Ever wondered how to make homemade nut flours? From almond meal to almond flour, hazelnut meal and even cashew meal, this step-by-step tutorial will teach you how! Stop paying for overpriced almond meal, almond flour and other nut flours make make cheap almond flour and the likes at home!
If you’re a THM regular then you know how much I love my nut flours. And apparently you love them too! When I asked you guys what type of tutorial you wanted to see here, it was a resounding request for diy nut flours. My guess is because nut flours can be insanely expensive to buy.
So today I’m walking you through the process on how to make nut flours at home using your blender. It literally takes 10 seconds and while the nuts themselves certainly aren’t cheap, it’s substantially cheaper than the jacked-up prices you often see for nut flours in stores. But first, let’s chat about nut flour…
What is nut flour?
Nut flour is essentially ground up nuts that can be used in place of wheat or types of gluten-free flours. Sometimes it is a 1-to-1 replacement ratio but oftentimes less nut flour is needed since it tends to be more dense.
Technically if the skin is still on the nut it is considered a “meal” rather than flour, but a huge kitchen hack to make almond flour (rather than almond meal) is to just buy slivered or sliced blanched almonds and grind those! So much easier and cheaper than buying almond flour or blanching the almonds yourself.
Nut flour isn’t just almond meal or almond flour. It can include any nut. Today I’m also showing you how to make cashew meal and hazelnut meal both of which make an awesome low-carb and grain-free alternative to standard grain flours.
How to Make Nut Flour
The process is actually fairly simple. All you need are two ingredients:
- Nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, cashews)
- High speed blender (a food processor works too though not as well)
The biggest thing you want to lookout for is not over-processing the nuts. If you blend for too long they will become creamy and turn into almond/hazelnut/cashew butter. You’re likely only going to need to blend for 10-15 seconds maximum unless your blender is not the greatest. Just pulse a few extra times if your flour is almost there but not quite.
How long do nut flours last? Store them in the fridge in an airtight container or glass jars to last for several months.
Here are the directions with some delicious recipes below! Enjoy.
To Make Almond Meal:
Place almonds in blender and blend on high for 10 seconds or just until almonds are broken up but do not blend for long enough that they become “butter-like” consistency.
To Make Almond Flour:
Place blanched almonds in blender and blend on high for 10 seconds or just until almonds are broken up but do not blend for long enough that they become “butter-like” consistency
To Make Cashew Flour:
Place cashews in blender and blend on high for 8 seconds or just until cashews are broken up but do not blend for long enough that they become “butter-like” consistency
To Make Hazelnut Meal:
Place hazelnuts in blender and blend on high for 12 seconds or just until hazelnuts are broken up but do not blend for long enough that they become “butter-like” consistency
*hazelnut meal is different from hazelnut flour. To make hazelnut flour you’ll need to remove the skins from all hazelnuts before blending.
Wondering what to do with all this flour? Here are some delicious recipes from The Healthy Maven:
Grain-Free Chocolate Zucchini Muffins (almond meal)
Cashew Crusted Chicken Fingers (cashew meal)
Blueberry Hazelnut Crumb Bars (hazelnut flour)
The Best Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (almond meal)
PrintHow To Make Nut Flour
Ever wondered how to make homemade nut flours? From almond meal to almond flour, hazelnut meal and even cashew meal, this step-by-step tutorial will teach you how! Stop paying for overpriced almond meal, almond flour and other nut flours make make cheap almond flour and the likes at home!
- Prep Time: 0 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Total Time: 2 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups nut flour 1x
Ingredients
For Almond Meal:
- 2 cups raw almonds
For Almond Flour:
- 2 cups blanched almonds (whole, slivered or sliced)
For Cashew Flour:
- 2 cups raw cashews
For Hazelnut Meal:
- 2 cups raw hazelnuts
Instructions
For Almond Meal:
- Place almonds in blender and blend on high for 10 seconds or just until almonds are broken up but do not blend for long enough that they become “butter-like” consistency.
For Almond Flour:
- Place blanched almonds in blender and blend on high for 10 seconds or just until almonds are broken up but do not blend for long enough that they become “butter-like” consistency
For Cashew Flour:
- Place cashews in blender and blend on high for 8 seconds or just until cashews are broken up but do not blend for long enough that they become “butter-like” consistency
For Hazelnut Meal:
- Place hazelnuts in blender and blend on high for 12 seconds or just until hazelnuts are broken up but do not blend for long enough that they become “butter-like” consistency
*Times will vary by blender. I use a Blendtec Designer Series. You can use a food processor but I find you get a better texture with a blender. If using a food processor you’ll want to process for slightly longer than the blender.
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46 Comments
LIRAZ
August 2, 2018 at 5:44 amHI!
THANKS FOR THE RECIPE.
HOW CAN I MAKE PENUT FLOUR AT HOME LIKE IN THE STOR?
THANK YOU: LIRAZ{FROM ISREL}
Gloria Diaz
July 24, 2018 at 10:38 amThank you for your helpful feedback..
janet
February 24, 2018 at 2:23 pmI never hear any info about hickory nuts. How do these stand up to the test for nut flour and carbs?
Bappy Girl
December 18, 2017 at 12:24 pmThank you thank you! for this post! 🙂 saves me from running to the store to buy it since i have a big bag of hazelnuts and can make it for my recipe that calls for hazelnut flour:)
Juliane
September 8, 2017 at 7:34 pmGreetings! In an effort to make pancakes my husband would eat, I proceeded to make almond meal, peanut flour, walnut meal, and pecan meal. All but the almonds turned to paste~ which not being one to waste a good thing have added to the recipe so please say a prayer they turn out alright. Almonds appear to be the soul winner for meal/flour. The others are too fatty to make anything other than nice spread for banana sandwiches. 🙂
Shirley
January 31, 2017 at 5:39 pmHi, so is almond meal and almond flour one and the same with the exception of the skins and can therefore be used in recipes where it calls for one or the other?
Thanks in advance!
Praymah
December 6, 2016 at 12:15 pmHi, can I mix the nut flour in warm milk and drink? Or do I need tp roast the nuts before blend…?
Praymah
December 6, 2016 at 12:13 pmHi, can I mix the nut flour in warm milk to drink? Or do I need to roast the nuts before blend?
Praymah
December 6, 2016 at 12:12 pmHi… can I mix the nut flour in warm milk to drink especially for kids?
Josephine
November 15, 2016 at 7:38 amHello! Thank you for this post!!! So very helpful. How long do these last for.. Shelf life. Thank you ❤️
Ms P Pieretti
October 3, 2016 at 1:58 pmI was wondering if there was any way to get it as fine as the Sunkrin peanut flour ? Because I often use food processor to make my own nut butter, but doesn’t quite come out as finely ground as that.
Kristine
October 3, 2016 at 7:42 amOMG! Thank you sooo much for all of this information. Was trying to track down almond flour and discovered how expensive it was. Now I can make my own for half the price and its so easy. I cannot thank you enough. Finding all of this info will make baking so much more fun for myself and the kids.
Davida @ The Healthy Maven
October 4, 2016 at 9:23 amSo happy you found this helpful!