Need a recipe using coconut - looking for bread/muffins...
#257749 - 04/12/06 06:35 AM
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ecmmbm
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I tried doing a search but got a lot about coconut MILK, I'm looking for actual coconut used in muffins or banana bread, etc. If I were an expert baker I'd just toss it in but I have no idea how much to use or what effect it would have?
The reason is I #1) love coconut, but typically avoid it due to high fat and fiber content, HOWEVER I #2) recently overindulged in some macaroons from the health food store, several a day for several days in a row, and I handled it pretty well and think the IF helped my C. I'm thinking of adding it into otherwise safe SF recipes since I love it so much, to add IF to my diet. Also I think we C'ers do need SOME "healthy" fats in there sometimes to help us "go", as well (buffered of course).
Thanks for any help!
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Michelle
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Try searching on epicurious.com. I really love that site, and it lets you search by ingredient. Most of the recipes come from gourmet or bon appetit so you'd obviously need to adapt (since I feel like every bon appetit starts with a stick of butter ... ), but maybe if you find one we can help you adapt it. I'm sure there must be some coconut muffins out there or something. Mmmm ... muffins ...
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Oddly enough
#257759 - 04/12/06 07:20 AM
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Sand
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I have tucked away somewhere a newspaper health column that talks about the anecdotal evidence that eating macaroons helps with post-chemotherapy diarhhea, so it sounds like macaroons may have some helpful digestive effects.
I do have a macaroon recipe that looks interesting because, although it is high in fat, it also has oatmeal in it. I haven't tried it, but now that I've looked at it again, I think I will:
From The Compleat I Hate To Cook Book by Peg Bracken (copyright 1986)
Overnight Macaroons
(These are mighty speedy cookies if you remember to mix the oil and oatmeal and sugar together the night before. They have a chewy texture and an almond-macaroon taste.)
The night before, mix together:
4 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
Next morning, mix in:
2 beaten eggs (substitute 4 egg whites or use Egg Beaters)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon almond extract
Drop them from a teaspoon onto a greased (use Pam) baking sheet, bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes, and remove them promptly when they're done.
The entire recipe has 6060 calories, 2120 from fat, so 35% CFF.
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And they're not crazy high in fat. I think if eaten after a nearly fat-free meal, they'd be fine. I suppose you could cut the oil with some applesauce but I'm not totally comfortable with baking science so I'm not sure. Maybe Kree or Casey will know.
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Maybe you could use the Nothin' To It Muffins recipe and use shredded coconut as some or all of your "Column C" add in. I've made these muffins with blueberries and with the half candied ginger, half walnut variation and they're very good and very easy.
HTH.
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Michelle
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Hmm....
#257880 - 04/12/06 01:41 PM
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Normally in cookies I'd say no... but since it's a cookie that's chewy to begin with, rather than crisp, it might be worth a try. 
And those DO sound good! Coconut is one of those fattier foods that I seem to tolerate really well for some reason, so I might have to give those a try!
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I just got halfway through making them and was like, am I missing something?
I added a cup of coconut... have no idea if I should have or not. I was sort of hoping for coconut macaroons. 
That's what I get for not reading over the entire thing before starting to make something!
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Michelle
...the greatest of these is LOVE. (I Cor 13)
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I managed to type in the whole recipe - and calculate calories from fat - without cluing into that small detail.
I know it's too late now since you've got yours put together, but next time you could try cutting the oatmeal to 3 cups and adding one cup of coconut. Since the coconut is so high in fat, you could then reduce the oil to 3/4 cup. That gives you 5557 calories for the entire recipe, 1842 calories from fat, so 33% CFF.
Please let me know how your version comes out - I hope it's good.
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What about this?
I'm thinking of making this for my boyfriend today as a birthday cake!
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I'm wondering if I was supposed to let it sit overnight. From the wording of the recipe, it sounded like the overnight bit was optional, but I just made these and they totally fell apart. Was I supposed to let them sit for several hours so the oil could absorb into the oatmeal?? 
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jen
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the sitting overnight part is required, not optional.
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but ...
#259274 - 04/20/06 01:57 PM
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since the recipe says that they're fast if you remember to mix them up the night before -- doesn't that imply that they are still acceptable, though not quite as fast, if you just mix everything at the same time? Otherwise, if you don't remember to mix the first three ingredients ahead of time, but have to in order to make the recipe work, then why would the speed matter?
(Did any of that make sense? Probably not.)
I actually just baked the remaining batter in an 8x8 pan so I have bars instead. They're very good but quite sweet.
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jen
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Here's a Macaroon recipe(Cooking.com)with less fat (2 grams per cookie) but alot of sugar. I have not tried these! Let me know how they turn out if you try them!
Coconut Macaroons Recipe
Source: Fine Cooking - Issue 37
Yields 4 dozen cookies
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup egg whites, from about 5 large eggs
1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon sugar
12 oz. unsweetened finely shredded coconut
RECIPE METHOD
Line two heavy baking sheets with kitchen parchment. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Adjust the racks to the center and upper portions of the oven. Thoroughly whisk together the egg whites and sugar. Work the coconut into the egg mixture by hand or with a wooden spoon until completely incorporated. Scoop the coconut mixture onto the pans by packed, level tablespoons or with a 1/2-oz. ice-cream scoop. These cookies don't spread so they can be spaced fairly close together.
Bake until the cookies are an even golden color and look dry (not at all sticky or wet looking), about 25 minutes. Halfway through baking, switch the pans from top to bottom and rotate them from back to front to ensure that the cookies color evenly.
Nutrition Facts
Yields 4 dozen cookies
Facts per Serving
Calories: 52 Fat: 2g Carbohydrates: 8g
Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 8mg Protein: 1g
Fiber: 1g % Cal. from Fat: 35% % Cal. from Carbs: 62%
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Judy
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Re: but ...
#259305 - 04/20/06 04:12 PM
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Sand
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As I read it, it means that if you don't remember to mix the first 3 ingredients up the night before, the cookies aren't fast because you have to wait 8 hours after mixing the first 3 ingredients before you can finish making them.
I'm glad you ended up with something edible anyhow. I may try these this weekend both with and without coconut. Assuming, of course, I buy the coconut - and the oatmeal.
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