Last week I treated myself to some Coconut Flour (yep I really know how to treat myself…) I say treat becuase it’s fairly expensive at £5.99 per 500g. When you compare this to a 1kg bag of plain flour which can be bought for as little as 80p in a supermarket it doesn’t come cheap. But…. It is featured in so many gluten-free recipes I though I’d like to see what all the fuss is about.
I spent ages scouring the internet for a cookie recipe that looked fairly simple and hey presto! When these came out the oven I was generally in a little bit of shock because they actually looked like cookies. Unfortunately they didn’t taste like cookies… They were quite soft in texture and I’m not sure I would make them again. So why am I sharing them with you then?? I’m hoping someone will be able to tell me why they were so soft and tasted vaguely like omelettes, or suggest to me a better recipe. Perhaps the flour will be better off in a muffin next time…
My colleagues at work were the lucky (?!) tasting panel for these little cookies. They had a mixed response…..
Ingredients (makes 12)
- 4 Tablespoons of Coconut Flour (Tiana Brand)
- 4 eggs
- 2 Tablespoons sweet freedom
- handful of cacao nibs (optional)
- 1/2 tsp bicarb
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essense
- 1 tablepoon coconut oil
- Combine wet ingredients in one bowl, the dry ingredients in another.
- Combine the 2, and drop little spoonfuls onto a lined baking tray.
- Flatten each cookie with the back of a fork
- Bake in the oven at 175 degrees Celcius for 12 minutes
Yep, they look like cookies
I think it might be the eggs…? 4 eggs with 4 tablespoons of flour seems like a lot…
I know! The recipe I based it on, only had 2 tablespoons of flour with 4 eggs, but it was so runny there was no way they’d turn out as cookies…. back to the drawing board me thinks
Hey Ceri! They do look like cookies so well done on that front! I agree with Adura, 4 eggs is a lot. I would reduce that to 2 and also increase the amount of flour because generally a cookie dough shouldn’t be runny. you should be able to roll it into a ball. The combination of ingredients sounds like it should make a great-tasting cookie so I don’t think you should give up on it quite yet. Halve the eggs and double the flour as a starting point I think