The GAPS Diet doesn’t necessarily need to be bread-free. This coconut flour bread is a lovely way to fulfill the desire to serve buttered (or chia-jam smeared) bread alongside a delicious soup, make french toast for breakfast, or even make open-faced sandwiches for lunch.
This recipe produces either a sweet bread (puree in some apple sauce or date paste) or a savory bread by pureeing in onion. In any case, this coconut flour bread recipe lacks gluten so is a bit more crumbly than gluten-based bread, but it can stand in its place with a few precautions. This coconut flour bread doesn’t pack in lunchboxes particularly well (I recommend grain-free crepes for that), but it does toast deliciously!
This recipe is also found in my recent cookbook, 30 Days Grain-Free.
Coconut Flour Bread Recipe
Coconut Flour Bread Recipe (GAPS, SCD, Paleo)
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1/3 cup butter ghee, or coconut oil, soft or melted
- 1/3 cup applesauce or date paste for sweeter bread or 1 medium onion, pureed, for savory bread
- 2 tablespoons honey find honey here
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt find sea salt here
- 3/4 cup coconut flour find coconut flour here
Instructions
- Grease 1 standard sized loaf pan or 2 mini loaf pans well with butter, ghee, or coconut oil or line with parchment paper.
- Mix all ingredients until there are no lumps.
- Pour the batter into bread pan, filling ¾ full if dividing between multiple mini bread pans.
- Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes for a standard sized loaf, or 25 minutes for mini loaves.
- Cooking time may vary as loaf pans vary in size; bread is done when a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Allow to cool before trying to remove bread from pan.
- To remove, gently run a butter knife around the outside edges, between the bread and the pan. Flip the bread pan over a plate and (hopefully) it will come out all in one piece.
- Turn right side up, slice as desired, and store, covered, in the fridge.
Recipe Notes
New to cooking with coconut flour?Read this first!
More GAPS-Legal Breads that fulfil those cravings:
- Simple GAPS Intro Stage 4 Bread
- Almond and Coconut Flour Bread (Keto, GAPS)
- Keto Hazelnut Sandwich Bread (GAPS, Dairy-Free)
- Low Carb Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins with Almond Flour
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Rhonda Withington
December 25, 2016 at 10:56 amThank you for posting, this sounds wonderful. I do miss bread!
Lisa
December 29, 2016 at 1:37 pmThank you so much for posting this! I have been looking for a easy grain bread recipe using coconut flour! I love that it’s like a quick bread so no yeast and rise time needed.
emily
February 1, 2017 at 4:53 pmThanks Cara! Do you think I could sub 1 mashed banana instead of the apple sauce/date paste?
Health Home and Happiness
February 1, 2017 at 6:26 pmHi Emily! It may be worth a shot but I fear the amount of starch in the banana versus the apple might throw things off a bit. It might be easier to try a recipe that includes banana like this one: https://healthhomeandhappiness.com/grain-free-banana-nut-muffins.html but if it worked please let us know!
Elyssa
March 21, 2017 at 6:36 pmAny suggestions for.substituting the eggs (SCD compliant)
Stephanie
September 5, 2017 at 8:16 pmIs the coconut oil in the recipe for buttering the pan or is it for the recipe to mix in …
Melissa
March 13, 2018 at 5:45 pmSoooo i made this..and it’s totally flat! I made it in a normal sized loaf pan, its about a quarter of an inch high. What did i miss?!
Cara
March 14, 2018 at 8:00 amHi Melissa, was it a ‘big normal’ loaf pan? That could have just spread it out further. What kind of coconut flour did you use? It doesn’t rise much, but the eggs do make it rise a bit. Also, is it throughly cooked (the center isn’t still wet?)
If it’s good, but just flat, you can slice it crosswise like a bagel and still use it :)
Melissa
March 16, 2018 at 4:15 pmYes, I suppose it could have been a big normal loaf pan. I will try to obtain a smaller one and try again! I also opted for the onion option but left the honey end, that was an interesting combination I think I might leave the honey out next time.
I didn’t realize there were different kinds of coconut flour! I just got the one at my local health food store that said coconut flour.
Yep, it was fully done! And it was decently tasty, minus the onion honey combo. Excellent suggestion on cutting it like a bagel! Thanks Cara!
Cara
March 17, 2018 at 8:48 amHi Melissa, best of luck with your next loaf! I like Aloha-Nu, Tropical Traditions, or Nutiva coconut flour- they all seem to have the same really fine consistency.
Heidi
October 31, 2018 at 11:22 amIs this bread ok for sibo diet?
Carissa
February 6, 2019 at 5:01 amHello! I loved the bread (reminds me of cornbread)! Though I noticed that your nutrition info is “off”. I ran through a Recipe Nutrition calculator here is maybe something closer that what is listed here:
Thanks so much!