A few months ago, I published a recipe roundup post of my favorite almond flour flour recipes on Foolproof Living. As I always do, I scheduled it as a part of my weekly newsletter that I send out every Sunday. Since this was my usual routine, I didn’t think much about it.
Learn how to make almond flour at home cheap with these foolproof methods. They were saying that even though they loved baking with almond flour, they found it to be too expensive to use on a regular basis. It made me think, what if I could find a way to make almond flour at home cheaper than what it is sold at the store. After some online search and a lot of testing, I am happy to tell you that you no longer need to spend extra to buy almond flour from the supermarket. Before we talk about how to make homemade almond flour, first let’s talk about ingredients in almond flour. The types based on their shape and cut might differ but regardless almond flour is made from almonds. Types of Almonds to Use To Make Your Own Almond Flour As you already know, almonds come in several types and shapes.
Raw, unsalted, roasted, salted, spiced, slivered, sliced, and blanched are just to name a few. Raw Unsalted Almond With the Skin On: These are the raw almonds that are unprocessed and packaged after having their shells removed. These are ideal to make almond meal at home. Blanched Almonds: These are the raw almonds with their skins removed.
You can blanch your almonds at home or purchase already blanched almonds from the store. Blanched almonds are slightly more expensive because of the labor that goes into removing the skin from each almond. If you want to learn how to blanch your own almonds, please give this Blanched Almonds post a read. What is blanched almond flour then?