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Can ground almonds be used for baking instead of the more costly almond flour?
I am trying gluten-free options for family members, especially my nephew who has autism spectrum disorder. I would like to make desserts and cakes because they love these; and looking at the difference in cost between almond flour and ground almonds, I would like to know if I can use ground almonds for baking instead of almond flour which is very costly in comparison? Would this affect the taste, texture and quality of baking?
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Almond flour is made with blanched almonds. Blanched almonds are just almonds without their skin. If you simply grind almonds with their skin, like in a coffee grinder, you get what is called almond meal. Same thing, different consistency. I use my own almond meal all the time and it works perfectly. If you put almonds in a blender and continue to blend you will eventually get almond butter - yum!
Hi Nonceba
My mom is also gluten intolerant so I've also been looking into this as of course buying the almond flour is quite pricey. I've not tried this yet myself, but I would say yes because according to what i've read you can make your own almond flour by grinding them in a food processor. Apparently you just toss some raw almonds in a food processor and just pulse until you get the desired texture. I think you might have to be careful though not to over grind them because then it could turn pasty, i.e. it could turn out more like almond butter. Hope you come right!
Rgds
Louise
I find that almond flour is a tad finer than regular ground almonds. If you would like your ground almonds finer whizz it up for a few seconds in your coffee grinder for a few seconds. It will work perfectly fine.
You can also purchase whole almonds, place them in boiling water for a few seconds to remove the skins. Toast them for a minute or two and whizz it up in your coffee grinder for a minute or two. It does go lovely and fine. I prefer this when I need extra fine ground almonds and it is also most affordable.
Good Luck 😊
As suggested by the other ladies I've whizzed ground almonds in a food processor before and used that instead of almond flour and it worked fine :-)
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