http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ Gluten Free Forums for Elana's Pantry en Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:35:22 +0000 http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/hard-time-baking-with-almond-flour#post-1592 Thu, 13 May 2010 10:16:56 +0000 lisastafford 1592@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I grew up eating foods that had almonds or almond flavoring in them, so it wasn't such a big adjustment for me. I hope that you will stick it out and find some recipes that you like and work well for you. </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/hard-time-baking-with-almond-flour#post-1584 Wed, 12 May 2010 14:12:38 +0000 MsLomeraz 1584@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>Thank you bakingfool for the packing almond flour tip! After baking with wheat flour (where packing is a no-no) I have struggled with the recipes. Now I will go home and give it another shot. She's definitely turned me on to agave though- the stuff is great.<br /> And thank you Kellir for posting this question. Hopefully you've had better luck! </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/hard-time-baking-with-almond-flour#post-1423 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:04:06 +0000 bakingfool 1423@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I'm not sure how much reading on this site you've done, so can't say if you've run across this information yet, or not.</p> <p>Elana uses dry measuring cups for both liquid and dry ingredients. If you are using the dry and liquid cups that may make a difference. She also packs the almond flour into the cup by pressing the full cup against the side of the jar as she scoops the flour out. If you are not doing this it could mean you are not using the correct amount. </p> <p>HTH </p> http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/hard-time-baking-with-almond-flour#post-1422 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:02:38 +0000 kellir 1422@http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/ <p>I have been having some difficulty getting used to baking with almond flour... somewhat better with the coconut flour, but I don't like the taste as much.</p> <p>Tonight I tried to make the <a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/ginger-cookies/" title="Gluten Fre Ginger Snap Cookie Recipe at Elana's Pantry" rel="nofollow">ginger cookies</a> from Elana's blog, and they completely ran and spread out on the pans ~ I had to scrape them off and form kind of sticky balls out of them - nothing like the beautiful photo on the blog post. I followed the recipe exactly and am NOT using Bob's Red Mill flour (have already had disastrous results with that), so are there other ideas on what is going wrong? I have also had the <a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/homemade-starbucks-orange-cake/" title="Gluten Free Homemade Starbuck's Orange Cake Recipe at Elana's Pantry" rel="nofollow">orange cake</a> fall apart in one of my tries at that also. </p>