coconut and almond flour
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Anonymous
| Has anyone baked with coconut and/or almond flour? Is it the same texture as regular flour? How do your recipes turn out? I found a paleo blueberry recipe that looks interesting and calls for both types of flours. |
Anonymous
| It is not like regular flour, but we've had good luck with both flours. Coconut is a little tricky b/c it's much drier than wheat flour, but I've made really yummy muffins with it. I've never substituted in a regular recipe, but there is a guideline like you add one egg for each *insert volume*. |
Anonymous
| I have never used coconut, but I've baked a lot of things that traditionally call for almond flour. Almond flour is a different consistency than wheat flour; it's not as dry and powdery and is more coarse. Although I would not blindly substitute almond for regular flour in a recipe I would highly recommend using it in a recipe that calls for it; it is delicious! |
Anonymous
| I make paleo pumpkin pancakes that uses those flours. They were as heavy as bricks. |
Anonymous
| I have had success baking with both. These cannot be substituted for normal flour -- you have to use paleo recipes. Particularly with coconut flour, which is dry, you have to use lots of eggs, oil and/or applesauce to lighten the texture. It takes practice to get it right. |
Anonymous
| where do you all buy almond flour? I would love to buy it for macrons, but can't find it. |
Anonymous
When I made macarons in December I bought the flour through amazon. |
Anonymous
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I love this blog for recipes using coconut and almond flour
http://mariamindbodyhealth.com/category/coconut-flour/ |
Anonymous
| They are both pretty expensive. You can find almond flour at Whole Foods and maybe even at Giant in the specialty/GF area. |
Anonymous
| TJ has almond meal in the nut section, and Shoppers even has it in the Organic section. Lots of places carry it. You can also make your own with almonds and a food processor, |
Anonymous
| The Red Mill almond lour is in a lot of grocery stores. |