Carbquik Baking Flour

[showgirl]

lgpars-i hope you don't mind me posting your recipe!


Chocolate-Cherry Crisp

Recipe By :lgpars
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:10
Categories : carbquik desserts
holiday

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 20-oz can SF cherry pie filling (Splenda sweetened
Lucky Leaf Brand)
1/2 cup Carbquik mix
1/2 cup Maltitol brown or whey low gold
1/2 cup whole oats
1/4 cup butter -- firm
1/2 cup chocolate chips, sugar free

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spread pie filling in ungreased square pan, 8 x 8 x 2 inches.

2. Stir together Carbquik mix, Maltitol brown, and oats in medium bowl. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until crumbly. Stir in chocolate chips. Spoon evenly over pie filling.

3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until very bubbly around edges and lightbrown. Serve warm.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 199 Calories; 12g Fat (42.4% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 21g Dietary Fiber; 16mg Cholesterol; 88mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1 Fat.

NOTES : I just poured heavy cream over mine but you could use LC ice cream too. This was really yummy!

[lgpars]

Originally posted by mmorris
Another recipe I wanted to post is:
Chicken salad roll:

3 Halved chicken breast, diced, fried with Olive Oil, onion, garlic salt & pepper
1/2 block cheddar Cheese, shredded (only use the good stuff)
1/2 cup or more Helmans mayo (make sure its moist)
1 teaspoon yellow mustard. (This is great as just Chicken salad)

Make Carb Quik Biscuts (according to directions)

Roll out on greesed pan (like Jelly roll)
Spread above mixuture all over.
Roll

Then coat in melted butter...and a little garlic salt

Cut into 3-4 inch squares

Bake 350 for around 12 minutes...

If you roll this up like a jelly roll, how do you cut into squares? I is confused.

[lgpars]

showgirl, I don't mind in the least that you posted that recipe. It really is not my recipe. I got it out of the Bisquick cookbook and just converted it to Carbquik. I thought it was very good though. I'll bet you can convert a lot of those recipes to Carbquik. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[lgpars]

I have not made the cornbread with the half and half. With the buttermilk it was quite good. I did not use near the amount of Splenda in mine. I probably used about 1/8 c. or maybe just a tad more than that. I don't like my cornbread sweet though. There is still some kind of weird type taste in there but I guess that is just the "low-carb" taste that you can't seem to get out of things. I don't notice it much with recipes like the pies, cobblers, etc....things with fruit in them. But in the bread products I can notice it. It's not to the point where you can't eat the stuff. I think they need to deal with the salty taste in it. I don't put salt in anything any more but like in the cornbread there's still a very slight salty taste. All in all though the cornbread was quite good. Very moist nice texture to it. We ate it with fried fish and slaw. My hubby didn't mind it at all. And he doesn't like most anything low-carb. What I did was half the recipe and made it in a small iron skillet. It rose to just the right height too.

[Aediekins]

Net Carbs/ Measurement
1 - ½ oz. 1 Tablespoons
2 - 1 oz. 1/8 cup (2 Tablespoons)
4 - 2 oz. 1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons )
5.25 - 2.75 oz 1/3 cup (5 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon)
6 - 3 oz. 6 Tablespoons
8 - 4 oz. 1/2 cup (8 Tablespoons)
10 - 5 oz. 10 Tablespoons
10.5 - 5.5 oz 2/3 cup (10 Tablespoons + 2 teaspoons)
12 - 6 oz. ¾ cup (12 Tablespoons)
16 - 8 oz. 1 cup (16 Tablespoons)
32 - 1 lb (2 cups)

[Lee140]

I made the pancake recipe from the box yesterday. Added a little Splenda, and wow, first time I've had a decent sub for pancakes since going LC! They were a little greasy from the melted butter, but I'd rather have them a little buttery, rather than too dry. Going to try CarolynF's Yummy Pancakes next weekend!

[lscoop]

This is kind of complicated to explain--it's a math puzzle and it's what I specialize in--but don't believe 100% the label that shows the nutrition facts for 17grams of CarbQuik. Basically you can see that 20 grams also has 2 net carbs. 20 grams has 2 net carbs because they're rounding down (it really has 2.5) and that means that 1 ounce of CarbQuik has just over 3.5 net carbs. You need to be a scientist just to get down to the bottom of the labeling/rounding problem. If anybody doesn't believe this and wants my long-winded explanation of why it's really around 3.5 net carbs let me know and I'll post it. It's just a solution to another math puzzle. Basically you need to look at both nutrition labels at Netrition (they have one posted for a 17g serving from the 3 lb bag and one for a 20g serving from the 1 lb bag) and figure out, using rounding, what would make BOTH of those labels correct to the nearest full number. It involves also looking at proteins, fat, fiber and total calories (knowing that they have omitted between 30 and 34 calories from fiber) in order to figure it out! (and yes, I used to be a weight watchers leader and master label analyzer in another lifetime :-)). I'm the one that writes the companies to get the corrected facts when I see labels that can't possibly be correct. (also a financial type in my day job so you get the picture.......)

[mmorris]

lgpar- I am sorry... It will come out looking like a long tube... then you would slice it.. I hope this helps

[Criosa]

Originally posted by lscoop
This is kind of complicated to explain--it's a math puzzle and it's what I specialize in--but don't believe 100% the label that shows the nutrition facts for 17grams of CarbQuik. Basically you can see that 20 grams also has 2 net carbs. 20 grams has 2 net carbs because they're rounding down (it really has 2.5) and that means that 1 ounce of CarbQuik has just over 3.5 net carbs. You need to be a scientist just to get down to the bottom of the labeling/rounding problem. If anybody doesn't believe this and wants my long-winded explanation of why it's really around 3.5 net carbs let me know and I'll post it. It's just a solution to another math puzzle. Basically you need to look at both nutrition labels at Netrition (they have one posted for a 17g serving from the 3 lb bag and one for a 20g serving from the 1 lb bag) and figure out, using rounding, what would make BOTH of those labels correct to the nearest full number. It involves also looking at proteins, fat, fiber and total calories (knowing that they have omitted between 30 and 34 calories from fiber) in order to figure it out! (and yes, I used to be a weight watchers leader and master label analyzer in another lifetime :-)). I'm the one that writes the companies to get the corrected facts when I see labels that can't possibly be correct. (also a financial type in my day job so you get the picture.......)

I remember Chefgreg once saying they figured a way to reduce the carbs in Carbquik. Maybe the new 3# box is the new stuff. Would that make the difference? Personally I hate math and go into a brain fog whenever it gets beyond figuring out how much money I would save with a 30% discount on a sale item. I'm thankful for people like you though!

[lscoop]

If you have a package and can compare it to what's on the Netrition website (both ingredients and nutrition facts) and they're different, then it's possible that it's been reformulated. Does anybody here know the answer to that?

[lscoop]

However, the 3# label is not out of sync with the 1# label. As I said, with rounding, both can be considered correct, which is exactly how I was able to extrapolate the more exact numbers, which are about 32 calories from fat, 10.5 (rounded down to 10)carbs, 8 g fiber, 4 protein, total of 90 calories....from there they removed the 8g fiber (32 calories) to get net calories of 58, which they rounded up to 60 calories on the label.

[TovaRep]

Originally posted by lscoop
However, the 3# label is not out of sync with the 1# label. As I said, with rounding, both can be considered correct, which is exactly how I was able to extrapolate the more exact numbers, which are about 32 calories from fat, 10.5 (rounded down to 10)carbs, 8 g fiber, 4 protein, total of 90 calories....from there they removed the 8g fiber (32 calories) to get net calories of 58, which they rounded up to 60 calories on the label.

I'm going to try to give the short and simple answer to this. The Nutrition Panel represented on the 3lb box and the one on the 1lb box are not exactly the same product. As you can see by looking at the ingredients, these are slightly different. Specifically, they have different densities, which (as I'm sure you're aware) changes the nutrition counts by weight.

Both of these panels are based on independent lab analysis. While there is rounding (as on any nutrition panel) the data on both panels is correct.

[lmt_24fan]

So, TovaRep...is Aediekins' post correct in stating that Carbquik has 16 net carbs per cup?

I thought that this thread always said it had 12...

Does it matter which size box you are using?

Lynn

[Aediekins]

I was just going by the start of 2 net carbs for 1 oz.

If they rounded up a little to get 2 (if it were really 1.8 or something like that,) I suppose you would be able to get in a full cup at 12 net carbs. I am interested too.

???? So confusing!!!!

[lscoop]

Well, a cup by weight and volume are two different things. In the case of flour, one cup is not 8 ounces, it would be less--maybe about 5-6 oz for a cup flour, so a cup of flour would be less grams of carbs than 8 ounces of flour.....

[TovaRep]

Originally posted by Aediekins
I was just going by the start of 2 net carbs for 1 oz.

If they rounded up a little to get 2 (if it were really 1.8 or something like that,) I suppose you would be able to get in a full cup at 12 net carbs. I am interested too.

???? So confusing!!!!

OK. Now I see where your calculation was in error.

Look at the nutrition panel again. That 1 oz measurement with 2 carbs is a 1 oz biscuit, not 1 oz of Carbquik. That 1 oz (28g) biscuit is about 17g of Carbquik and 11g water. Also, those 2 net carbs are rounded up. I'm working on a table similar to the one you posted using the data I have. I'll post that soon.

[lscoop]

Thanks for your help, TovaRep. If you have data to round to the nearest 10th of a gram instead of full gram that would be very helpful to us also (well, at least to me!!). Thanks!

[Aediekins]

Yes, please get us the correct carb-count chart!

Look at the nutrition panel again. That 1 oz measurement with 2 carbs is a 1 oz biscuit, not 1 oz of Carbquik. That 1 oz (28g) biscuit is about 17g of Carbquik and 11g water Also, those 2 net carbs are rounded up. I'm working on a table similar to the one you posted using the data I have. I'll post that soon.

Question-

You stated " That 1 oz (28g) biscuit is about 17g of Carbquik and 11g water."

And the Labels says "1 biscuit (1 oz.) 20g dry mix"

The nutrition panel says one biscuit should be 20 grams of dry mix, not 17.

[fla gal 57]

Is this carb quik flour good. I have never tried it but was wondering if it taste like real flour or not. On some low carb products I find the taste very bland tasting like they needed more sweetner in them or something.
can you make cakes, muffins etc. with this? What can you do to them so they won't taste so bland....
Have any of you tried the soy flour? what is it like?

[Lee140]

I made two dishes with Carbquik yesterday, one was a success and the other...

I made Pami's brownies (the regular ones, not the "killer" ones). I used 3/4 cup Malitol and 1/4 cup Erryithtol. They were incredibly good. I would buy Carbquik for the pancakes and brownies alone!

I suspect that I made a mistake on the other dish I made. I tried the Impossible Lasange. I ended up with a crust that was at least an inch high across the top. Any ideas what I did wrong, or what the finished product's SUPPOSED to be like?

[lgpars]

Originally posted by fla gal 57
Is this carb quik flour good. I have never tried it but was wondering if it taste like real flour or not. On some low carb products I find the taste very bland tasting like they needed more sweetner in them or something.
can you make cakes, muffins etc. with this? What can you do to them so they won't taste so bland....
Have any of you tried the soy flour? what is it like?

Well, I cannot say Carbquik tastes like real flour, no. There is a slight "low-carb" taste to it with some products, some are extremely good. But it is the closest thing to a real baked goods product that I have found so far as to texture. The bland taste is just the sugar-free taste of the products. It is impossible to get a sugar-free product to taste like a sugar one. If you've only been sugar-free for a short time, relax. You will eventually think a sugar-free product tastes really good. Your taste buds will change.

And I would not recommend soy flour for anything. Yuck! If you mix soy flour with a couple other flours you usually can't taste it. But I would only use a tiny bit of it in a recipe as the taste of it is really bad.

[lynnp]

I made the foccacia for Thanksgiving, but I added a can of chopped black olives to the dough. I also did it a bit wrong by adding the oil, parmesan and garlic into the dough.

My issue is this, before I had even added all that stuff, it never actually became a dough that you could roll out. It was more like cookie dough from drop chocolate chip cookies. I let it rest and it did rise, but instead of rolling it, I pushed it into the pan. I drizzled oil over and sprinkled with rosemary and baked.

IT TASTED AWESOME!! My husband was hooked, but I would love to know if anyone else has made this and how it worked for them? I can't imagine ever being able to actually roll this. I was expecting it to come out more like a pizza or bread dough consistency instead of a quick bread consistency. HOW DO YOU KNEAD THIS?!

Chefgreg---I know you're on vacation, and maybe you can answer this later, but have you considered making and selling a DVD to accompany your book? The DVD could be of you demonstrating your books more elaborate or tricky recipes so watchers coud see how their recipe was supposed to look? I know I'd buy it! Maybe Tova Industries could sponsor the DVD's production since you have made them so much money with yout recipes!!!

[TovaRep]

Originally posted by Aediekins
Yes, please get us the correct carb-count chart!



Question-

You stated " That 1 oz (28g) biscuit is about 17g of Carbquik and 11g water."

And the Labels says "1 biscuit (1 oz.) 20g dry mix"

The nutrition panel says one biscuit should be 20 grams of dry mix, not 17.

It depends whether you look at the 1lb box or the 3lb box. The product originally in the 1 pound box had a different density.

The 3lb box shows 17 g.

[Aediekins]

So the 3 pound box has even less net carbs than the smaller 1lb box?

Are the new 1 lb boxes going to be less carbs as well?

[TovaRep]

Originally posted by Aediekins
So the 3 pound box has even less net carbs than the smaller 1lb box?

Are the new 1 lb boxes going to be less carbs as well?

http://www.netrition.com/tova_carbquik_page.html

Take a look at the nutrition panels for each. Yes, the 1-lb box will be lower-carb as well. That will be coming in a few months.