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Old Wed, Jul-18-18, 22:08
missdiamon missdiamon is offline
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Question Exchanging coconut for almond flour

Good evening! I made some awesome almond crackers this evening (1 1/2 cup almond flour, 1 tsp salt, and two egg whites...roll out, microwave 2 minutes, cut, microwave additional 4). My husband thought they tasted like almond cookies, my daughter with Celiac loved them, and I thought they were great in soup. But almond flour is so expensive, twice the price as coconut flour. Can I use coconut flour instead?

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Old Thu, Jul-19-18, 01:11
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Hi and welcome.

I hear you on the price of almond flour. Not only is the coconut flour less expensive pound-for-pound, but most recipes with coconut flour call for a lot less of it.

They don't really substitute for each other. Coconut flour is very dry, and absorbs a lot of moisture. You might want to google around for a tried-and-true recipe.

If I was going to play with the recipe, I would probably add more egg and some oil and/or water. I also tend to add spices with coconut flour to help cut the "dessert-like" quality it has (at least to me.)

Have you considered flax seed crackers? Flax is cheap here in Canada; probably because we grow a lot of it. You can bake them, but I have a dehydrator and prefer them that way. I usually add coconut flour to those, too.
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