Does this flour have any almond taste/aroma? I want to make pastry dough in hopes the result will be infused with almond, then experiment...?
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I don't really taste or smell almond in the baked goods I've used this flour for. If I wanted my baked good to taste of almonds, I would add almond extract, Amaretto, marzipan or some such to infuse the flavor throughout the finished product.
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When I made cookies with this flour they reminded me of marzipan a bit. I'd say it tastes more like almonds than smells like almonds but this is definitely identifiable as a nut flour vs wheat flour. I think it's very delicious and has a light flavor of almonds, not overwhelming at all.
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The pastry flour is great for baking. I use it in place of AP flour in cookies, cakes, crackers, etc and it is wonderful. Whole wheat AP flour made baked goods a bit dense and heavy for my liking. I haven't used it for making bread so I can't give any input there. I use Great River whole wheat bread flour and oat flour with great results. No bricks of bread since I switched a couple years ago. I have yet to use one of their flours that I wasn't happy with. I hope I was able to help some! :-)Edited to say: I had never thought of mixing the pastry flour in with my bread flour. I think that might help make a lighter bread so I may experiment with that. Thanks for the idea! The pastry flour is great for baking. I use it in place of AP flour in cookies, cakes, crackers, etc and it is wonderful. Whole wheat AP flour made baked goods a bit dense and heavy for my liking. I haven't used it for making bread so I can't give any input there. I use Great River whole wheat bread flour and oat flour with great results. No bricks of bread since I switched a couple years ago. I have yet to use one of their flours that I wasn't happy with. I hope I was able to help some! :-)Edited to say: I had never thought of mixing the pastry flour in with my bread flour. I... » Read More The pastry flour is great for baking. I use it in place of AP flour in cookies, cakes, crackers, etc and it is wonderful. Whole wheat AP flour made baked goods a bit dense and heavy for my liking. I haven't used it for making bread so I can't give any input there. I use Great River whole wheat bread flour and oat flour with great results. No bricks of bread since I switched a couple years ago. I have yet to use one of their flours that I wasn't happy with. I hope I was able to help some! :-)Edited to say: I had never thought of mixing the pastry flour in with my bread flour. I think that might help make a lighter bread so I may experiment with that. Thanks for the idea! « Show Less
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The trick to using spelt is not to knead it much at all. The grain is not as heavy or dark as whole wheat, and the flavor is much more of a sweet nutty taste. As far as the texture, no, I didn't think the bread I've made using spelt was heavy or dark like whole wheat. But the gluten is far weaker than wheat gluten. So, research on line for articles on cooking with this flour, and how to adapt to using it. and I think you'll enjoy!
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For French macarons this super fine almond flour works really well and better than any brand I've tried. Less waste after sifting and a very smooth shell as a result. I highly recommend!
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I'm sorry Vonda, I'm not much help here ... I personally think this blend of "Artisan Flour" is useless. The only thing that it makes well is a roux. Though I must admit, your question has me intrigued to try it again since I still have a whole bag sitting in my pantry which I said I would not use again, after wasting the other whole bag on recipes of which none turn out. We have been gluten free for over 12 yrs so I'm in no way a novice to GF cooking or baking. I just don't like this mix. If you do make them let us know here how they turned out.
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it can be used for pastry flour but I use it mainly for cake baking because in is a much finer flour than all purpose flour. Therefore cakes are lighter in texture when baking.
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Sea salt crystals were retained by the mesh screen for me. If the almond flour is of finer consistency it should process OK.
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I threw away the box, so unfortunately I don't know, but I can tell you that this Almond Flour is probably the best I've tried, is very good, makes great pancakes and is so inexpensive compare to other brands, other brands feel more grainy, this one is really smooth and fine. Hope I was able to help.
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The ingredients are also listed in the product description, but I don't see almond flour specifically listed among them.
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The flour says almonds ground to a fine flour. I would bet it came in contac with peanuts in the factory if they also deal with other nuts. i would contac the company itself to make sure, to be on safe side.
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I love semolina bread! I made 50/50 and added a little more sugar ( to make the same taste as our local bakery semolina loaf) and it turned out great ) I have a recipe for 100% semolina flour bread, didn't try it yet.
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It is made with almond oil. If you're allergic to almonds I am unclear as to why you would be buying 'almond extract', seems like a no brainer to me. Its not almond 'flavored' it's almond 'extract'
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I would describe the flavor as mildly nut flavored. In cookies it was not overwhelming nutty, the recipe contained raisin, craisins, choc chips, and a nut of some sort. They were wonderful, they held together beautifully, yet were light and not nutty. Used as an ingredient to coat food before cooking (fish, chicken. vegetables) no nutty flavor if you are using spices, herbs, seasonings. Really the flour simply takes on the flavor of the seasonings. Get for both baking coated items and for pan frying. I have already ordered my second case of this product and plan to use it as a staple in my kitchen.
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Unfortunately it does not. If you put almond nuts through this mill it will bind up the milling heads and clog your mill. The Almonds are just too oily and wet to put through this mill. However the Wondermill Junior Deluxe Hand Mill makes great almond flour if that is something you are interested in.
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It can make coarse almond flour, but it's not going to be fine like the stuff you would buy. I have used it for that and the coarse flour works fine for me.
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I didn't see mention of that on the label. I didn't find it to be anything special in the bread I made. King Arthur is your best best and easy to find.
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That's a little strange, the bag of almond flour is really almond flour. When I clicked on the picture another bag of flour popped up and that was definitely not almond flour. The blue bag that says almond flour is good stuff, a lot healthier than real flour, gluten free and makes great cookies and breading for chicken, etc.....