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sweetteadrinker2
sweetteadrinker2 Posts: 1,026 Member
edited May 2015 in Social Groups
I made something like chocolate chip cookies this morning using almond flour pancake batter and semisweet chocolate chips. But they were not as dense as I would have liked, what could I do to make them denser?

Here's the recipe
1 cup almond flour
1/4 cup water
3 tbsps unsalted butter
2 eggs
1 tbsp sweetener
1/4 teaspoon salt
Dash of vanilla
1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Everything above the chocolate chips makes an excellent pancake batter(it's from allrecipes.com) vanilla an addition I made, not perfectly round like white flour would make them, but very tasty.

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  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,104 Member
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    CAVEAT - I haven't done much low carb baking, just traditional baking.

    Additional eggs would make it more cake-like traditionally. An extra yolk without the white can make it dense. What I do in my traditional batter is blend the yolks in, then folk in whipped whites for fluffy rise. I don't know how that would work here. but maybe add more "heft." But adding too many eggs can taste eggier...

    I would think that a dash more almond flour might do it, too. I don't know how xantham gum bakes up, but that is a thickener...

    Hope someone else has better suggestions.

    Maybe look up and almond flour chocolate chip cookie recipe and compare ingredients?
  • kuranda10
    kuranda10 Posts: 593 Member
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    Would a bit of coconut flour help? I dont use it often, but I know it absorbs moisture like a sponge
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
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    More butter works, too. Works pretty much the same way as egg yolk (more fat, basically).

    You can also probably back off on the almond flour some.

    It's a ratio thing, basically.
  • shai74
    shai74 Posts: 512 Member
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    Wouldn't you just leave out the water? Maybe add a little baking powder if you want them to rise a bit?
  • PasPlus
    PasPlus Posts: 31 Member
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    All of the above plus - can I also suggest - add 1/4 cup ground flax meal (also adds fibre) or a couple of tbsp of your favorite nut butter or replace half the flour with LSA. Coconut flour can be tricky and is more likely to make a crumbly result than denser - in my experience.

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