Baking with Almond flour

[Goldenoldy]

I’d be interested in your thoughts on baking with almond flour. I tried it and found the texture and flavour unpalatable

 

[Helen H]

I’d be interested in your thoughts on baking with almond flour. I tried it and found the texture and flavour unpalatable

I bake using almond flour and I detest almonds in their raw state!!! I find it fine and I cannot detect any taste of almonds in the baked goods. The recipes I use are keto/low carb so use almond flour rather than me replacing normal flour with it. my go to bakes are scones, brownies and chaffles.

 

[MrsA2]

I’d be interested in your thoughts on baking with almond flour. I tried it and found the texture and flavour unpalatable

Almond "flour" is just ground almonds by a fancy name. It won't react like wheat flour does so you can't just swap it into recipes. And low carb baking uses artificial sweeteners, each of which has different sweetness strengths, varying after tastes and can't be swapped one for one with sugar or other sweetners.
What are you wanting to bake? Might be able to point you to good one.

 

[Speedbird]

Almond "flour" is just ground almonds by a fancy name. It won't react like wheat flour does so you can't just swap it into recipes. And low carb baking uses artificial sweeteners, each of which has different sweetness strengths, varying after tastes and can't be swapped one for one with sugar or other sweetners.
What are you wanting to bake? Might be able to point you to good one.

Are they all artificial sweeteners in low carb baking @MrsA2? I thought, or I try to use, alternative sweeteners in my baking. Usually a monkfruit mix, organic if possible. Stevia is plant based and a good alternative too.
I’ve recently bought “Panda” flour from pandapantry.co which is made up of bamboo fibre, coconut flour and psyllium husks which seems to sit better for me than almond flour.

 

[shelley262]

Are they all artificial sweeteners in low carb baking @MrsA2? I thought, or I try to use, alternative sweeteners in my baking. Usually a monkfruit mix, organic if possible. Stevia is plant based and a good alternative too.
I’ve recently bought “Panda” flour from pandapantry.co which is made up of bamboo fibre, coconut flour and psyllium husks which seems to sit better for me than almond flour.

I've switched too to Panda Flour and I'm having lots of success with it - main advantage for me is it's lightness which helps low carb recipes be less dense unlike almond flour which tastes good ( if you love nuts as I do) but is a heavier texture. Panda flour has got me back to low carb baking again.

 

[Speedbird]

I've switched too to Panda Flour and I'm having lots of success with it - main advantage for me is it's lightness which helps low carb recipes be less dense unlike almond flour which tastes good ( if you love nuts as I do) but is a heavier texture. Panda flour has got me back to low carb baking again.

Me too!

 

[Kernow Debra]

@Speedbird and @shelley262
Me too with the new version of Panda flour!!

Loving the new recipes, I’ve made cakes, burger buns, sausage rolls and even pies! Such a treat to have low carb pastry

 

[MrsA2]

Are they all artificial sweeteners in low carb baking @MrsA2? I thought, or I try to use, alternative sweeteners in my baking. Usually a monkfruit mix, organic if possible. Stevia is plant based and a good alternative too

To me, anything highly processed that uses ingredients I don't understand, counts as unnatural or artificial, (my terminology)
I'm aware of the massive spends manufacturers are putting into marketing these substances , amd I think they do it for their own ends rather than my health, so I remain wary.
Yes I do use them myself, as occasionally and minimally as possible. Truvia in baking , not found anything else reliable, affordable or tasty enough yet.

 

[Speedbird]

To me, anything highly processed that uses ingredients I don't understand, counts as unnatural or artificial, (my terminology)
I'm aware of the massive spends manufacturers are putting into marketing these substances , amd I think they do it for their own ends rather than my health, so I remain wary.
Yes I do use them myself, as occasionally and minimally as possible. Truvia in baking , not found anything else reliable, affordable or tasty enough yet.

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