Advice: Substitute ground almonds?

Tumbleweed said:

I have a recipe which calls for 2 1/2 oz of ground toasted almonds and 6oz
of plain flour. If I substitute the almonds for flour will it be essentially
the same or is there something else I can use (which isnt a nut based
product?)
TIA

You might try low-fat peanut butter.

(without seeing the recipe, it's difficult to give a meaningful answer)

Bob

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Tumbleweed said:

I have a recipe which calls for 2 1/2 oz of ground toasted almonds and
6oz of plain flour. If I substitute the almonds for flour will it be
essentially the same or is there something else I can use (which isnt a
nut based product?)
TIA

You might try low-fat peanut butter.

(without seeing the recipe, it's difficult to give a meaningful answer)

I think they are looking to avoid nuts. Perhaps I'm mistaken.

nancy

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Tumbleweed said:

I have a recipe which calls for 2 1/2 oz of ground toasted almonds and
6oz of plain flour. If I substitute the almonds for flour will it be
essentially the same or is there something else I can use (which isnt a
nut based product?)
TIA

You might try low-fat peanut butter.

(without seeing the recipe, it's difficult to give a meaningful answer)

Bob

I think you are right re the recipe as peanut butter certainly wouldnt do
it!
Need something with a subtle taste, or none at all. Its just that I've been
told that almonds in recipes does something (not sure what), its not just
for the flavour.

[and anyway peanuts=nuts as far as I am concerned, though I know that
botanically they arent]

Raspberry Spiral Tea Snaps

2 /12 oz (70g) toasted almonds
½ tsp baking soda
6oz (70g) plain flour
¼ tsp salt
4oz (110g) butter
4oz (110g) castor sugar
1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk
½ tsp vanilla essence
5oz (140g) seedless raspberry preserve

In a blender finely grind the first 4 ingredients
With mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until light
Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the flour mixture

Between two sheets of waxed paper roll ½ the dough into a 7 x 10" rectangle.
Repeat for the other 1/2 of the dough.

Chill flat for one hour.

Remove the top piece of waxed paper from each rectangle and spread the
preserve evenly over each

Remove remaining paper and roll into a cylinder swiss roll fashion

Freeze for 1 hour

Preheat oven to 180deg. Slice dough cylinders into ¼ inch rounds. Bake for
10 min/until lightly browned

Makes 5 dozen snaps

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how about sesame seeds? they would of course add a different flavor but
it might be good with raspberry jam.

Tumbleweed said:

I have a recipe which calls for 2 1/2 oz of ground toasted almonds and 6oz
of plain flour. If I substitute the almonds for flour will it be essentially
the same or is there something else I can use (which isnt a nut based
product?)
TIA
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I would increase the flour to compensate for not using the ground
almonds. If you want to approximate the almond flavor, the only thing
I can think of to replace the flavor would be a very small amount of
imitation almond extract. That should not have any nut products in it,
but you'd want to check. I don't necessarily think that even real
almond extract tastes like almonds (and some people really dislike it),
but it might give something close to the flavor. You might also try
orange or lemon extract.

Pat

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Tumbleweed said:

I have a recipe which calls for 2 1/2 oz of ground toasted almonds and
6oz of plain flour. If I substitute the almonds for flour will it be
essentially the same or is there something else I can use (which isnt a
nut based product?)
TIA

You might try low-fat peanut butter.

(without seeing the recipe, it's difficult to give a meaningful answer)

Bob

I think you are right re the recipe as peanut butter certainly wouldnt do
it!
Need something with a subtle taste, or none at all. Its just that I've been
told that almonds in recipes does something (not sure what), its not just
for the flavour.

[and anyway peanuts=nuts as far as I am concerned, though I know that
botanically they arent]

Raspberry Spiral Tea Snaps

2 /12 oz (70g) toasted almonds
½ tsp baking soda
6oz (70g) plain flour
¼ tsp salt
4oz (110g) butter
4oz (110g) castor sugar
1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk
½ tsp vanilla essence
5oz (140g) seedless raspberry preserve

In a blender finely grind the first 4 ingredients
With mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until light
Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the flour mixture

Between two sheets of waxed paper roll ½ the dough into a 7 x 10" rectangle.
Repeat for the other 1/2 of the dough.

Chill flat for one hour.

Remove the top piece of waxed paper from each rectangle and spread the
preserve evenly over each

Remove remaining paper and roll into a cylinder swiss roll fashion

Freeze for 1 hour

Preheat oven to 180deg. Slice dough cylinders into ¼ inch rounds. Bake for
10 min/until lightly browned

Makes 5 dozen snaps

Ground sunflower seeds. (grind them yourself and be careful not to grind
them to butter)

BTW, I was trying to start a little war about whether peanuts are nuts
or not ;-)

Bob

zxcvbob said:

Ground sunflower seeds. (grind them yourself and be careful not to grind
them to butter)

I forgot to mention. You'll probably wanna use raw sunflower kernals if
you can find them. They'll be easier to work with and less assertive
than roasted.

Bob

Tumbleweed said:

I have a recipe which calls for 2 1/2 oz of ground toasted almonds and 6oz
of plain flour. If I substitute the almonds for flour will it be essentially
the same or is there something else I can use (which isnt a nut based
product?)
TIA

I'd try crisp cookie crumbs, depending on the recipe, vanilla wafers,
gingersnaps, or some kind of shortbread, maybe.

gloria p

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Tumbleweed said:

I have a recipe which calls for 2 1/2 oz of ground toasted almonds and
6oz of plain flour. If I substitute the almonds for flour will it be
essentially the same or is there something else I can use (which isnt a
nut based product?)
TIA

You might try low-fat peanut butter.

(without seeing the recipe, it's difficult to give a meaningful answer)

Bob

That sounds delicious, I'm keeping the recipe to make one day. Thanks. Why
don't you want to use the nuts?

Jen

Quoted message said:

I think you are right re the recipe as peanut butter certainly wouldnt do
it!
Need something with a subtle taste, or none at all. Its just that I've
been told that almonds in recipes does something (not sure what), its not
just for the flavour.

[and anyway peanuts=nuts as far as I am concerned, though I know that
botanically they arent]

Raspberry Spiral Tea Snaps

2 /12 oz (70g) toasted almonds
½ tsp baking soda
6oz (70g) plain flour
¼ tsp salt
4oz (110g) butter
4oz (110g) castor sugar
1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk
½ tsp vanilla essence
5oz (140g) seedless raspberry preserve

In a blender finely grind the first 4 ingredients
With mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until light
Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the flour mixture

Between two sheets of waxed paper roll ½ the dough into a 7 x 10"
rectangle. Repeat for the other 1/2 of the dough.

Chill flat for one hour.

Remove the top piece of waxed paper from each rectangle and spread the
preserve evenly over each

Remove remaining paper and roll into a cylinder swiss roll fashion

Freeze for 1 hour

Preheat oven to 180deg. Slice dough cylinders into ¼ inch rounds. Bake for
10 min/until lightly browned

Makes 5 dozen snaps

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That sounds delicious, I'm keeping the recipe to make one day. Thanks.
Why don't you want to use the nuts?

Dont like the taste, esp almonds.

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