Swapping Ground Almonds / Almond Flour for Coconut Flour

I want to use coconut flour instead of ground almonds / almond flour - can I use the same quantity?

The general rule we follow when swapping ground almonds for coconut flour is use a third of the weight and add an egg. So for the vanilla muffin recipes in the library, the original one uses 120g ground almonds & 2 eggs. The nut free alternative uses 40g coconut flour & 3 eggs. Coconut flour absorbs much more moisture than ground almonds so swapping 1:1 usually won't work. 🙂

It's important to note that whilst different brands of ground almonds in UK supermarkets are usually the same in consistency & macros, coconut flour is more varied. The coconut flours we use 

 

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