http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ Gluten Free Forums for Elana's Pantry en Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:02:36 +0000 http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/subbing-kosher-salt-for-the-sea-salt#post-3285 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:25:05 +0000 ilissaD 3285@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I am new to being wheat free and I'd like to try some of these baking recipes. I don't have all the ingredients yet. I noticed that Elana uses celtic sea salt in her recipes, but I only have Kosher salt in the house. Can I use that instead and would the conversion be the same since they are relatively similar in size? </p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/moldy-coconut-flour#post-681 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:17:26 +0000 eatingfreely 681@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Does anyone have experience with your coconut flour turning GREEN after baking? I am fairly new to using coconut flour in my GF baking, and think I must have a bag of rancid/moldy flour.</p> <p>I just made some muffins tonight using coconut flour and ground sunflower seeds. After baking them, I ate one, and upon finishing it, noticed the rest of the muffins were developing a light green tinge, which I thought was very strange. Within an hour, the entire batch had turned deep jade green. I bake and cook A LOT and have never seen anything like this. </p> <p>I used coconut flour from this same bag about a month and a half ago, and the cookies turned moldy within 2 days, which I thought was strange, but it was summer and very hot in my apartment, and there was applesauce in the dough and I hadn't refrigerated them. I figured the moisture and heat made it moldy, I didn't think it was the coconut flour, but after this experience tonight, I think I had a bad batch of flour. </p> <p>anyway, now I feel kind of sick, itchy eyes and sore throat and a headache, and I think I'm having a reaction to what was probably a moldy muffin. I'm guessing the heat from the oven made the mold bloom? I'm feeling remarkably stupid for eating one of them...but they weren't green yet! Anyone ever had your coconut flour products turn GREEN, or experience a mold issue? </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/almond-flour-4#post-2631 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:17:31 +0000 dina 2631@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I have a silly question. Can I use almond flour in place of some of the combination flours (ie rice, garbanzo, tapioca etc) that I see listed in the recipe? So basically, can almond flour be used exclusively?<br /> Sorry I'm new at this.<br /> Thanks<br /> ...dina </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/large-loafs#post-1833 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:42:29 +0000 Ellen 1833@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Does anyone use a larger loaf pan for the almond flour breads?<br /> Both the cast iron and the stoneware loaf pans are much larger than the aluminum one Elana prefers.<br /> The one she recommends is:7.5x 3.5x 2.5 and I cannot find that size in either the cast iron or the stoneware...those are:9 x 5 x 2.5.<br /> I really only intend on baking gluten free so I want to buy what will work with those flours...has anyone baked the breads in that size? I am tired of researching loaf pans!!!:O Thank you! Ellen </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/hard-time-baking-with-almond-flour#post-1422 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:02:38 +0000 kellir 1422@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I have been having some difficulty getting used to baking with almond flour... somewhat better with the coconut flour, but I don't like the taste as much.</p> <p>Tonight I tried to make the <a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/ginger-cookies/" title="Gluten Fre Ginger Snap Cookie Recipe at Elana's Pantry" rel="nofollow">ginger cookies</a> from Elana's blog, and they completely ran and spread out on the pans ~ I had to scrape them off and form kind of sticky balls out of them - nothing like the beautiful photo on the blog post. I followed the recipe exactly and am NOT using Bob's Red Mill flour (have already had disastrous results with that), so are there other ideas on what is going wrong? I have also had the <a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/homemade-starbucks-orange-cake/" title="Gluten Free Homemade Starbuck's Orange Cake Recipe at Elana's Pantry" rel="nofollow">orange cake</a> fall apart in one of my tries at that also. </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/muffin-support#post-1174 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:59:17 +0000 Rhiannon 1174@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Hi all<br /> I'm new and have had a go at two of the muffin recipes and both times they have peaked and browned really quickly on the top before the middle is cooked. My oven is a gas stainless steel delonghi (sp?) and all the temp numbers have been wiped off as well as all the baking symbols, It came with the house we purchased and no manual was left to give me an idea of how it works! haha<br /> My questions are where in the oven are these muffins best suited to cook? top , bottom middle...bake or fan bake? also my oven doesn't go as high as the suggested baking temp but seems to cook really fast and burn most things haha.<br /> With the eggs perhaps they should be at room temperature which I did or was this wrong??<br /> Any tips or suggestions??<br /> Thanks in advance </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/does-anyone-else-use-a-convection-oven#post-284 Sat, 30 May 2009 12:58:55 +0000 Rachel B 284@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I live full-time in a motor home and have a microwave/convection combo oven. I never use the microwave, but I do use the convection for everything. It's taken me a lot of experimenting to find the best way to bake, roast, reheat and defrost in the convection.</p> <p>I'd like to know if anybody uses a convection oven for Elana's baked goods? </p> <p>I've found that any of them that call for 350 degrees and a short baking time doesn't work for me. I generally use 300 degrees for a longer period of time and things come out fine. I've made Elana's Simple Bread, Nut Bread, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sesame Cookies, Orange Cake, Almond Butter Brownies, and they were all delicious. The only failure I've had were the Prune Truffles.</p> <p>I've had a package of Coconut Flour in my pantry for months, but haven't tried anything in the convection oven with it yet. I hesitate because I can't eat things with too many carbs which is why I love the almond flour recipes. However, I am having company this coming week and might try one of the coconut flour cake or muffin recipes. I'll post how well it comes out using Elana's instructions if I do. </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/eggs#post-399 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:54:52 +0000 tatum 399@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>hello.. what eggs are best for baking???? </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/baking-with-walnut-flour-turning-black#post-337 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:05:24 +0000 straka 337@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Recently I baked bread the other day (btw incredible recipes Elana) using just walnuts (I substituted almond flour) - we have plenty of walnuts in our garden, so it is my first choice for lots of reasons as you can imagine. </p> <p>However - the walnuts, when combined with baking soda go black. I mean BLACK. It looks like burnt! But tastes great.<br /> When I just sprinkle them on fruits and bake with butter and honey at the same temperature, they never change color, so I figured it must be the soda.</p> <p>Anyone experienced something like this and know what to do about it?</p> <p>thnx a lot. </p>