Publisher's Synopsis
Coconut flour is a milled coconut meal derived from the meat of coconuts. It is high in insoluble dietary fiber and protein. Coconut flour is very finely ground dried coconut, which is left over from extracting the coconut oil. Coconut flour is low-carbohydrate, high in fiber, and gluten free. It is a very dense flour, so in most recipes many eggs are used in proportion to the flour. The eggs allow the baked good to rise in the absence of a leavening agent (baking powder, soda, or yeast), bind the bread together in the absence of gluten. Gluten is the protein found in wheat that so many people are finding that they are sensitive to. Gluten is what makes wheat dough sticky, trapping the air bubbles from the yeast to make it rise.
