What is Coconut flour?
[[File:Coconut Flour (16071530028).jpg|thumb|Coconut flour]] '''Coconut flour''' is a type of flour made from blended [[coconut]] flesh that is cold pressed then dried.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-19|title=Propiedades de la harina de coco (y cómo hacerla tú mismo)|url=https://www.cuerpomente.com/alimentacion/superalimentos/propiedades-harina-coco-como-hacerla-tu-mismo_4321|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Cuerpomente|language=es}}</ref> It is commonly used in making [[pastry]]. Coconut flour, like other coconut products is mostly [[saturated fat]] ([[lauric acid]]). It has some fiber.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FoodData Central|url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/583168/nutrients|access-date=2021-06-28|website=fdc.nal.usda.gov|archive-date=2019-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025172925/https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/583168/nutrients|url-status=dead}}</ref> Coconut flour has also been used in baking foods for [[low-carbohydrate diet]]s. Items baked with coconut flour are usually calorie-heavy. Coconut flour usually [[redox|spoils]] at slower rate than other fatty flours.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Skrzypiec|first=Marcin|date=2018-08-22|title=Does Coconut Flour Go Bad?|url=https://www.doesitgobad.com/does-coconut-flour-go-bad/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Does It Go Bad?|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Food-stub}} {{Commons}} [[Category:Flour]] [[Category:Coconuts]]