Can I swap flaxseed meal for almond flour?
 

Flaxseed meal is the only product I can find anywhere near me that could maybe be used for a 'flour'

Any suggestions until I can make my monthly stocking up trip to the far away specialty store?

Thanks :)

It would work in some recipes, but not necessarily all recipes. That's my opinion, anyway. Could you post the recipe you want to make? That might help us know more.

Also, if you have a food processor, blender, or even a coffee grinder, you can buy almonds and make almond flour at home. Many people do that. :)

It is for snickerdoodle cookies. I know - probably shouldn't be making cookies - but keeping some in the freezer for a someday will prevent me from grabbing the bad ones. And I'm trying to make stuff without a lot of chemical stuff that I don't have.

thanks!! :)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups almond flour
1 cup artificial sweetener
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of
tartar
2 tablespoons artificial
sweetener
1 teaspoon ground
cinnamon

How To Prepare:
In a mixing bowl beat butter
with an electric mixer on
medium to high
speed for 30 seconds. Add
about half the flour, the 1
cup artificial
sweetenter, the egg, vanilla,
baking soda, and cream of
tartar. Beat
until thoroughly combined.
Beat in the remaining flour.
Cover and chill for 1 hour.


Combine the 2 Tbsp.
artificial sweetener and the
cinnamon in a small
bowl. Shape dough into 1
inch balls. Roll balls in the
AS-cinnamon mix
and place 2 inches apart on
an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350
degrees for 10 to 12
minutes.


Makes about 30 cookies.

Number of Servings:
8

Carbs per serving - include all nutritional information if known:
44g carbs total

I simply buy slivered almonds in the baking aisle, and then I use my coffee grinder - they don't take long to reduce to flour consistency.

I only make ONE treat at a time, there's NO way that I'd stay on target if I had ANY gluten free snickerdoodles in the freezer.

I don't even buy 80% cacoa candy bars, as I can't eat just one square.

LOL

Instead I got a bag of individually wraped small dark chocolate squares, which I keep far far far away in a cool corner of the basement -- I have to intentionally go get one.

My Truvia (stevia) packets likewise are far from the kitchen.

The recipe looks delicious.

In reading over these forums for the past couple months, I've seen lots of people mention a website named Netrition where they order all sorts of LC items.

I have looked at Netrition too - but there are 6 grocery stores in a 10 mile radius - but none that carry 'specialty' low carby things...

My funds (like everyone else's) are super tight! I can't afford to be ordering too much.

Plus - I want to make stuff that doesn't have alot of chemically produced foods. Splenda is about it. I dont want to get into carbquick or the SF syrups or the foods ending in xyol... I dont even know what those are!!! ahahahahahaha

I guess I could change my plan to low budget low carb.

:)

Amy

Almond meal is kind of on the expensive side. I buy it, but I don't do a lot of baking, so a bag lasts me quite awhile. It's somewhat more cost effective to buy almonds and grind them at home.

Neither flax meal nor almond meal will produce a "light" consistency like wheat flour. My experience is that flax meal, when used as the only "flour" in a recipe, creates a noticeably coarser texture than does almond meal.

If you want to buy pre-ground almond meal, I've always been able to find it in health food and organic food stores. You might check to see if there is such a store in your area. :)

Thank you very much for that idea. I did make my snickerdoodles yesterday using all flaxmeal and they were - AWESOME!!!

The did have a little bit of a grainy feel to them - but that was absolutely fine with me because I was able to find a low carb - not super chemically good tasting cookie!!!

The recipe above is amazing - it does call for wheat flour but the flaxseed worked well. My 6year old wanted to eat more and more - but i worry about too much splenda for her. I will completely make this recipe for her - only I'll use regular sugar.

I think you'd better limit her anyway - too much flax can cause some tummy upsets in a child as it's almost pure fibre!