Hazelnut Flour is a nutty alternative to regular flour and makes a rich addition to baked goods, pancakes, nut bars, and more. It features buttery hazelnuts ground into a crunchy meal. Make this easy flour at home instead of spending your money on expensive store-bought!
We love to add hazelnut flour to cookies and other baked goods because it is so easy to make and adds a unique nutty accent. Use store-bought toasted hazelnuts or roast hazelnuts and remove the skin on your own with ease. If you are looking for a hazelnut cookie recipe for the holidays, check out our Baci di Dama (Italian Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies).
Hazelnut flour is naturally gluten-free and made in under a minute with a food processor or blender. It's also rich in folate, manganese, copper, and vitamin E. Add hazelnut flour to baked goods (cookies, muffins, and cakes), energy bars or balls, toffee, granola, pancakes, and more!
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What is hazelnut flour?
Hazelnut flour, also called hazelnut meal, is made of ground hazelnuts. In our recipe, we toast the hazelnuts (for enhanced flavor) before we grind them. Once ground, we use the hazelnut flour as a tasty addition to regular all purpose flour. The combination is delicious!
What can you use hazelnut flour for?
Hazelnut flour is ideal for hazelnut cookies or any hazelnut flavored baked goods. Beyond that, hazelnut flour is a great general substitute for flour in pastries, cakes, breads, and pancakes. You can also use it as breadcrumbs for meatballs, chicken, and fish.
About Hazelnut Flour
- Flavor - Hazelnut flour has a distinctly nutty and lightly sweet flavor.
- Texture - The powder is fine and mealy in texture, yet crispy and crunchy. The natural oils of the hazelnuts are drawn out and create a buttery consistency.
- Time - It takes just 1 minute to grind the hazelnuts. If you toast them ahead of time, it takes about 10 minutes.
- Effort - All you need to do is put the hazelnuts in the food processor then pulse it.
Ingredients
- Hazelnuts - Raw hazelnuts are lightly sweet with a satisfying crunch. You can buy hazelnuts pre-toasted or toast them yourself. Toasting the hazelnuts amplifies their rich flavor and draws out the natural oils in the nut.
See recipe card for quantities.
Variations
- Almonds - Add toasted almonds to the hazelnuts and blend together to make a hazelnut-almond meal mixture.
- Sugar - Add a tablespoon of sugar to make the flour sweet.
Instructions
- Grind hazelnuts - Add hazelnuts to a food processor or blender and pulse just until ground into a sandy powder. Don't over blend or the nuts will turn into nut butter.
- Use in recipes - Use for baked goods like cookies, breads, and more.
Pro tip: Always make sure the food processor is completely dry before processing the flour.
Storage
Store leftover hazelnut meal in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 1 month for best results. You can also freeze it for up to 3 months.
Top tips
- Always keep an eye on baked goods made with hazelnut flour because it burns easier than standard flour.
- Do not over-blend the nuts or the meal will turn to a butter.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, hazelnut flour is made of ground hazelnuts. It is also known as hazelnut meal.
Yes, you can replace regular wheat flour with hazelnut flour, but the ratio will vary depending on the recipe and you may need to use more of a leavening agent, like baking soda, to lift the heavy nut flour. In general, hazelnut flour should be used in conjunction with other flours because it contains no gluten and is light on starches.
It depends on your preference, but we prefer the rich and buttery flavor of hazelnut flour to almond flour. Both of these flours can be used interchangeably in most recipes.
Yes! Since it is made with real hazelnuts, it has a distinct hazelnut flour. If you want to amplify the hazelnut flour, toast the hazelnuts before you grind them.
Yes, hazelnuts are a great source of plant based protein and are rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
Yes, our recipe consists solely of toasted hazelnuts which are gluten-free.
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How to Make Hazelnut Flour (Meal)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups hazelnuts makes 1 cup flour
Instructions
- Grind hazelnuts - Add hazelnuts to a food processor and pulse just until ground into a sandy powder, about 30 seconds. Don't over blend or the nuts will turn into nut butter.2 cups hazelnuts
- Use in recipes - Use for baked goods like cookies, breads, and more.
Notes
Top tips
- To calculate hazelnut flour yield, take the amount of whole hazelnuts and divide by two. For the recipe provided, 2 cups of whole hazelnuts equal 1 cup of hazelnut meal.
- Always make sure the food processor is completely dry before processing the flour. This helps prevent mold and bacterial growth.
- Keep an eye on baked goods made with hazelnut flour because it burns easier than standard flour.
- Do not over-blend the nuts or the meal will turn to a butter.
Storage
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Store leftover hazelnut meal in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 1 month for best results. You can also freeze it for up to 3 months.
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