Coconut flour is a little more absorbent
than almond flour so it may give you a different texture if you substitute.
I am sure you could play with the amount of coconut flour — it absorbs far more moisture
than almond flour so I don't think it would be a simple substitute.
Not exact matches
The buckwheat and
almond are both naturally high in protein
so they work well here, the
almond giving it a slightly softer texture
than if you were to use another whole grain
flour (quinoa, millet, sorghum).
I used Raw
Almond Flour (not blanched); I used only three eggs + one chia egg + one flax egg; and my pan was about 8.5 * 4,
so a bit bigger
than recommended; I did not use the food processor, just mixed everything with a whisk and a spoon.
Lucy, I'm in the UK and I've just started buying Real Food Source brand of extra fine
almond flour which goes a lot further
than the usual ground
almond flour so I'm finding it cheaper to use.
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.
It soaks up a lot of moisture,
so typically I'll use more
almond milk or less
flour than I would when using something like oat or
almond flour.
I'm thinking that because KA brand is
so fine you're getting more
almond flour by weight in your final cookies
than one would with a coarser
flour.
Almond flour is simply finely ground
almonds,
so it's no better or worse for you
than almonds.
Almond flour is simply finely ground
almonds,
so it's no better or worse
than whole
almonds from a calorie perspective.
When baking with healthier
flours such as oat
flour,
almond flour, etc., these
flours contain less gluten making them much more dense
than typical muffins I'm sure you're used to,
so I've had to play around with various recipes in order to achieve that perfect combination.
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.
Nofa, I love
almond flour because it's high in protein and good fat, and far better
than so many of the other food choices out there.
Coconut
flour is a lot more absorbent
than almond meal
so the liquid to dry ratio will be much different.
Almond flour is much finer (
so is closer to regular wheat
flour)
than ground
almonds.
It absorbs way more moisture
than almond flour or all purpose
flour so if you try to swap them evenly they will likely be very dry.
the bottom line is that coconut
flour is
so much higher in carbs
than almond flour & when you bake a loaf of bread or make a cake w /
almond flour, how much are you going to eat a one sitting?!
Hi Cheryl,
almond flour is less absorbent
than other
flours so the extra pineapple may have added too much moisture to the batter.
Almond flour and coconut
flour require different moisture levels
than many other gluten free
flours,
so just subbing them in will throw off a recipe not originally written for them.
It is slightly heavier with the
almonds - though not in a bad way -
so if you want a lighter crumb, rather
than a squidgy interior, and are not making the cake for the gluten - intolerant, then replace the 1 1/2 cups
almond meal with 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon of all - purpose
flour.
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).
So does the recipe really call for a little more
than a cup of
almond flour, or almost 3 cups of
almond flour?
As
almond flour is
so pricey I have always preferred to use her tried and true recipes rather
than trying to sub stuff around
flour wise.
It's made with maple syrup,
almond flour, and shredded coconut,
so it's much healthier
than real cookie dough.
My girls have missed things like pancakes since I put them on a low - grain diet due to some intolerance, and these are
so much better
than the
almond flour pancake I had been making on occasion...
so thank you thank you thank you for sharing this.
I did have to add a bit more tapioca
flour and
almond flour (which I subsequently ran out of and substituted millet
flour with)
than the recipe calls for, but they turned out
so great.
I think an
almond flour based crust would be crunchy on the edges, still easy to chew and
so much healthier
than most crusts.
these are
so amazing!!!!! i used bob's brand
almond flour and they turned out better
than okay.
High in fiber
so the net carbs are relatively low, coconut
flour can be used in countless ways and is generally cheaper
than almond flour and a little goes a long way.
Coconut
flour is much more absorbent
than almond meal,
so a 1 to 1 ratio wouldn't work here.
Nuts and legumes have more health benefits
than the grains that are used to make plain
flour,
so try experimenting with
almond flour or coconut
flour instead.
Almond flour is ground
almonds so it acts super differently
than white
flour in baking, especially because it has
so much more fat.
I know
almond meal is a little coarser
than blanched
almond flour,
so it might change the texture a bit.
If hazelnuts are less absorbent
than almonds and coconut
flour much more
so, you could experiment with mixing the two — my suggestion.
I can see how this can add up
so you may need 80 g more
almond flour (about 2/3 cups)- that would be just about 30 g (1/4 cup) of coconut
flour (about 3 times more absorbent
than almond flour).
Without referring to any particular recipe,
so far I've had greater success with the
almond flour than the coconut
flour.
Also being made mostly with
almond flour it has way fewer carbs
than regular pizza crust
so it works well with my low carb diet.
The
flour I use contains 13g carbs per 100g,
so it has less carbs
than coconut
flour and
almond flour.
This particular
flour is just
so much better for getting that delicious chewy texture due to its super fine grind —
so much better
than the grainy other
almond flours out there.
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).
I suspect the reason was that my
almond flour hadn't arrived yet,
so I substituted coconut
flour, and like an idiot I didn't check for conversions first
so I just used 1/4 cup, and now I know that coconut
flour is dryer
than almond flour.