What is tigernut flour?

Tigernut flour is a paleo baking flour made from tigernuts, which are small root vegetables. They're naturally sweet, gluten free, grain free, paleo and vegan friendly - perfect for healthy baking! From my experience, tigernut flour bakes similarly to almond flour. They both have a fine texture and slightly sweet flavor.

What is tigernut flour good for?

Tigernut flour is great for making gluten free and nut free baked goods. It can be used in sweet or savory recipes and often works as a replacement for almond flour. In some recipes tigernut flour can be the sole flour, such as my Vegan Tigernut Flour Waffles and Tigernut Flour Brownies . But, depending on the other ingredients in the recipe, you may need to combine it with other flours like tapioca flour or coconut flour.

Tigernut Flour Zucchini Bread (Paleo, Nut Free)

Description

This Paleo chocolate zucchini bread is made with tigernut flour. It's grain free, nut free and refined sugar free - perfect for a healthy treat!

Ingredients

Scale

1 cup shredded zucchini (118g)
3 large eggs
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 Tbsp avocado oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups tigernut flour (124g) sifted, spooned & leveled
1/3 cup cocoa powder (28g) sifted, spooned & leveled
1/3 cup tapioca flour (40g)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips, chopped

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8" x 4" baking pan with parchment paper, set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients. This includes the shredded zucchini, eggs, maple syrup, avocado oil and vanilla extract.
Add the dry ingredients (except chocolate chips) and whisk batter until smooth. This includes the tigernut flour, cocoa powder, tapioca flour, baking soda and salt.
Fold the chocolate chips into the batter.
Pour the batter into the lined baking pan. Optional: top with additional chocolate chips.
Place pan in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes in baking pan. Then, remove the loaf and cool on a wire cooling rack.
Best stored in fridge up to one week.

Notes

For best results, measure ingredients by weight (when given)