Health/Nutrition info on Cornstarch?!
So theres this diabetic recipe I wanna try, it asks for peanut butter, honey, and like 2 cups of cornstarch!! Thats more cornstarch than peanut butter and honey together! So!.!.!.should I be concerned!? That jsut seems like a lot of cornstarch!. I dont really know whats in it!.!.!.any ideas!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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I find it \odd that a diabetic recipe asks for cornstarch!. It's 100% starch, or complex carbohydrate!. It's higher in carbs even than white flour!. Cornstarch is the carb portion separated from corn!. There's nothing particularly strange about cornstarch per se; I'm just surprised that it's used in diabetic baking!.
Cornstarch makes tender cakes, somewhat like cake flour!. I guess that's why the recipe calls for it!. I have seen French recipes for pound cakes that used corn starch as the flour!. I occasionally combine cornstarch with regular flour as a substitute for cake flour!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Cornstarch makes tender cakes, somewhat like cake flour!. I guess that's why the recipe calls for it!. I have seen French recipes for pound cakes that used corn starch as the flour!. I occasionally combine cornstarch with regular flour as a substitute for cake flour!.Www@FoodAQ@Com