baking

It all started when I seen a recipe for Coconut Flour Almond Meal Pancakes….

After thinking they looked delicious, I had all the ingredients for it AND it would fit perfectly into my gluten free menu for the week, I seen I had just a wee bit of store bought left and a big bag of raw almonds. Why not try making my own?

I don’t use almond meal/flour a lot. I haven’t experimented with it much and the texture takes me a little getting used to. But I decided to try it out!

Side note: Almond Flour: ground finer and usually with blanched almonds (skins removed).   Almond Meal: more of a coarser grind and the skins are usually left on.

Step 1: Soak the raw almonds.  I soaked them for about 24 hours.

Step 2: Drain & rinse the almonds. (And eat several because they are quite delicious!)

Step 3: Dry the almonds. I laid them out on a cookie sheet and stuck them in the oven at the lowest heat setting for 3-4 hours.  Side note: Notice the little white spots on the ends of the almonds, they have started to sprout.

Step 4: Grind it up! The first picture I ground it using my regular ole’ blender. It was quite coarse and I did use it for the pancakes. The second picture, I ground using my coffee grinder, making it much finer. I stuck it in the fridge, ready for my next recipe!

Step 5: Be excited that you just made your own almond meal! 🙂