AIP & Paleo Cassava Flour Biscuits (egg-free, nut-free, dairy-free)

Name: AIP Biscuits {egg-free, Paleo}
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups cassava flour; 1 cup coconut milk (, cold (or cold water)); 1/2 cup lard (cold, or palm shortening, chilled (not Spectrum, see link below in Recipe Notes)); 1/4 cup collagen; 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar (or sauerkraut juice (if no-fruit diet)); 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (, sifted); 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Updated Dec 17, 2019 · 105 Comments

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Great alongside any meal, if you’re AIP you’ll be so happy to have biscuits with your meals again! Yes, these cassava flour-based bread-treasures are egg-free, nut-free and dairy-free, yet great for any Paleo appreciating diet.

Everyone is entitled to eat biscuits. When the biscuits are healthy, so much the better. Made with cassava flour, these comfort-food-beauties offer great complex carbs and resistant starch; and the recipe also contains some brain-boosting amino acids — a bit of protein to ground blood sugar levels.

Cassava flour

Otto’s Cassava Flour is the best cassava flour to buy because of the care with which they harvest and dehydrate the cassava roots. Roots are harvested young so the cassava is not overly starchy and to prevent the common problem of mold. Otto’s also methodically dehydrates the roots immediately to prevent mold.

If you’re making this biscuit recipe, please use Otto’s. (Find it here.) I have found other brands to be too starchy, and the outcome is different.

Resistant starch

If you’re not already familiar with resistant starch, it’s a starch in cassava flour that resists being digested. The benefit of this kind of starch, called RS3 and activated during Otto’s careful oven-drying process, is improved colon health and immune boosting.

RS3 is a prebiotic food eaten by the probiotics in the colon. The probiotics then produce a short-chain fatty acid called butyrate. Butyrate feeds T cells which in turn increase in number and vibrancy. T cells are key players in our immune system and help with preventing and reversing autoimmune conditions.

Carbohydrates

If you didn’t already know, Otto’s cassava flour is true paleo health food (in disguise as white flour!).

So it’s no coincidence that cassava flour is “legal” or “allowed” on healing diets like AIP.

This RS3-rich food is also a great complex carbohydrate, helping to provide energy to the body and protect the thyroid.

Protein

I’ve added collagen to this recipe, because it’s healthful to get some added protein with a big dose of carbs.

Collagen also contributes tenderness to the biscuit’s center.

How to serve AIP and Paleo biscuits?

Enjoy your biscuits with jam.
Enjoy them with tiger nut spread and honey.
Enjoy them alongside soup or AIP pasta.

You can’t go wrong.

Or find them here as a casserole topping. Yes, you can use AIP and Paleo Biscuits to make Pot Pie! and cobblers, either sweet or savory! I give instructions in the recipe below for how to incorporate the biscuits as a casserole topping.

Key is: Enjoy them!

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AIP Biscuits {egg-free, Paleo}

Great alongside any meal, if you're AIP you'll be so happy to have
biscuits with your meals again! Yes, these bread-treasures are egg-free,
nut-free and dairy-free.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time25 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Breakfast, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: aip, biscuits, paleo

Servings: biscuits

Calories: 110kcal

Author: Megan

Cost: $4

Equipment

oven
baking sheet

Ingredients

1-½ cups cassava flour measure by spooning flour into measuring cup, then sliding extra off the top with the back of a knife; use Otto's brand, see link in Recipe Notes
1 cup coconut milk , cold (or cold water)
½ cup lard cold, or palm shortening, chilled (not Spectrum, see link below in Recipe Notes)
¼ cup collagen
1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar or sauerkraut juice (if no-fruit diet)
½ teaspoon baking soda , sifted
¼ teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

If baking biscuits by themselves (not on top of a casserole): Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. (If using biscuits to top a casserole, follow casserole instructions for baking details.)
Combine cold water (or cold coconut milk) and apple cider vinegar in small dish. Set aside.
In large bowl whisk together dry ingredients: cassava flour, collagen, sea salt and baking soda. Set aside.
Cut cold fat into flour using food processor, (or 2 knives). Pulse to combine until largest fat pieces are pea-size.
Pour water (or milk) and ACV into flour mixture, and stir to just combine. Do not over-mix. (I use no more than 15 strokes with my rubber spatula.)
Dump dough out onto parchment lined cookie sheet. Form into a 2 inch thick rough square. Do not pat it down. (For casserole, dumping out dough is optional; a cookie scoop can also be used. See next step for details.)
Using a sharp knife, cut straight down into dough. Dip knife in flour after each cut, until you have all biscuits cut. Spread out biscuits just slightly from each other, so they have room to cook and expand slightly. (For casserole, use either cut biscuits, or use large cookie scoop to portion dough. Spread separate biscuits evenly out over casserole surface. Follow baking instructions from casserole recipe.)
Bake in preheated oven 25-30 minutes, until puffed, golden and cooked through.
Enjoy! Split open and top with either sweets or savories!

Notes

Use only Otto's Cassava Flour for the best results. (Find it here.)

Find solid palm shortening here, perfect for making biscuits. (Do not use Spectrum.)

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Nutrition

Do you have a pantry-full of Otto’s Cassava Flour? Find it here. It’s our favorite staple.

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