Carbquik Baking Flour

[CarolynF]

I agree with you and the "funny taste"..That's why I like CQ mixed
in with other ingredients to mask the taste..If it has Wheat Protein Isolate in it, then that is very salty..naturally...To me, celery is very salty..

[lscoop]

CQ tastes salty because it IS salty....110 mg sodium per 17 grams.

[NulloModo]

Hmm, I haven't noticed a salty taste at all, in fact, I added extra salt when using it for pizza crust/biscuits. Perhaps some people just have a higher salt sensitivity.

[Lee140]

I've noticed the salty taste in some things. I compensate by not adding salt to recipes, and by using unsalted butter. I've noticed that CQ taste in some things as well, but have found that although it doesn't really work for some recipes, Carbquik is so great in others that I will always have it on hand!

[MORE2GO]

I agree, there is definately a "carbquick taste" to some things.
Sometimes, I will purposely over season what ever I am making to try to cover up the taste, sometimes it works sometimes not.

I'm not willing to give it up though no matter if I get the "taste" or saltiness, it is still waaaay better than anything else out there!

[DBrown8614]

Oh I definitely am going to keep using this...........made the white russian brownies........and the pumpkin bars with cream cheese icing........ate them both myself.............the entire batch .............over several days of course........didn't gain anything.

Oh yeah.........definintely a keeper

[doxielvr]

Is this stuff readily available locally, or pretty much only on line? Thx.

[DASanders]

Carbquick was originally sold at Kroger's here in Tennessee. They quit selling it here in the Nashville area a few months back. I bought the last 20 boxes that I found in Smyrna, TN in late August and I have 1.5 boxes left.

I have heard that Sam's Club is carrying the 3 pound boxes though I haven't found it yet. The price online isn't that bad if you buy the 3 pound boxes. Besides, the carb count is lower on the bigger boxes.

Hope that info is correct.

Happy New Year all.

Denice

[sunset]

I was watching Paula Deen on Foodnetwork this morning and she had a recipe for Onion Cheese bread. Could someone please help me figure out the nutritional numbers, using Crabquik instead of flour. This looks so good. I haven't used Carbquik much. Would you pack it or put it loosley into the measuring cup. Or would it be better to measure it in ounces. Thanks for your help.

Onion-Cheese Bread ( from Paula Deen).

8 servings

1 Tab oil
3/4 cup finely diced onion
1/2 cup of milk ( use cream insted?)
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups biscuit mix ( use Carbquik)
1 cup shredded cheddar
1/2 tsp onion salt
2 Tab melted butter
1 Tab fresh chopped chives or parsley

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Heat oil in pan, add onions and cook until tender, about 7 minutes.

In a large bowl, add biscuit mix, egg, and milk. Stir until just moistened. Fold in onions and 1/2 cup1/2 cup cheese of the cheese.

Spoon dough into a greased 8 inch cake pan. Mix onion salt into the melted butter and drizzle over the dough. Spread with either the chives or parsley. Bake for 15 minutes. Top with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese. Bake until golden about 5 minutes.

Cut into 8 wedges.

[Lee140]

Is this stuff readily available locally, or pretty much only on line?

My understanding is that it's only available in a few states. We don't have it in Michigan yet. I order mine from Netrition, and order it 3 big boxes at a time, since it's a set shipping cost of $4.95.

[Aediekins]

Originally posted by DBrown8614
Oh I definitely am going to keep using this...........made the white russian brownies........and the pumpkin bars with cream cheese icing........ate them both myself.............the entire batch .............over several days of course........didn't gain anything.

Oh yeah.........definintely a keeper

Can you share the recipe for the pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing????

[Lee140]

For the Onion Cheese bread, I would up the fat and liquid. Carbquik tends to be "thirsty" and I find the texture is better with the addition of extra fat. I would use Hood's Low Carb milk (or an equal mixture of heavy cream and water), and increase the amount if you need to, one tablespoonfull at a time. I would at least double the oil. If I were making it, I would probably try 2 T oil and 2 T softened butter, cut into the Carbquik. Also, use unsalted butter if you have it. I would switch the onion salt to onion powder if you have it, CQ tends to taste salty in breads. Unless you like salty, I'd omit it completely if you don't have onion powder, you already have fresh onions in it. I would stick with the 1 1/2 cups Carbquik. Someone recommended lightly spooning it into the measuring cup with a tablespoon. Don't pack it or tap it down. I've found that works great. One thing I've noticed is that CQ tends to result in a softer dough than flour dough. Through trial and error, I found it's better to stick with a softer dough than to try and add extra CQ to make it seem like flour dough. The texture is better that way. One last tip for CQ is to use a food processor if you have one. For whatever reason, I've had better results using a food processor than hand mixing or handheld mixer, even when I've made the recipe exactly the same otherwise. If you make this recipe, let us know how it turns out, it sounds great!

[sunset]

Lee140 Thanks for the input. I hope someone can come up with a carb count on this recipe. Where is Linda Sue when you need her.

[sjl330]

I put this recipe into MC and this is what I came up with. HOpe it helps.

Onion bread:

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 163 Calories; 13g Fat (62.2% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 6g Dietary Fiber; 47mg Cholesterol; 335mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

[sunset]

Thanks sjl330 that is exactly what I wanted.

[LindaSue]

Here's what I've come up with for the Onion-Cheese Bread, which sounds extremely yummy. I made a few tweaks to the ingredients based on what Lee140 posted as well as some of my preferences and to lower the carbs a bit. I cut back on the onion, but kept the onion powder because I think it would give a distinctive flavor. I also decided to use BOTH the chives and the parsley for flavor and neither would have many carbs at all.

ONION-CHEESE BREAD (Paula Deen)
2 tablespoons oil or butter (I'd use butter)
2.5 ounces onion, 1 small or scant 1/2 cup
1/2 cup cream or 1/2 cup Carb Countdown whole milk
1 egg
1 1/2 cups Carbquik
4 ounces cheddar cheese, 1 cup
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tablespoon fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chives

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat the oil or butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until tender, about 7 minutes. In a large bowl, add the milk and egg to the biscuit mix, stirring just until the mix is moistened. Fold in the onions and 1/2 cup of the cheese.

Spoon the dough into a greased 8-inch round cake pan. Mix the onion powder into the melted butter and drizzle the mixture over the dough. Sprinkle the bread with chives or parsley and bake for 15 minutes. Top the bread with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese and bake until the bread is cooked through and the cheese top golden, about 5 minutes longer, Cut the bread into wedges and serve warm with butter.

Yield: 8 wedges

Made with cream:
Per Serving: 225 Calories; 19g Fat; 9g Protein; 13g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 4g Net Carbs

Made with Carb Countdown milk:
Per Serving: 196 Calories; 16g Fat; 10g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 3g Net Carbs

[DBrown8614]

Originally posted by Aediekins
Can you share the recipe for the pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing????

I will be glad to ...........as soon as I get back home I will look it up and post it for you!

[sunset]

Thanks Linda Sue for your up dates on the Onion- Cheese bread. I am going shopping later this week to get the ingredients. I think it sounds so good. If anyone else tries it please post how you liked it.

[griffin]

my dh made the carbquik brownies, while i was at the store, used cocao powder instead of unsweetened choc, they were excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!will make these again

[Criosa]

I made the Onion Cheese Bread tonight, but did a short cut by using 1 Tbsp dried onion flakes. I stirred it in with the 4 Tbsp butter, and all the cheese, since I forgot to set some aside. It was very good.

[sunset]

I made the Onion-Cheese bread today. I didn't have fresh parsley or chives, so I used 1 1/2 tsp of dried instead. The dough is very thick. I sprayed my hands with Pam and pressed it into the pan. This is so good! This recipe is definitely a keeper. Thanks again to Lee 140 and Linda Sue for the suggestions and changes to the origional recipe; that I got from Food TV Paula Deen.

[LindaSue]

I used Carbquik for the first time last night and I must say that I was a bit disappointed in the sausage gravy and biscuits. The gravy never thickened so I had to add xanthan gum and all I could taste was the sour flavor of the Carbquik in the biscuits. My biscuits weren't at all dry, by the way, and looked just like real biscuits. My husband ate two of them plain while waiting for me to reheat the gravy for him when he got home. He has little sense of taste so they tasted fine to him.

After all the rave reviews of Carbquik, I'm wondering if I'm the only one who tastes the odd flavor. I'm a little afraid to try anything else now and I bought the big box. Should I stick with recipes that have a lot of flavor added to cover up the CQ taste? Here are some of the things I'd planned to try:

Oven-Fried Chicken
Velvet Crumb Cake
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Pie
Lemon Squares
Impossible Coconut Pie
Jaideye's Hearty Griddle Cakes
Onion-Cheese Bread

I'm concerned that the CQ taste might be too strong for the Velvet Crumb Cake, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Pie, Impossible Coconut Pie and Jaideye's Hearty Griddle Cakes. I think the Onion-Cheese Bread probably has enough flavors going on to mask it.


Chef Greg's Country-Style Baking Powder Biscuits


Sausage Gravy and Biscuits

[griffin]

i made the brownies last nite with cocoa instead of sf chocolate sq and they were impressive, though i might decrease the baking time by 5 min, but i havent been able to put them down. everything else i tried i was disapointed in, so i guess its trial and error. though i want to try jaideyes chip cookies

[dmk825]

Linda Sue- I think the biscuits are not as good as homemade with flour, but they do have a very similar taste to ones made with Bisquick. They are better than no bisquits at all though! I add a bit of splenda which offsets the odd taste considerably. As for other items, I have found them to be fine - impossible pies, brownies, the cheese bisquits all tasted quite good to me.

[CarolynF]

Linda Sue: I agree with you..I don't particularly like the taste
of CQ if it doesn't have lots of other things with it..I never make
the biscuits..but, it's like WPI...sometimes adding a bit of Splenda
helps..My Yummy Pancakes are really good, though...I tend to add
more flavorings and spices to plainer things..It's an experiment..

For the gravy..did you add more fat..or did you have enough
fat..It's like 3 Tbs. of fat to 3 Tbs. of CQ and one cup of liquid..

Butter and cream cheese help mask the flavor, too..

Keep us posted as to what tweaks you are making..

[bigmomma]

my best efforts in baking with carbquick were in recipes where the other ingredients (with stronger flavors) "trumped" the flavor of the CQ: brownies, pumpkin spice muffins, lemon sugar cookies and chocolate chip walnut cookies (made both with cream cheese which really "hides" that low-carb weirdness my kids hate so much!) flax nut muffins, corn bread, fried fish coating etc. Seems like I get the best results when the recipe calls for a cup or less of CB. I'm on my third box of the stuff & find it to be a great product for lc treats that I wouldn't dream of eating otherwise...I'm enjoying this thread & the recipes it's produced! Thanks all you intrepid experimenters!

[Brendajm]

I absolutely love the cheddar bay biscuits, also making cobbler with Carbquik is so yummy, and I am a very picky person. Just for those 2 things alone it is worth it to me. I also made the impossible coconut pie and my DH loved it, I do not like coconut so I would not be a good judge of it. I made a impossibe cherry pie that was really good too. I just finished a piece of mixed berry cobbler, I love that stuff.