sarna lotion â good for rosacea, psoriasis, eczema
8) Bio Oil or BB cream for dark spots or scars
9) Toothpaste is very effective for acne leave on face for about 20 to 30 minutes then wash. Leave on to long will leave a scar.
10) Zinc really works on acne
11) 2% Erythromycin
12) Benzoin Peroxide
13) Hydrogen Peroxide 3% - It can help to dry out acne by killing bacteria on the skin. Soak a cotton ball in hydrogen peroxide and apply it either to the acne breakouts on your face. You also may opt to apply hydrogen peroxide to your entire face to help prevent future breakouts. Allow the hydrogen peroxide to do its job -- wait until the bubbling stops in approximately a minute or two. Rinse your face with water. Apply an oil-free moisturizer to prevent skin from drying out.
14) Vitamin B3- also known as niacin. It promotes healthy skin, can be utilized as an acne treatment.
15) Retinoid- increase collagen production and plump fine lines, making it a good choice if youâre dealing with acne and wrinkles.
16) Sulfur- dries up pimples and keeps sebum production in check, helping to prevent future blemishes. Sulfur has a distinct smell think rotten eggs.
17) Coconut oil good for acne and scars.
18) Turmeric powder is also good for acne.
19) Neutrogena products
20) Brown Listerine also sucks the life of your acne wash after about 15 minutes.
21) Witch Hazel & Rubbing Alcohol both are good for acne
22) Aloe Vera either from the plant itself or gel apply on the acne.
23) Neem oil- good for acne, psoriasis, eczema, skin ulcers (taken either orally or externally)
This is something I use every day and I got rid of my cystic acne and my eczema. I really recommend this. Neem oil: It is powerful antiviral and antibacterial properties, beneficial to those who suffer from various skin conditions like acne, psoriasis, eczema, skin ulcers, helps one treat hair related problems like dandruff and itchy scalp. Dental care products like toothpaste, mouth washes and rinses all use the neem oil's antiseptic properties to keep teeth health and gums free of infection. Other benefits also include its use in household items like mosquito repellents, disinfectants and personal hygiene products. If you like you can purchase at Lucy Vitamin or in health food stores. It is the same price as some of the acne medications, either prescribe or over-the-counter.
I used to breakout in acne due to oily skin myself. Genetic and Stress can affect hormones and can theoretically promote acne. Here are some home remedies that can help but do not mix them together.
1) Tea Tree Oil- An essential oil is diluted and applied topically to acne lesions.
2) Lemon oil or juice - Applied lemon juice or apple cider vinegar to face or you can drink it through using it in water a few drops a day. You can leave overnight don't expose yourself to sunlight. Will help with both acne, and scars as well.
3) Mandarin oil
4) Cedar wood â good for eczema, psoriasis
5) Lavender
6) Apple cider vinegar
7) Bamboo extract or Sarna lotion â good for rosacea, psoriasis, eczema
8) Bio Oil or BB cream for dark spots or scars
9) Toothpaste is very effective for acne leave on face for about 20 to 30 minutes then wash. Leave on to long will leave a scar.
10) Zinc really works on acne
11) 2% Erythromycin
12) Benzoin Peroxide
13) Hydrogen Peroxide 3% - It can help to dry out acne by killing bacteria on the skin. Soak a cotton ball in hydrogen peroxide and apply it either to the acne breakouts on your face. You also may opt to apply hydrogen peroxide to your entire face to help prevent future breakouts. Allow the hydrogen peroxide to do its job -- wait until the bubbling stops in approximately a minute or two. Rinse your face with water. Apply an oil-free moisturizer to prevent skin from drying out.
14) Vitamin B3- also known as niacin. It promotes healthy skin, can be utilized as an acne treatment.
15) Retinoid- increase collagen production and plump fine lines, making it a good choice if youâre dealing with acne and wrinkles.
16) Sulfur- dries up pimples and keeps sebum production in check, helping to prevent future blemishes. Sulfur has a distinct smell think rotten eggs.
17) Coconut oil good for acne and scars.
18) Turmeric powder is also good for acne.
19) Neutrogena products
20) Brown Listerine also sucks the life of your acne wash after about 15 minutes.
21) Witch Hazel & Rubbing Alcohol both are good for acne
22) Aloe Vera either from the plant itself or gel apply on the acne.
23) Neem oil- good for acne, psoriasis, eczema, skin ulcers (taken either orally or externally)
This is something I use every day and I got rid of my cystic acne and my eczema. I really recommend this. Neem oil: It is powerful antiviral and antibacterial properties, beneficial to those who suffer from various skin conditions like acne, psoriasis, eczema, skin ulcers, helps one treat hair related problems like dandruff and itchy scalp. Dental care products like toothpaste, mouth washes and rinses all use the neem oil's antiseptic properties to keep teeth health and gums free of infection. Other benefits also include its use in household items like mosquito repellents, disinfectants and personal hygiene products. If you like you can purchase at Lucy Vitamin or in health food stores. It is the same price as some of the acne medications, either prescribe or over-the-counter.
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