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Hard time baking with almond flour

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  • Started 5 months ago by kellir
  • Latest reply from lisastafford

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  1. kellir
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    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.

    Tonight I tried to make the ginger cookies 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 orange cake fall apart in one of my tries at that also.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  2. bakingfool
    Member

    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.

    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.

    HTH

    Posted 5 months ago #
  3. MsLomeraz
    Member

    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.
    And thank you Kellir for posting this question. Hopefully you've had better luck!

    Posted 3 months ago #
  4. lisastafford
    Member

    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.

    Posted 3 months ago #

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