http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ Gluten Free Forums for Elana's Pantry en Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:35:19 +0000 http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/substituting-coconut-flour-for-almond-flour#post-3234 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:57:34 +0000 Tsila 3234@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Does anyone know if you can substitute coconut flour for almond flour in gluten-free recipes? I was wanting to try some of Elana's desserts, but I do not have almond flour - I only have coconut. </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/moldy-coconut-flour#post-681 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:17:26 +0000 eatingfreely 681@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Does anyone have experience with your coconut flour turning GREEN after baking? I am fairly new to using coconut flour in my GF baking, and think I must have a bag of rancid/moldy flour.</p> <p>I just made some muffins tonight using coconut flour and ground sunflower seeds. After baking them, I ate one, and upon finishing it, noticed the rest of the muffins were developing a light green tinge, which I thought was very strange. Within an hour, the entire batch had turned deep jade green. I bake and cook A LOT and have never seen anything like this. </p> <p>I used coconut flour from this same bag about a month and a half ago, and the cookies turned moldy within 2 days, which I thought was strange, but it was summer and very hot in my apartment, and there was applesauce in the dough and I hadn't refrigerated them. I figured the moisture and heat made it moldy, I didn't think it was the coconut flour, but after this experience tonight, I think I had a bad batch of flour. </p> <p>anyway, now I feel kind of sick, itchy eyes and sore throat and a headache, and I think I'm having a reaction to what was probably a moldy muffin. I'm guessing the heat from the oven made the mold bloom? I'm feeling remarkably stupid for eating one of them...but they weren't green yet! Anyone ever had your coconut flour products turn GREEN, or experience a mold issue? </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/converting-gluten-full-recipe-to-an-almond-flour-one#post-2997 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:02:27 +0000 rin 2997@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Has anyone discovered how to substitute plain old flour for almond flour? Also, does anyone know how to plug in almond flour to a recipe that calls for "gluten free flour mixture"?<br /> Thanks so much for your help!! </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/finely-ground-hazelnut-flour#post-2244 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:23:48 +0000 bakingfool 2244@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I needed to restock my hazelnut supply and ordered the Bob's Red Mill Hazelnut meal/flour. I was certainly surprised when I got it. They must have a new process to grind it because it looks just as finely ground as the Honeyville almond flour. Yay! Can't wait to try it out, though I will miss the "chunks" a bit too. Guess I'll just have to finely chop some hazels in my food processor to add to things. I bet BRM will work really well now in most of Elana's recipes where the flavors will blend.</p> <p>Anyway, just information for anyone wanting to try the hazelnut flour/meal. </p> <p>I'm wondering if the almond meal from Bob's is now this finely ground too? That would be convienent. I can get it locally in the larger grocery stores, and not have to order online as often. I do love the Honeyville blanched almond flour and would still buy that, but it would sure be nice to just go out to get what I need too. </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/reworking-a-recipe-i-love-to-include-almond-flour#post-1750 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:44:59 +0000 markds1978 1750@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I was wondering if any kind soul/s could lend a hand. I have a recipe for rock cakes that I have absolutely loved since I was a kid. But as it now turns out I have type 2 diabetes I can no longer eat them :-( I would like to be able to convert this recipe into an equally tasty version using almond flour. How would you do this? I made 1 batch today but I was pretty much making up as I went along, it came out too buttery and the texture is awful, dry and crumbly on the outside and almost not cooked in the middle, I didn't use any baking soda which might have something to do with it but I don't really know, as I am far from competent with baking stuff. I will put the recipe below (along with my first attempt amounts in brackets) and wait to see if anyone can help me out :-)</p> <p>Rock cakes:</p> <p>8oz/225g self-raising flour (I tried using 350g of almond flour in my first attempt)<br /> pinch of salt<br /> half teaspoon ground mixed spice<br /> half teaspoon ground cinnamon<br /> 4oz/100g butter (I kept this amount the same but it felt waaaaay to buttery when mixing)<br /> 4oz/100g caster sugar (I substituted this with 15g canderel and sweetness is fine, although could probably do with slightly less)<br /> 4oz/100g sultanas (knocked down to 60g because of sultanas being too sugary)<br /> 1oz/25g chopped mixed peel<br /> 1 large egg<br /> some milk if needed</p> <p>bake on 400F/200C/gas mark 6 for 15-20mins (I cooked mine on 175C for 25mins)</p> <p>method:</p> <p>sift flour with salt, cinnamon, mixed spice then rub in the butter. add the sugar, sultanas and mixed peel (traditionally it should be a dryish mix, but by now my version was extremely buttery and gooey). Beat the egg and pour into mixture and mix to stiff consistency. grease tray and drop the mixture in smallish rocky heaps... that's it</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Mark </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/can-i-replace-regular-flour-for-almond-flour#post-1230 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:36:54 +0000 Jwbrock 1230@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>My son is gluten intolerant so we've LOVED the almond flour recipes from Elana. However, we've just discovered he's allergic to ALMONDS! What kind of flour - and how much - could we substitute for almond flour in Elana's recipes? </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/storage-of-flour-038-flaxseed-meal#post-570 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:01:32 +0000 shirehobbit 570@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>After you've opened the bags do you keep them in the fridge? </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/storing-almond-flour-cookies#post-755 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:37:11 +0000 Winter2009 755@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>How do you properly store cookies made from almond flour? And how long do they usually keep?</p> <p>Thank you so much for your time and help! :) </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/elanas-gf-sandwich-bread-almond-flour-subs#post-484 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:07:33 +0000 Sonya 484@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I would like to substitute the almond flour in this recipe that sounds so good and easy. Which other flour can I use and how much? Oat/barley/millet...? </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/why-not-rice-flour#post-280 Wed, 27 May 2009 21:01:31 +0000 Myburntwings 280@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Hey ya, I just recently found out I have Celiac disease. My nutritionist told be to use rice flour because it is within my price range as a student. Why is it everything on here is made with almond or coconut flour? What about rice or potato flours for those who cannot afford such expensive flours? Can these recipes be converted to use Rice flour? You have a really lovely site. Your recipes are amazing to look at. I would love to be able to make them. </p> <p>Shiloh </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/flour-substitution-question#post-266 Tue, 12 May 2009 11:08:31 +0000 IrishMeg 266@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I am pretty new to GF. We made the switch basically because of carbs, my daughter is T1 diabetic. I had a question. I got a great new cookbook with a lot of fun vegan treats, but a lot of the recipes call for garbonzo flour which is a little to high in carbs for us. Has anyone ever substituted another flour for this? I have been working with coconut and almond flours, but have not strayed from the recipe because of the cost of ingredients... just to expensive to ruin a batch of anything =) Thanks for all of your imput! Meagan </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/almond-flour-substitution-for-crackers#post-321 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:59:04 +0000 Whoobaby 321@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I would love to make some of these fantastic crackers for the kids lunch boxes, however nuts aren't allowed at school? Any idea for a sub for the almond flour other than rice flour? </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/flour-substitution-question-1#post-267 Tue, 12 May 2009 11:14:03 +0000 IrishMeg 267@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I am pretty new to GF. We made the switch basically because of carbs, my daughter is T1 diabetic. I had a question. I got a great new cookbook with a lot of fun vegan treats, but a lot of the recipes call for garbonzo flour which is a little to high in carbs for us. Has anyone ever substituted another flour for this? I have been working with coconut and almond flours, but have not strayed from the recipe because of the cost of ingredients... just to expensive to ruin a batch of anything =) Thanks for all of your imput! Meagan </p>