These turned out pretty good, so I thought I would share the recipe!
It’s kind of based on the 1-minute muffin recipe. When going grain free, the biggest challenge is wanting baked goods. You all know I love the coconut flour, but I wanted to try the almond flour as it is a little easier to work with. Coconut flour soaks up moisture like a son of a gun! Anyway, the best price I found on almond flour is from Honeyville Grain.
If you join their coupon club, they periodically send 10% off email vouchers, plus there is a flat shipping rate, which makes the 5# bag pretty economical and less than buying it in the store!
Anyway, back to the recipe. This was designed for the toaster oven and to just make 2 biscuits.
Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 42 grams of almond flour (approx 1/3 cup)
- 1/2 tsp liquid oil
- 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder *
- pinch of salt
- pinch of oregano and basil
In a small bowl, beat the egg. Then add the rest of the ingredients.
Mix well to make a thick batter:
Line your toaster oven baking tray with a piece of parchment paper.
Divide the batter into 2 portions and spread out to make rounds about 1/4 inch thick or so.
Bake in the toaster oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Remove to a cooling rack and enjoy!
The texture is nice on these. Kind of biscuity and bread like with a nice crumb.
I recommend a bit more salt for them. I also think that added a little shredded cheddar to the batter would be really, really good!
Nutritional stats: Makes 2 biscuits. Each biscuit is 177 calories, 15 grams of fat, 5 grams of carbs, 2.5 grams of fiber, 7.5 grams of protein
Keep in mind almond flour is fatty, so that is why the fat content is high on these. I am not concerned about that, but then I am eating 1 and not 3 of these at a time.
I could see using one of these for the base of a mini pizza, too. I was hoping to be able to slice it in half and use as a bun, but it might be just a bit thin for that. I will have to try it and see.
* I do realize that most baking powders have a bit of cornstarch in them, so if the miniscule amount matters to you, there are brands out there that are completely grain free.
Looks kinda like a corn muffin. Was it the same texture? I can not live without baked goods!!!
I little like cornbread, yes.
I don’t have a toaster oven. Can you bake it in a regular oven, too? If so, still need the parchment paper? Is almond flour gluten free? Looks good and yummy!
You can do them in a larger oven. I use parchment paper for lining to keep stuff from sticking. I don’t know how these would do with just spraying a cookie sheet.
And yes, almond flour is gluten free.
Those look great to me! I am trying to go wheat free and am looking for some recipes. Right now I am just eating brown rice as my only grain. We shall see how it goes. Neat blog 🙂
I actually love using almond flour – it’s my preferred gf-flour alternative. For whatever reason, coconut flour never had the right consistency for me. These kind of remind me of the cheddar bay biscuits at Red Lobster – with cheddar added of course. 🙂
Your photos of the biscuits are beautiful! I do like almond flour and almond meal for baking and at least it contains a good fat. I sometimes wish I had a toaster oven – I just can’t justify turning on the big oven for small batches of baking. But I love the built in portion control.
I love the idea of adding the herbs to the batter. I like almond flour okay, but I don’t like the price or the calories in it. TJ’s has almond meal real cheap, but I just read it is not the same as almond flour. Read it in the TJ cookbook, so I guess they’re telling the truth!
*Covering my eyes* I shouldn’t read your blog before I eat my breakfast! 🙂
I’ve baked pancakes with almond flour in it last Sunday and it tasted pretty good. These biscuits look good too, going to remember this recipe.
ooooh I think Id like the thin bun!!
These look great Lori! Do you use parchment paper in your toaster oven? My directions on mine say not to do that…
These look great! Thanks for sharing!!!
These look fantastic Lori. Thanks for sharing! (love the pizza idea)
Lori – those biscuits look awesome! Thanks for the recipe!
Pingback: 60-meals-you-didnt-know-you-could-make-in-a-toaster-oven | E-Daily Warehouse