While soaking grain flour works well,
nut flours do not turn out well using this method.
Nut Flours Often used in grain free and paleo baked treats,
nut flours do not contain as much phytic acid as raw or roasted nuts.
Nut flours don't rise the same way wheat flours do so it isn't usually recommended to replace all wheat flours with nut flours unless you absolutely have to.
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.
Baked goods made with
nut flours do not keep more than two or three days on the counter, maybe a week in the fridge at the most.
Not exact matches
I
did today, which was so awesome!!!! My blender was broken and sent back to repair, so i had to
do everything manually, from smashing the sweet potato & dates, crushing the
nuts (I used hazelnut) into
flour (this one was hard, so finally its more like bits...), and left out for the agave syrup (was so sweet for me already), though it was lots of work but just so great!
Oat
flour and any
nut flour would work next time if you don't have almonds
I have a general question (although it
does relate to these too), what alternative would you suggest instead of
nuts,
nut butter and
nut flour (where they are obviously not a key ingredient to a recipe like macarons)?
Do you have any recommendations for substitutes for
nut meal,
nut flour or ground
nuts, as they are used in recipes like this?
Am going to try to make these but I don't have almond
flour — can I skip this totally or replace it with
nut butter?
BUT (and a big BUT here) it CAN be a rewarding
nut free + grain free alternative to baking with coconut
flour all the time — which is what you'll probably find yourself
doing if you need to avoid
nuts.
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.
If you
do make it I would test the chestnut
flour first in case it's gone rancid as
nut flours have a tendency to
do so if kept for a long time.
Cream room temperature butter and brown sugar together for 5 — 8 minutes / Add egg & milk mixture (w / extracts) a little at a time until fully incorporated / By hand or with mixer on lowest speed, alternately add
flour and buttermilk until just incorporated — don't overmix at this point for the tenderest cake / By hand gently stir in 2 — 3 cups of rhubarb sauce so that it swirls through the batter / Place in a 9 - inch square or 10 - inch round pan coated with just a little butter and
flour / Sprinkle evenly with chopped almonds (or, use local hazelnuts instead, or omit the
nuts) / Bake at 325º for about an hour, until skewer comes out clean when tested / Macrina Bakery dusts the cake with powdered sugar and coarsely chopped almonds / Cake is tender until completely cooled so handle with care.
It's a good way to keep baking powder fresh, however I think it's because a lot of people don't bake at home — in France, bags of sugar and
flour are much smaller than they are in the states (in the US, there are huge bags of
nuts,
flours, sugars, and other baking ingredients in supermarkets)- which I think is because there are so many bakeries (and in cities like Paris, kitchens are tiny) and lots of people buy their baked goods rather than make them.
Grind your
nuts and grains, if you don't have ready
flours.
I
do that with other ingredients too (
nut and seed
flours, sweeteners, etc.).
Since I
do not use any
flour, would
nut flower (from the blender) work as well?
Substituting ingredients for dairy products,
nuts, or
flour doesn't mean you have to miss out on favorite foods, flavors, and dishes.
I found a few paleo recipes for chicken or «country» fried steak in books and on the internet, but they relied on
nut flours, which I don't currently eat.
Mexico: Mexican chocolate shortbread cookies — dark chocolate, spiced with cinnamon and cayenne pepper Mexican Wedding Cakes — these are known by many names — snowballs cookies, Russian tea cakes, or polvorones — made with lots of butter,
flour, powdered sugar and finely chopped
nuts, rolled into balls, and profusely dusted with sugar, they
do resemble snow balls indeed.
does anyone know what i could sub for almond
flour if child is allergic to all
nuts, rice, coconut and gluten.
Do I have to add more
flour to the recipe by omitting the
nuts?
These delicious - looking energy bars are filled with
nuts like pecans, almonds, and a
nut flour of your choice (I recommend hazelnut, and so
does this blogger).
I've read that it doesn't have a long shelf life once it has been ground up into
flour from the
nut., Next I will try and grind my own
flour using fresh
nuts and see if it turns out better.
I've used almond
flour for years, and love it, but my grandson's ulcerative colitis doesn't
do too well with
nuts.
I know that many of you are pulling out your old favorite recipes and wondering what to
do with them (I've had many questions lately about rules of thumb for
flour substitutions, and alternatives for those with
nut or egg allergies).
How
do I make what is essentially an Indian pancake without using any grains??? All I could think of was a
nut flour, but I knew that would not come out to a pancake - like texture.
I too had very wet batter and
did not have enough almond
flour so I ended up finely chopping (using cuisinart) about 1 cup
nut into almost
flour to dry it out.
I
did see another recipe using
nut flours, just yesterday so I might give that a go at some point.
And here's a pro tip for you: the texture of walnuts is softer than almonds, so if you want to make
nut flour or
nut butter but don't have a high - quality food processor that can finely crush almonds, it'll be easier to use walnuts.
1/4 cup ground almonds (this can be omitted and a
flour used in it's place, or another
nut used but it
does make the cake more deliciously gooey so I recommend it!)
If the
nut allergy doesn't include coconut you can replace the almond
flour with that.
Are there any other substitutes or combinations that don't include any kind of
nut flour?
one question: how
do you get macadamia
nut flour?
I didn't have any almond
flour, so I threw in some macadamia
nuts into the vitamix and whizzed it all up.
Hahaaa... I agree as I had to cook my still VERY moist banana
nut loaf for over 1.5 hrs when the original recipe called for your typical 1 hr... The darn thing just didn't want to dry up... But I ended up removing it from the cooling oven after I came back from running errands and even though still «wet», it tasted awesome... I was looking for a recipe that called for coconut
flour as I thought that might improve on the absorption capability and came across your recipe... sounds perfect!
I don't know how well butter or cream would compliment the flavors, and I doubt
nut flours would blend seamlessly into the sauce; with this one, you're just going for texture alone, and the gums would probably achieve that without compromising flavor or cooking time.
I'm afraid I don't have any substitutions but I'm pretty sure coconut isn't actually a
nut or seed it's actually a drupe so you may be able to just sub all coconut
flour minus the almond
flour.
Add the sugar and lemon zest and mix again, then add the
flour mixture,
nuts, and rosemary and mix until the dough goes just past the crumbly stage, and begins to really clump together (you don't want to over mix, but under mixing will make the dough seem a bit dry, which can make it difficult to handle).
If you can
do a little veggie bullion (maybe 1/2 tsp or half a cube) and a little extra flaxseed meal, the taste / texture would probably be similar... or a nice dry
nut flour of some sort would work well too:) If veggie bouillon is a no - go, then I would think omitting it and adding some extra spices would be great too!
And you can also buy almond meal /
flour or another
nut flour if you don't have a high powered blender!
So... I don't mean to sound like a jerk but there's raisins in this recipe — which the last time I checked are fruit — plus yogurt, milk,
nuts,
flour, and so on, which are clearly not fruit.
You
do that by mixing the
nuts together in a high speed blender for about one minute, then you get a
flour texture.
Does anyone have any ideas for tart crust that doesn't involve nuts or a nut fl
Does anyone have any ideas for tart crust that doesn't involve
nuts or a
nut flour?
I can not stand the texture of
nut flours and since I've been on an elimination diet, I now see clearly that most
nuts and I
do not get along.
But I didn't want to use the traditional high calorie binder of
nuts or
flour or even oatmeal because I didn't have any.
So it's really hard to find a truly gluten free (preferably grain free) pizza crust that
does not rely on
nut flour, processed
flours, or anything that will spike blood sugar.
When it comes to making raw treats that don't require any heat, oat
flour and
nut flours taste much better then regular
flour.
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