Guest guest Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 I'm sorry if this has been asked a thousand times before. I am buying natural skinless whole almonds in bulk, and have been grinding them- a little bit at a time- in my coffee grinder into flour. This takes forever, and part of the flour ends up all pasty, and there are bits of unground almonds left. It is much cheaper to grind my own than to buy already ground flour, so I would really love to find a way to more effectively make almond flour. I have a food processor that I am going to try. Does anyone have any tips of grinding whole almonds in the food processor, or any other ways of grinding almonds? Thanks. Amber. Mom to (6 yrs severe asd) SCD for about a year and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 > > I'm sorry if this has been asked a thousand times before. > I am buying natural skinless whole almonds in bulk, and have been > grinding them- a little bit at a time- in my coffee grinder into > flour. This takes forever, and part of the flour ends up all pasty, > and there are bits of unground almonds left. It is much cheaper to > grind my own than to buy already ground flour, so I would really love > to find a way to more effectively make almond flour. > I have a food processor that I am going to try. Does anyone have any > tips of grinding whole almonds in the food processor, or any other > ways of grinding almonds? > Thanks. > Amber. Amber, The food processor does them quickly and well. Don't process the nuts too long or they will begin to turn into almond butter. Carol F. SCD 7 years, celiac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Have you thought of getting a Vita Mix for this? I have used it to grind nuts and also made nut butters. It's very simple. You will need to have a 'dry blade' container to make the flour. I got my machine at Costco. Read the directions well. Grinding almonds I'm sorry if this has been asked a thousand times before. I am buying natural skinless whole almonds in bulk, and have been grinding them- a little bit at a time- in my coffee grinder into flour. This takes forever, and part of the flour ends up all pasty, and there are bits of unground almonds left. It is much cheaper to grind my own than to buy already ground flour, so I would really love to find a way to more effectively make almond flour. I have a food processor that I am going to try. Does anyone have any tips of grinding whole almonds in the food processor, or any other ways of grinding almonds? Thanks. Amber. Mom to (6 yrs severe asd) SCD for about a year and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Also, Amber, if the nuts do turn into butter, you can still use it in a baking recipe and it will turn out fine. , mom to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 What price do you get on your almonds? I get me almond flour in bulk from Digestive Wellness for as low as $5.12 per lb. The texture is powder like, and it makes great baked goodies! -Dena Doug & Thatcher wrote: Have you thought of getting a Vita Mix for this? I have used it to grind nuts and also made nut butters. It's very simple. You will need to have a 'dry blade' container to make the flour. I got my machine at Costco. Read the directions well. Grinding almonds I'm sorry if this has been asked a thousand times before. I am buying natural skinless whole almonds in bulk, and have been grinding them- a little bit at a time- in my coffee grinder into flour. This takes forever, and part of the flour ends up all pasty, and there are bits of unground almonds left. It is much cheaper to grind my own than to buy already ground flour, so I would really love to find a way to more effectively make almond flour. I have a food processor that I am going to try. Does anyone have any tips of grinding whole almonds in the food processor, or any other ways of grinding almonds? Thanks. Amber. Mom to (6 yrs severe asd) SCD for about a year and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I grind mine in a blender, but still end up with the occasional larger piece. I do it about 1 -2 cups at a time. I found out you can buy almond flour in bulk (which I just did when I visited Toronto) from J Gourmet (Jodi wrote " Grain Free Gourmet " ). The cost was $150 for 25 pounds, or $6 Cdn per pound, much cheaper than the whole almonds I would buy from Safeway. http://www.jgourmet.ca/almondflour.html Theresa (in Vancouver, Canada) > Have you thought of getting a Vita Mix for this? I have used it to grind nuts and also made nut butters. It's very simple. You will need to have a 'dry blade' container to make the flour. I got my machine at Costco. Read the directions well. > > Grinding almonds > > I'm sorry if this has been asked a thousand times before. > I am buying natural skinless whole almonds in bulk, and have been > grinding them- a little bit at a time- in my coffee grinder into > flour. This takes forever, and part of the flour ends up all pasty, > and there are bits of unground almonds left. It is much cheaper to > grind my own than to buy already ground flour, so I would really love > to find a way to more effectively make almond flour. > I have a food processor that I am going to try. Does anyone have any > tips of grinding whole almonds in the food processor, or any other > ways of grinding almonds? > Thanks. > Amber. > > Mom to (6 yrs severe asd) SCD for about a year and a half. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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