alternative flours Archives - yourdailysportfix.com yourdailysportfix.com Sun, 16 Aug 2020 13:36:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://yourdailysportfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-FAVICON_2-32x32.png alternative flours Archives - yourdailysportfix.com 32 32 Have You Tried Baking With Banana Flour? https://yourdailysportfix.com/have-you-tried-baking-with-banana-flour/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 09:49:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=10513 Alternative flours like coconut, almond, oat, and sweet potato have been getting a lot of buzz lately as they add different nutrients and flavors to recipes. The latest flour people are experimenting with is banana flour, a finely ground starch made from green bananas. Banana flour happens to be gluten-free and it’s high in potassium, […]

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It’s Made From Unripe Green Bananas

As bananas ripen, they get sweeter, so green bananas aren’t yet ripe and they taste more like potatoes than sweet plantains or bananas. After it’s dried and ground, banana flour has a light brown color, which will make your baked goods a bit darker than they would be if you were using regular all-purpose flour.

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It Has Gut-Friendly Resistant Starch

Like bananas, banana flour is a good source of resistant starch. Resistant starch is a type of prebiotic fiber that feeds healthy bacteria in your gut, keeps your blood sugar steady, and it breaks down slowly in your digestive track making you feel fuller longer.

It Has a Light Banana Flavor

Because banana flour is made by chopping up and drying peeled green bananas and then grinding them into a fine powder and texture, it has a light banana flavor. You may have to reduce the amount of sugar in your recipe when using banana flour.

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It’s hot as you know what outside, but that never stops me from turning on the oven in this house.?? I recently came across some @peregnatural banana ? flour and decided to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised with the texture and flavor of the cookies! Also, if you’ve never used it, it does not actually taste like banana. ? Chocolate Chip Banana Flour Cookies ? 1/4 cup softened butter 1/3 cup dark brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp banana flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup dark chocolate chips, plus a little more for the tops of the cookies before baking. ? Mix softened butter, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla. Mix together dry ingredients and add gradually to the wet mixture. Add in chocolate chips. Put in refrigerator for 10 minutes. Take out and scoop cookie dough onto a parchment covered baking sheet. Press those extra chocolate chips into each cookie. Bake at 375 for around 10 min, then cool on a rack. The recipe made 15 for me. Happy Saturday! ☀? #thegiftofthyme

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It’s Good For Baking

The obvious choice for banana flour is to use it in banana bread, but you can also make savory baked goods with it like zucchini bread or spiced carrot and beet cupcakes.

It Can Be Used to Thicken Soups, Curries, and Smoothies

Due to the starch in banana flour, it can be added to smoothies for extra fiber and it can thicken soups and curries.

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]]> Alternative flours like coconut, almond, oat, and sweet potato have been getting a lot of buzz lately as they add different nutrients and flavors to recipes. The latest flour people are experimenting with is banana flour, a finely ground starch made from green bananas. Banana flour happens to be gluten-free and it’s high in potassium, fiber, and resistant starch. Here’s everything you need to know about this alternative flour.

It’s Made From Unripe Green Bananas

As bananas ripen, they get sweeter, so green bananas aren’t yet ripe and they taste more like potatoes than sweet plantains or bananas. After it’s dried and ground, banana flour has a light brown color, which will make your baked goods a bit darker than they would be if you were using regular all-purpose flour.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CD7A8KBj4Uk/

It Has Gut-Friendly Resistant Starch

Like bananas, banana flour is a good source of resistant starch. Resistant starch is a type of prebiotic fiber that feeds healthy bacteria in your gut, keeps your blood sugar steady, and it breaks down slowly in your digestive track making you feel fuller longer.

It Has a Light Banana Flavor

Because banana flour is made by chopping up and drying peeled green bananas and then grinding them into a fine powder and texture, it has a light banana flavor. You may have to reduce the amount of sugar in your recipe when using banana flour.

View this post on Instagram

It’s hot as you know what outside, but that never stops me from turning on the oven in this house.?? I recently came across some @peregnatural banana ? flour and decided to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised with the texture and flavor of the cookies! Also, if you’ve never used it, it does not actually taste like banana. ? Chocolate Chip Banana Flour Cookies ? 1/4 cup softened butter 1/3 cup dark brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp banana flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup dark chocolate chips, plus a little more for the tops of the cookies before baking. ? Mix softened butter, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla. Mix together dry ingredients and add gradually to the wet mixture. Add in chocolate chips. Put in refrigerator for 10 minutes. Take out and scoop cookie dough onto a parchment covered baking sheet. Press those extra chocolate chips into each cookie. Bake at 375 for around 10 min, then cool on a rack. The recipe made 15 for me. Happy Saturday! ☀? #thegiftofthyme

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It’s Good For Baking

The obvious choice for banana flour is to use it in banana bread, but you can also make savory baked goods with it like zucchini bread or spiced carrot and beet cupcakes.

It Can Be Used to Thicken Soups, Curries, and Smoothies

Due to the starch in banana flour, it can be added to smoothies for extra fiber and it can thicken soups and curries.

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