These delicious recipes with almond flour are fantastic ways to use a tasty alternative flour.
Whether you're gluten-free or just enjoy the taste of almond flour, these recipes will get your creative juices flowing!
Almond flour is lower in carbs than all-purpose flour or other wheat flours and it has a distinctive nutty flavor that's great in baked goods and savory dishes. It's one of the easiest gluten-free flours to work with, which is why it's so popular.
We've got some classic desserts with almond flour, some dinner recipes, and a recipe for making your own homemade almond flour (almond flour is actually just ground almonds)!
Almond Flour Peanut Butter Cookies
These vegan peanut butter cookies are gluten-free and so tasty! If you like peanut butter, you're going to love this recipe.
Mandarin Orange Bundt Cake
This almond flour cake recipe is fruity and delicious. It's a wonderful winter recipe and makes for a great dessert at a holiday dinner or weekend brunch.
Caramelized Apple Crisp
This caramelized apple crisp recipe is truly special! Before baking the apples in the crisp, they are caramelized in a saucepan, leading to a far richer, more complex flavor. It's a healthier apple crisp recipe made with almond flour and lots of oats.
Almond Flour Banana Bread
This moist and flavorful banana bread is made entirely with almond flour and without refined sugar for a naturally gluten-free and delicious quick almond flour bread.
Almond Flour Strawberry Crisp
This wonderful strawberry crisp made with almond flour and sweetened with applesauce and maple syrup is bursting with sweet flavor! It's a delicious way to use fresh or frozen strawberries.
Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These oatmeal almond flour cookies with chocolate chips are the tastiest and chewiest cookies! They're the best almond flour cookies and are made without refined sugar. Brown sugar is replaced with coconut sugar for added health benefits.
Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough
If you're looking for a healthy snack with a punch of protein, you're going to love this cookie dough. With protein powder plus the protein from the cottage cheese, this is a fun way to get your protein and settle your sweet tooth.
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Who says you need to make peppermint chocolate cookies only during the holidays? These delicious cookies include a mix of almond flour and almond butter and are topped with a ganache that's made with dark chocolate chips and peppermint extract for incredible flavor.
Healthy Blueberry Crisp
This blueberry crisp is loaded with healthy foods and is easy to make. The crisp topping is made with a mix of ingredients, including chopped nuts, almond flour and oats. This is one of the best almond flour recipes!
Healthy Edible Cookie Dough
This delicious cookie dough made with almond flour and uses a nut butter of your choice to bind it all together.
Almond Flour Tips
- Almond flour mixed with coconut flour makes a great substitution for breadcrumbs in many dishes. Mix it 50/50 with coconut flour and use a 1:1 amount of the mix for breadcrumbs.
- You can't substitute almond flour for regular flour, unless a recipe states you can do so. They are not 1:1 substitutions and behave much differently in baking.
- Almond flour is a low carbohydrate food, and many keto recipes utilize almond flour. It's great to have on hand if you're following a low carb diet.
- Be sure to check the ingredients list of your recipe before using almond flour. If a recipe is calling specifically for "blanched almond flour," you'll want to use that as opposed to almond meal.
- Many Costco stores sell blanched almond flour for a great price if you use it often.
Almond Meal vs. Almond Flour
While almond meal and almond flour can often be used interchangeably, they are a bit different.
Almond flour is usually thought of as blanched almond flour that is fine ground. "Blanched" refers to the almond skins being removed, so the flour is a uniform cream color.
Almond meal is generally ground almonds with the skins on and may not always be as fine as almond flour.
Since gluten-free baking can sometimes be tricky, the differences in the grind size may matter if a recipe specifically calls for one or the other.
How to Make Homemade Almond Flour
To make your own almond flour at home, you'll need:
- 1 cup of blanched almonds
- High-speed blender or food processor
Instructions if using a blender:
- Place the blanched almonds in the blender and blend on high for 10 seconds.
- Scrape down the sides of the blender and blend for another 10 seconds or until the almonds are broken down into a powder and are not clumping.
- As soon as the almonds are in powder form, stop blending!
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
Instruction if using a food processor:
- Place the blanched almonds in the food processor and pulse 60 times.
- Scrape down the sides of the food processor. Pulse an additional 5 to 10 times if the almonds have not broken down.
- Stop as soon as the almonds are in powder form.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
For a finer texture, you can sift the almond flour through a fine mesh strainer.
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