However, almond meal / flour also makes great pancakes with just almond meal / flour (I make my own using blanched almonds processed in my cuisinart), a pinch of sea salt, eggs (i use 3 - 4 eggs
per cup of almond flour), melted butter or coconut oil and a dash of milk or coconut milk.
So far, the basics I've figured out using almond flour include using one large egg
per cup of almond flour.
Hi Natalie, I haven't tried it with coconut flour but if I were to substitute it, I would use less coconut flour and more liquids (add an egg) as coconut flour is a lot more absorbent (I generally use about 1/3 cup coconut flour
per cup of almond flour).
say 1 tbsp
per cup of almond flour.
Not exact matches
but hopefully someone else will benefit... I have had good luck in almost all cases replacing
almond flour with: 1/2 tapioca
flour (a bit more than half) 1/2 coconut
flour (a bit less than half) 2 extra eggs
per 1
cup of flour
In case someone wants to use weight measurements for the
almond flour, mine weighed 100 grams
per cup or a total
of 300 grams.
First, it appears that the only ingredient with carbs is the
almond flour itself, with 6 g total
per 1/4
cup, and 3
of those g are fiber.
Because a
cup of fine meal versus a
cup of ground
almonds (my way) would mean more actual
almonds in the meal, I'd remove about 1 - 2 Tbsp (15 - 30 ml)
of meal
per cup if you're using the pre-packaged
almond flour and see how that goes.
What I sometimes do is use the ABi5 basic idea, with either their mix or Pamela's, often substituting 1/2 to 3/4
of a
cup of something else (eg millet, buckwheat,
almond flours)
per 3.5
cups to change it up.
I now blanche my
almonds before making your
almond milk, and then throw the leavings in a dehydrator for about 24 hours, run them through a food processor, and then a sifter to make my own blanched
almond flour, but that's only about 1
cup per batch
of almond milk.
And does anyone know how much grams are in 1
cup of almond flour, I think it is around 100 grams
per cup.
If you use coconut
flour instead, then you'll need to adjust the amounts: 1/3
cup of coconut
flour for every
cup of almond flour, plus more eggs (1 extra egg
per every 1/3
cup), plus more
almond milk if the dough is too thick.