Re: white bean flour and almond flour

[Guest guest]

Sorry, the white bean flour is illegal on SCD.

What almond flour recipes have you tried?

I have to admit, I've never baked cookies or cakes without eggs, but I have good

success with almond flour. You may need a lower temp for a longer time, though.

I usually stick with about 320 degrees F for cookies.

Patti

white bean flour and almond flour

We have been GFCFSF and dye free for over 3yrs just started SCD 6

weeks ago.

We have been seeing really good changes in our son. Primary changes

we have seen is he is more social and moods are more stable.

I have tried several recipes with Almond flour (he is very allergic

to other nuts) with NO success. I finally figured out that I need a

baking mixture not just almond flour to lose some of the density.

Nothing is getting done eventhough they are black and totally

unappealling to anyone.

I found white bean flour at Bob's red mill and wanted to know if

anyone has had any experience using it and/or another flour mixture.

Not sure it matters but he is also allergic to eggs so we substitute

unflavored gelatin for them.

We really want to stay with this diet given our son's reaction and

ours to it.

Help please!!!

Tonya Mangum

mom to alex 4 yrs old -asd and sarah grace 2yrs and okay now.

[Guest guest]

From your description of the final results of your baked goods, it

sounds to me like you need to lower the baking temperature by at least

100 degrees. The baking time will have to be extended due to the

lower temperature, but that should really cut down on the burning.

It may also be that you need to use more than one type of egg replacer

for the recipes. When I bake for my nephew who cannot have eggs, I

use a different egg replacer for each of the eggs.

Eggs serve three purposes in baking: leavening (making it rise),

binding and as a liquid ingredient (making it moist).

My guess is that by using just the gelatin, you are getting too much

liquid and no leavening.

Baking without eggs is a real art. And it can be very frustrating at

times. But try varying the egg replacers in the recipe, lower the

baking temp and bake for longer. That should help quite a bit.

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

Why would the white bean flour be illegal? Did I miss it in the

BTVC?

How did you know?

Thanks,

tonya

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> Sorry, the white bean flour is illegal on SCD.

>

[Guest guest]

<<Why would the white bean flour be illegal? Did I miss it in the

BTVC? How did you know?>>

Tonya,

This info is from Elaine Gottschall's website, www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

:

Bean flour - Do not use ready made flours made from beans or lentils as they

probably weren't soaked prior to grinding to bean flour - ...

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/legal/legal_illegal_a-c.htm

Bean Flour

Since writing that presoaked bean flour would be OK if used sparingly, ... I

still do not advise substituting the bean flour in all the recipes. ...

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/bean_flour.htm

Patti

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jodi!

Which egg replacers do you like best?

Tonya

>

> From your description of the final results of your baked goods, it

> sounds to me like you need to lower the baking temperature by at

least

> 100 degrees. The baking time will have to be extended due to the

> lower temperature, but that should really cut down on the burning.

>

> It may also be that you need to use more than one type of egg

replacer

> for the recipes. When I bake for my nephew who cannot have eggs, I

> use a different egg replacer for each of the eggs.

>

> Eggs serve three purposes in baking: leavening (making it rise),

> binding and as a liquid ingredient (making it moist).

>

> My guess is that by using just the gelatin, you are getting too

much

> liquid and no leavening.

>

> Baking without eggs is a real art. And it can be very frustrating

at

> times. But try varying the egg replacers in the recipe, lower the

> baking temp and bake for longer. That should help quite a bit.

>

> Jody

> mom to -7 and -9

> SCD 1/03

>