Almond meal, by contrast, has a much coarser texture because it is usually made
from unblanched almonds (almonds with skins).
Technically almond flour is finely ground blanched almonds (* this differs from almond meal which comes
from unblanched almonds and has a more coarse texture) so it contains all the nutrients and health benefits of whole almonds.
Not exact matches
Vanilla butter rounds slightly adapted
from Big Fat Cookies 2 3/4 cups (385g) flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups (340g / 3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup (200g) sugar — I used vanilla infused sugar 3 large egg yolks 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 18 whole
unblanched (with skins)
almonds or pecan halves Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.
I have both
almond meal (
from Trader Joe's, coarse and
unblanched) and
almond flour (
from Honeyville, fine and blanched).
I used
unblanched almond flour
from Trader Joe's, coconut oil instead of grapeseed oil, added 1/2 tsp xantham gum so they'd stick together, and a bit of amaranth flour to thicken it up.
See the post
from the Official Website for Breaking the Vicious Cycle and Specific Carbohydrate Diet, NUTS — BLANCHED OR
UNBLANCHED: Elaine Gottschall, author of Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet: «For lots of information on nuts and the very beneficial effects of
almonds see Going Nuts!
I don't think it's the same, «blanched» refers to
almond flour that has been made
from blanched
almonds (without skin) /
unblanched is made
from almonds that still have skin on.
Natural organic
almond flour is made
from unblanched organic
almonds that are ground up to a coarse consistency, similar to that of wheat and cornmeal.