I was searching online for some almond flour and I was floored by the rise in cost since the last time I bought some.

I had purchased around 30 pounds of almond flour a year ago. I stored it in my freezer and I'm down to my last 3 pound bag. I had paid $3.00 a pound for the last batch and the best price I can find now is $5.65 a pound.

I found a site that has macadamia nut flour for 4.78 a pound and I was wondering if anyone has used this flour and if so how they liked it.


Nutritional information
Macadamia nuts (raw kernel): Per 100g serve
Energy 3040kJ

Protein 9.2g

Fat (total oils) 76.4g

Monounsaturated 63.4g

Polyunsaturated 3.0g

Saturated 10.0g

Carbohydrates (total) 10.0g

Sugars 4.0g

Dietary Fibre 7.0g

Cholesterol NIL

Phosphorus 241 mg

Calcium 53mg

Sodium 3mg

Potassium 409m
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Apparently the bad weather around the country this past year did a number on the almond crops, so the price of almonds has really gone up.

I've never tried mac flour, but I've heard that it's good

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This one is $4.29 for 10 ounces.

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Hmm, I haven't tried it. But if it isn't too, too oily, why not? Mac nuts have a pretty bland flavor, so the nut flavor wouldn't over power the other ingredients.

Yes, prices for almonds rose sharply this year. Almonds are a pretty big crop in California, so I was really surprised by the change in prices. I was told that the decimation of the bee population by bee mites is adversely affecting harvests. :(

The best prices I've seen are at local farmer's markets where they go for about $10 for 2 pounds of shelled whole nuts. If I don't overgrind them, they make a decent almond flour - not as fluffy as Trader Joe's but quite serviceable.

I've ordered from almondsonline.com a couple of times and been very satisfied with the quality and quick order turn around. They run just under $6/lb for blanched almond flour. Shipping costs are reasonable for me, but I don't live so far away. Trader Joe's recently started stocking almond flour again, I think I recall that it's about $5.89/pound now - cheaper than Honeyville Grain.

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YIKES!! I'm going back to Target tomorrow and buy a bunch of the Bob's Red Mill Almond Meal/Flour....it's only $1.99 a bag. I bought a bunch at Christmas and I thought the price was actually a mistake.

Thursday, I took DD there to get a b-day gift for a friend, so I decided to check and see if it was still $1.99 and it was.....I wonder why it's so cheap at Target? I also wonder how long it would keep in the freezer.....

I was used to paying $9.99/bag at Kroger, and happy to buy it for $7.99 on sale. We have to drop DD at the b-day party tomorrow and go to the hardware store right by the Target, so I'll buy some more if they still have it.

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I went to Target last Saturday as promised.....and bought 4 more bags of Bob's Red Mill Almond Meal/Flour for $1.99 per bag.

I was at Kroger tonight, picking up a prescription....so I decided to check the price of the Bob's meal there. I'd bought it for $9.99 before, and happy to get it for $7.99 on sale. It was back to $9.99/bag.

I even looked at Bob's Red Mill website. It sells for $11.00 + change there. I wonder if the Target price is a mistake? That's a HUGE difference. The Bob's website charges almost $10 more per bag than TARGET??? And that doesn't include shipping. Weird.

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probably was supposed to be 11.99 a bag sunshine..
when i worked retail i saw aLOT of pricing errors.. sometimes the dropped first number...

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I thought so, too....the $1.99 is pre-printed exactly like the others on the shelf tag. (I looked at it very closely! And, they ring up $1.99 each. Oh, well! I'd be willing to be Target doesn't go bankrupt over that.

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Betty! Just where in the %&$# is Hull, Texas?? And did you know we are having a Texas Meet in April? You, my fellow Texan, are invited. Let us know if you are interested and we will PM you the details.

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It's a SuperTarget.....and they are remodeling. Marvelous! When I finally found the Girl's section....it was in the Boy's section. I hope they get finished soon!

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Hull is in Liberty County, we're about half way between Beaumont and Houston, about 45 miles North of I-10. The towns of Hull and Daisetta are side by side, and the two towns together have a population of around one thousand people. Very small town Texas, we're a farming community.

Let me know where and when the meeting is going to be, I'm not sure I'll be able to make it if it's very far away. I have to be very careful with my money right now, I have two kids in college so I'm very poor.

Edit to add: The site with the Macadamia Flour is http://www.nuts4u.com/
The 23 pound order comes out to around $4.78 a pound, before taxes and shipping. It's in Sugar Land which is about 1 hour and 45 minutes from me. With the price of gas I'd probably do better just getting it shipped. The almond flour is the same price.

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