My girlfriend Liz said she wanted this recipe ASAP, so here it is, quick and dirty. The great things about this: gluten and dairy free, a little salty, kind of bouncy, and just so, so terribly GOOD, I ate much too much in one sitting and I don’t regret it for a minute. This makes me so happy, you have no idea.
This recipe is adapted from Elana’s Pantry.
Almond Bread
- 2.5 cups almond meal
- 1/2 tsp sea salt (I used pink)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3 eggs
- 1 tbsp raw honey
- 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
Preheat oven to 300*.
Combine dry ingredients in stand mixer. Add the wet ingredients and combine well. Line a 6″ springform pan with parchment paper. Pour in batter. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack for cooling. Eat as soon as possible. I prefer to smear it with Sunbutter. Excuse me while I go die a happy death by means of delicious food.
Note: I ran my almond meal through the Vitamix to make it extra fine before using for the recipe.
February 12, 2013 at 2:21 pm
I made this yesterday and it was delicious! My mom and I especially liked it with peanut butter smeared on top. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
February 12, 2013 at 2:24 pm
Hi Ashley! I am so happy you liked it so much! Thanks for commenting – I am new to your blog and reading now.
Seems like we have the same interests. YAY.
February 12, 2013 at 6:35 pm
I should have mentioned that I am Rovings from Ravelry!
I friended you a few weeks ago.
February 12, 2013 at 11:25 pm
Oh hi! I felt like you looked familiar!
March 19, 2013 at 7:53 pm
Hi!
I saw the post and was busy slobbering over the bread (I love good homemade bread!!) when I noticed that you ground the almonds in a Vitamix. I use a Wonder Jr. that ground it really fine for me. Do you know if a Vitamix is better than a grain mill for grinding up almonds?
March 20, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Hi John! I actually ran the almond meal through the Vitamix to make it more fine (almond flour is sometimes also called almond meal…I buy the Bob’s Red Mill one, simply because it’s easy to find). Honestly, if you have a blender you like, just go for it! I only have 2 blenders: Vitamix and a Magic Bullet (for my smoothies when I’m in a rush). But no need to get anything else, esp if the Wonder Jr works!
April 22, 2013 at 9:25 pm
Help!! I made this recipe from the GAPS diet book first which said, “2.5 cups ground almonds” and my batter was SO dry that I ended up doubling or tripling the ghee and doubling the eggs from 3 to 7 and adding a bunch of whey just to make it look somewhat like porridge, like batter should look like. I thought, “oh, 2.5 cups ground almonds is different than 2.5 cups of almond flour” thinking that she meant to measure the almonds FIRST and THEN grind them.
BUT now I’ve found THREE different websites with VERY similar recipes. So I did your recipe today, but my batter was dryer than playdoh. I could not POUR it into the pan, I had to press it in there. It’s baking now, and the batter tastes good – but what am I doing wrong?
Could it be that I make my own almond flour ? I first make almond milk in my Vitamix, then squeeze it through the nut milk bag, put the almond fiber into the dehydrator and the next day grind it in my Vitamix to make flour. Does this make a much finer, denser (when you measure it) and drier flour that absorbs the moisture more than storebought almond flour? Please help.
Thanks!!
Christie P
Pensacola, FL
April 22, 2013 at 10:31 pm
Hi Christie!
I’m so sorry to hear that you’re having such a difficult time with making this bread. I have made it several times without issue and I know several people who have made it as well (my friend Liz, being one of them. She blogged it!).
So here’s my ideas: are you weighing the almond flour? I use Bob’s Red Mill and it’s 28 grams in 1/4 cup. I would probably go ahead and convert to grams on a food scale. It’s possible your homemade almond flour is just more dense than a commercial product and that the weight is different.
I don’t know if you’re packing the cups (I’m guessing this could be a potential issue) but that is all I can think of.
Let me know what you think of this!
Nicole