Let me start by saying that I’m
feeling a bit less ticked off today (for those of you who read my rant from Sunday. I’m still
upset about the state of things, as mentioned in that post, but today I would
like to focus on happier subjects: Baking.
Today I
baked some “bagels” made with coconut flour, a boatload of butter, salt, baking
powder and 6 eggs. You can find the recipe here. The recipe called for garlic but I just
couldn’t wrap my brain around the idea of coconut and garlic, so I left out the
garlic. I also don’t have any guar or
xanthan gum. The recipe says it’s
optional. I Googled xanthan gum to find
out what it does. Apparently it’s a
binding agent and will help the texture in gluten free breads. (You may have just learned something on my
blog today. Spread the word.)
When I think
of bagels I imagine something a bit chewy.
These aren’t. They’re less dense
than the bread made with almond flour.
They’re light and tasty and kinda cute!
The bottom
line: I like them quite a bit. They hold together well. The website says that they have a net carb
count of 5 g each. Not bad! I didn’t do the nutritional calculations
myself but I know that these
suckers are saturated fat bombs. With 1/3
cup butter, coconut flour and 6 eggs how could they not be? I don’t think I want to know. I think I will save these puppies to eat now
and then, as opposed to regularly.
Next
subject: beans and cake! I’m an
adventurer.
Those bagels look good!
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