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Advice: Substitute ground almonds?
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 -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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Advice: Substitute ground almonds?
Tumbleweed wrote:
> 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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Advice: Substitute ground almonds?
"zxcvbob" > wrote in message ... > Tumbleweed wrote: > >> 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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"zxcvbob" > wrote in message ... > Tumbleweed wrote: > >> 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 -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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Advice: Substitute ground almonds?
how about sesame seeds? they would of course add a different flavor but
it might be good with raspberry jam. |
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Advice: Substitute ground almonds?
Tumbleweed wrote:
> 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 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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Advice: Substitute ground almonds?
Tumbleweed wrote:
> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message > ... > >>Tumbleweed wrote: >> >> >>>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 |
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zxcvbob wrote:
> 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 |
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Tumbleweed wrote:
> 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" > wrote in message ... > > "zxcvbob" > wrote in message > ... >> Tumbleweed wrote: >> >>> 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 > 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 > > -- > Tumbleweed > > email replies not necessary but to contact use; > tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com > |
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"Jen" > wrote in message ... > >> > > 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. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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