is it possible to make a nut flour? like if you grounded up almonds, then dried them out some how or made...?

Question

it into powder like flour... just curious

Answer 1

Almond Flour
Almond flour is...
just ground up almonds. Same with any nut, fine ground peanuts = peanut flour, fine ground macadamias = macadamia flour. Nut flour is just ground up nuts. It is also called almond meal. If you want to get technical, almond meal is just ground almonds and almond flour is made after extracting the oil. You can make it or just buy it. It'll work if you make it yourself in a blender or coffee mill. I use a blender and it come out great and works great in all my baked goods. Problem is it's a big pain in the you-know-what. If you can afford a little extra money on food products I'd recommend buying, it'll save you a lot of time and mess. Almond flour leaves baked goods with a more traditional taste than other nuts making it ideal for baking. Almond flour is a low carb flour.


Buy nut flour or make it yourself


Blanched almond flour is best for baking and you can see from the pic that it is very pure and fine.

It's messy and a pain in the butt but if you're patient and have extra time on your hands, you can make nut flour. You just grind up about 1/2 cup of nuts at a time until fine but before it turns into butter. If you want it finer, sift it through a strainer. A pound of nuts yeilds 4 1/2 cups of sifted nut flour. I put just enough almonds in the blender to just barely cover the blades then put on the grind setting and stop it when the flour stops swirling. Then I pour out the flour on top into a bowl and dig the bottom stuff out with a butter knife into a strainer and then rub it through with my fingers until I get nothing but grainy bits and put that in a cup then pour the top flour back into the blender and blend again ( this may not be necessary but I feel like I'm getting it finer and getting more out of it this way) then put it through the sifter and repeat with the rest of the nuts. This takes me about an hour to process 1 pound of nuts. I save the skins and grainy bits that get sifted out and eat it as a snack-it's great mixed in sugar free yogurt or butter, cinnamon and splenda or butter and sugar free maple syrup, use your imagination! Click here to get almond flour!


The many uses of almond flour
It can be used in many baking applications and it works very well for cakes, cookies, brownies and more. When making things like pizza dough, bread and pasta, you need
gluten flour if you want to get the traditional texture. I've made many things from almond flour including cake, cookies, pancakes, brownies, muffins, crackers and pizza crust (different from regular but still good) with great results.


I'm eventually going to attempt making an authentic pizza crust using a mixture of almond flour and gluten flour. If that is successful I'll try bread and pasta. Of course this is just to see if it will work, I don't really care for bread and pasta anymore. I use lettuce in place of bread (just wrap things in it) and spaghetti squash makes an excellent pasta substitute.


Almond Nutrition
Almond flour is an excellent substitute for regular flour. It's all natural, loaded with nutrients, in particular, vitamin E and magnesium and it's low in carbohydrates (about 24 net carbs per cup for fine-ground and blanched as opposed to 92 per cup of wheat flour), making a very good choice for low carb flour. Almonds are one of the most nutritious nuts and have the most magnesium. Click here to get almond flour.


Suggestion to use with nut flour in recipes
To get the bulk, texture and mouthfeel of sugar without using sugar, you should try
ThickenThin Not/Sugar. It's a mixture of vegetable gums, is low in calories and all the carbohydrates and calories come from fiber. I've seen some good reviews of this but have not tried it myself yet, however, plan on getting it and trying it out. What better way to cut out calories and carbs from recipes? I think I'll try making frostings out of it too, it's all fiber which will make it a much more legal treat! To sweeten I'll use stevia-all natural and zero carbs and calories. I'll be sure to post my results once I get these items!


When vegetables gums will not work, go for erythritol or xylitol. These are bulk sugar substitutes which cause little or no rise in insulin and are lower calorie than sugar.

Answer 2

Yes! Some Native Americans did this with acorns after leaching out the tannins that are in acorns and make them bitter. And some Jewish people will do this for Passover using pecans, walnuts, almonds, or hazelnuts. And Italians use chestnut flour in desserts to make them extra rich.

I just put them in a plastic bag and smash away on a sturdy surface with a rubber mallet myself.

Answer 3

yeah! almonds definitely work, and I'm sure other nuts do too! Do a google search on nut flour.

Answer 4

Macadamia Nuts

Answer 5

Yeah. Basically flour can be anything you can grind up fine. Check the link or do a Y! earch for "Almond flour"

Answer 6

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