I still have one, my 26 year old daughter who has always been the pickiest, who is turning it all away, but she doesn't like Almond flour or coconut flour.
Not exact matches
Sadly I think the pulp will be too dry and will be too much
like a
flour and
not enough
like crushed
almonds.
Almond flour acts to keep these grain free, and there's even a buttery cinnamon topping so you won't feel
like you're missing out on anything.
coconut
flour (this just makes it thick and cakey, it won't taste
like coconut)- you could also use
almond meal instead
Some special ingredients,
like lard or blanched
almond flour, may
not be in every grocery store, but many do seem to be stocking healthier options these days.
I didn't have arrowroot
flour, so I used
almond flour, and I couldn't find any dates for some reason, so I used raw honey, and I don't
like nuts in brownies, so I didn't use pecans, and I didn't have any hazelnut butter and didn't want to buy any because it's expensive, so I didn't frost them, but these are fantastic even with the substitutions and without the frosting, wow.
It seems
like so little that you could just use
almond flour but I'm also
not familiar with baking with these types of
flours.
(I usually don't
like the consistency of coconut
flour but adding the
almond flour and cocoa powder I can't even taste the coconut
flour) of course used the eggs and coconut oil also..
I wouldn't be confident that a full swap of
flour for
almond meal will give you the desired results; they just don't work the same way in something
like this.
Blanched
almonds are
not only great for making macarons but can be useful for other recipes
like almond butter,
almond flour, or marzipan.
I used the Bob's Red Mill
Almond Meal /
Flour that other people don't
like.
I did them with
almond flour and they were soft but didn't spread
like that.
2oz cream cheese 2oz grated parmesan cheese 1 cup raw broccoli 1 egg 1 Tbsp coconut
flour (you could use
almond flour or other
flour, but I'd at least double the amount since it won't soak up liquid
like coconut
flour does) herbs (I added 1/2 tsp pizza seasoning)
Some examples: Passover desserts happily use
almond flour made from ground
almonds to replace the grain
flour we can't use during Passover week; Carb - conscious diners (
like yours truly) greatly welcome the whole gamut of wonderful desserts which
flour made from
almonds allow them to enjoy.
Don't forget you can use a paleo friendly pasta
like THIS homemade one I wrote a few years ago or THIS one that is
almond flour based.
I did feel
like I was cheating just a little bit with this month's daring baker since I didn't do the recipe with the
almond flour, but any chance I have to use up those egg whites, I jump at.
Oh,
almond flour, pout, can't use it in my house because of husband's tree nut allergy but the cake looks and reads
like it is good.
Now I know everybody is baking with
almond flour these days in all sorts of Paleo baking, but I think their list was more
like hazelnut,
almond and somethin' else that I don't remember.
I
like variety, and it can't ALL be about
almond flour pancakes and zucchini noodles.
I haven't tried these with
almond flour so I don't know how that would work out, but I
like the idea!
Have to find out where to find all the ingredients (
like almond or garbanzo
flour, I've never seen it in shops around, but then again, I haven't tried that much gluten free stuff, yet).
Cake: 2 2/3 cup all - purpose
flour 1/3 cup cornstarch 2 cups granulated sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon Kosher or sea salt 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly 1/4 cup neutral - flavored oil (I
like canola) 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon
almond extract (optional) 1 1/2 cups milk (
not skim or fat - free) 1/2 cup full - fat sour cream 4 large egg whites, room temperature
I figured the sunflower seeds alone would have too powerful a flavor and the hemp seeds alone would be too oily and
not light and fluffy
like almond flour.
I was prepared
not to
like almond flour as well as agave nectar (I'd never tried that before either), but I was blown away.
I'm
not gluten intolerant, but when
almond flour doesn't spike my blood glucose
like wheat
flour does, I'm so ready to throw out the
flour.
I made some of my own blanched
almond flour because I read that you don't
like Red mill kind and that is all we have.
... And while it won't taste
like pecan,
almond is yummy too... or you could try going half and half with the
flours.
For recipes that do
not have a lot of added flavor,
like pancakes & bread, I prefer to use Bob's Red Mill Super-Fine
Almond Flour.
Coconut
flour,
almond flour and other grain - free / nut
flours do
not act the same as traditional wheat
flour - they do
not contain gluten, so they need binders
like eggs or flax seed to make successful batters.
2 1/2 cups hot water 3 tablespoons ground flax seed in 6 tablespoons water (lightly beaten) 1 cups agave nectar 3/4 cup vegan butter
like Earth Balance 1 1/2 cups sugar (evaporated cane juice)-- use 1/2 cup less sugar if you don't want it very sweet 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 cups rice
flour 1/2 cup sorghum
flour 1 1/2 cups tapioca
flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons xanthan gum 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon mace 1/2 cup ground
almonds (if allergic to tree nuts, or use sunflower or pumpkin seeds) 1 cup finely grated carrots
I'm
not crazy about baked goods using either one alone; however, I recently found a biscuit recipe that used both (the ratio was something
like 1.5 cups
almond flour to 2 tablespoons coconut
flour).
What is it that you don't
like about
Almond Flour?
There are other good brands of finely ground blanched
almond flour,
like Honeyville, but do
not use Bob's Red Mill brand or Trader Joe's brand
almond flours.
I haven't tried it with
almond flour personally, but a reader recently shared with me that they successfully substituted
almond flour in this recipe - so you may absolutely substitute
almond flour if you would
like -LRB-: as well as the tapioca for arrowroot.
On top of that, I try to avoid any processed
flours and to be honest, I haven't found a cookie recipe using coconut,
almond, or oat
flour that I really
like.
I also don't
like coconut so I added 2 more tbs of
almond flour.
I haven't tried the blanched
flour so perhaps I'd
like her recipes even more, but so far I am more than satisfied with the results using the
almond meal in every recipe I have tried.
Just seeing this now, I know it's
like, a long time ago that you wrote this... but
almond meal can always be substituted for another type of nut
flour, or even whole wheat
flour if you're
not gluten free, and arrowroot can be sub'd for cornstarch if you don't have that or tapioca!
My girls don't tend to
like muffins with
almond flour in them and they were so fluffy they couldn't tell the difference.
I'd
like to substitute
almond flour but am
not sure if there's a 1:1 sub.
I'm afraid you can't simply replace all purpose gluten free
flour with
almond flour,
like you can't replace conventional all purpose gluten free
flour with
almond flour and have the recipe turn out.
Almond flour is very wet and does
not behave
like regular (wheat)
flour.
i haven't tried the new recipe yet, but we do
like the prior recipe (using
almond flour).
1/3 c. olive or vegetable oil (I actually
like to use coconut oil instead, me
not Elise) 1 c. granulated sugar 3 eggs 2 tsp
almond extract 1 tsp pur vanilla extract 3 1/4 cups all - purpose unbleached
flour 1 Tbsp baking powder Zest of two oranges 3/4 c. dried cranberries 1/2 c. white chocolate chips Dust the cranberries and chocolate chips with a little of the dry mixture before folding into the dough to prevent clumping and sticking.
There's really nothing you can't do with eggs or cheese plus a little
almond or coconut
flour if you're craving a bread -
like treat.
I just can't seem to
like almond flour... Thanks!
First, the middle layer was a bit liquedy and
not like pizza doe so I added more
almond flour thinking that would make it more doughey but that did
not work, so I poured it in.
I was nervous about using cashews as I have tried coconut
flour and
almond flour and don't
like the texture in pancakes, but these were wonderful.
Like almond flour, though, they are
not appropriate for use in baked goods.
Hi Karen, I actually haven't made this recipe without
almond flour, so I'm
not sure what you'll be able to substitute other than another nut
flour (
like cashew or hazelnut — both can be found at Trader Joes if you have one near you).