In its essence, apple flour is finely grinded dried apple slices. To make the flour, large and ripe apples are needed to be cut into thin pieces to be dried.
As we know, apples are rich in pectin and are vitamin full fruit. All these beneficial ingredients are preserved during grinding and remain in the resulting flour. When ready and applied to various recipes, apple flour has a slightly sweet-sour taste and the characteristic dried apple brown color.
Apple flour can be used in a variety of ways. You can mix it with another type of flour to enrich it or use only the apple flour to make various breads, sweets, pancakes, apple sponge cakes, cakes and other types of apple desserts. It can also be used as a substitute for different types of coloring, because of its brown color.
In addition to the above ways of use, apple flour can also be used as an additive in various shakes, smoothies, teas and other healthy drinks. It will give a certain sweetness to the drink, as well as enrich it with many vitamins.
And here are some recipes that you can easily make at home and feel the taste of apple flour:
1. Apple flour and spelt sponge cake
It is ready in 40-45 minutes.
For this recipe, you need 250 g of apple flour, 250 g of spelt flour, 60 ml of olive oil, 1 tbsp. of baking soda and 300 g of brown sugar.
In a bowl, mix about 450 g of lukewarm water with the sugar and stir, until the sugar dissolves. Dissolve the soda in a few spoons of water and mix with the sugar. Then, in a suitable container, mix the two types of flour, olive oil and sugar mixed with soda. The resulting mixture is poured into a baking pan onto baking paper and baked in an oven preheated to 180°C for 30-35 minutes.
2. Biscuits with apple flour
You will need 40 g of apple flour, 100 g of brown sugar, a pinch of salt, 50 g of butter (at room temperature), 170 g of rye flour, 65 g of sesame tahini, 1 egg and 1 vanilla.
In a bowl, mix the apple flour and the tahini. In a separate bowl, mix the butter, sugar and salt and beat, until a fluffy mixture is obtained. Once they are ready, add them to the flour and tahini, by enriching them with the vanilla and the egg.
A little of the rye flour is added to the mixture, while continuously stirring. The finished dough is rolled out into a thickness of 2-3 cm and shapes are cut out of it. Bake in an oven preheated to 170°C for 10 minutes.
