Xylitol frosting/icing

[Rabelais]

I have been experimenting with a spice cookie recipe, using a base of 1/3 coconut and 2/3 almond flours. I just about have it perfected, but the one thing missing was a drizzled icing, like mom used to make. The last time I tried an icing just using coarse xylitol and the results were crunchy and not aesthetically pleasing. What was needed was a fine confectioners sugar.

I put some xylitol into the coffee grinder and, Voila! Confectioner's sugar fineness after about 30 seconds. To this a few drops of vanilla, to taste, and water to achieve the proper texture. The results are excellent. This can be made to any degree of thickness to serve as either a firm cake frosting, or a thin drizzle for cookie topping.

Bon appétit

 

[Josi]

I have been experimenting with a spice cookie recipe, using a base of 1/3 coconut and 2/3 almond flours. I just about have it perfected, but the one thing missing was a drizzled icing, like mom used to make. The last time I tried an icing just using coarse xylitol and the results were crunchy and not aesthetically pleasing. What was needed was a fine confectioners sugar.

I put some xylitol into the coffee grinder and, Voila! Confectioner's sugar fineness after about 30 seconds. To this a few drops of vanilla, to taste, and water to achieve the proper texture. The results are excellent. This can be made to any degree of thickness to serve as either a firm cake frosting, or a thin drizzle for cookie topping.

Bon appétit

What we have done for frosting is grinding the xylitol in the coffee grinder, and adding it to lots of butter (YUMMY). You can add vanilla, lemon, or cocoa powder. Who even needs a cake or cookie to put it on to enjoy that? :D

 

[Rabelais]

What we have done for frosting is grinding the xylitol in the coffee grinder, and adding it to lots of butter (YUMMY). You can add vanilla, lemon, or cocoa powder. Who even needs a cake or cookie to put it on to enjoy that? :D

Thanks, great tip... butter frosting. I will, out of no-dairy necessity, be using ghee. I especially like the idea of a butter/chocolate frosting. Mmm...

 

[Foxx]

Sounds tasty and I bet would also work great with lard :)

 

[whitecoast]

Thank you for this recipe Rabelais! Often I've simply resorted to hand-mixing almond butter and xylitol with water, with mixed results. But I shall try the coffee grinder idea! I'm glad there is a use yet for a coffee grinder in my kitchen