Einkorn Low-Carb Bake Mix

Please let me say up front, this is an experiment in progress.

This is a low-carb complete baking mix similar to Bisquick and CarbQuik, which include leavening and shortening along with a small amount of ground Einkorn wheat, one of the oldest forms of wheat that has not been hybridized or genetically modified.  Einkorn is said to have less of a detrimental effect on blood glucose levels and the gut than modern wheat.  Modern wheat has been genetically altered to the point it is no longer digested properly and therefore is stored, leading to weight gain.  It is partially to blame for the obesity problem we see in America and globally.   I’m posting this recipe only so I can link to it for actual tested and successful recipes that come out good enough to post on this website.  I make no promises regarding performance of this bake mix other than recipes I test and post that I think are worthwhile.  I’m learning as I go with this mix.  Time will tell (and further recipe trials) if this mix is going to be exchangeable cup for cup in conventional flour recipes.  So far, that is proving to be the case.  I will always post tested recipes in the Einkorn Flour Experiments category of my recipe index.  The word Einkorn will always appear as the first word in the recipe name so the recipe will not be confused with it’s non-Einkorn cousin.

I’ve been experimenting for several months with the flour and am really liking the results.  As I said, mostly I have just been adding 1-4 T. to my already tested low-carb recipes.  But with this bake mix I am just starting to explore, I hope to come up with a mix that can be exchanged in flour recipes 1 cup for 1 cup.  We’ll see if that comes about.  If not, this recipe may vanish from my site.  Like I said, it is an experiment in progress.

I limit my use of this organic flour to very tiny amounts so that carbs on the final baked goods per serving are not too high for a low-carber like me.  I have been able to accomplish some very tasty items with it to so far.  If you type Einkorn into the search box, the site will bring up the recipes I’ve tested with this flour and now this bake mix.  Or you can just click this category in the recipe index.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

EINKORN FLOUR – ¼ CUP

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This bake mix has evolved from my personal experience with low-carb baking ingredients, how they tend to act in the oven and what ratios they seem to like to co-exist in to produce tasty baked goods.  I think I finally have the ratios about right.  This bake mix produced a very nice vanilla cake that serves 2 people.  It was moist, tasty, spongy and somewhere between a commercial box mix cake and a pound cake in texture.  This cake makes lovely Strawberry Shortcake.  I can see many uses for this 2-serving treat.  🙂    The texture is quite smooth, too.  To see the recipe:  Individual (2-serving) Vanilla Cake .

Einkorn Individual Vanilla Cake [shown is 1½ recipes of this cake.  Cake on the left is 1 recipe.

This is a very large recipe of bake mix and you may prefer to make only a half batch to start out with if you want to experiment with it.  You SHOULD be able to use this like Bisquick or Carbquick in recipes, or replace the flour+leavening+shortening in your regular flour recipes successfully with this mix but I don’t yet know this for certain until I do further testing.  Like I said above, this mix is an ongoing experiment you trial at your own risk in different recipes than posted here. If you decide to test the waters yourself, tread lightly.  I would recommend perhaps making half or quarter recipe of the mix to start out.  Trial it in a half recipe of muffins, for just a few donuts or half a cake recipe first before you try this in a recipe you want to serve company, have a failure and are disappointed with less than stellar results.  Feel free to post links to pictures of your experiments with it.  We’d all love to learn from your experiences.  🙂

MIX INGREDIENTS:  (I recommend making NO SUBSTITUTIONS)

5 c. almond flour

2 c. plain whey protein powder (I use NOW brand)

1 c. Einkorn flour

1 c. oat flour  (ground from 1¼ c. rolled oats unless you can buy it pre-ground)

¼ c. oat fiber

1 tsp. glucomannan powder

3 T. baking powder

2 tsp. cream of tartar

2 tsp. salt

1½ c. palm shortening (I order at Tropical Traditions)

DIRECTIONS:  Grind the oats into flour in your food processor or blender as fine as you can get it.  Place the oat flour into a large mixing bowl. Measure out all remaining dry ingredients and stir well.  Using a fork or pastry cutter, cut the shortening into the mixture until it resembles coarse cornmeal.  Place in a lidded container.  Can be stored on the counter safely as palm shortening is very stable at room temperature and has a very long shelf life.  If you decide to store in the refrigerator, be aware the shortening will firm up and cause the mix to clump a bit.  So you need to set it out, bring to room temperature and re-work with a fork in a bowl to evenly distribute shortening clumps before attempting to measure for use in recipes.

BAKE MIX NUTRITIONAL INFO:     Makes 11 cups of mix.  ½ cup mix contains:

338 calories

28.2 g  fat

15.99 g  carbs, 4.6 g fiber, 11.39 g  NET CARBS

14.5 g  protein

170 mg sodium

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