Nuts and seeds and enzymes...

[Jesaroj]

I was thinking that if I ground my raw nuts without soaking them (when I'm going to make cookies or something), the enzymes would still be released when liquid is added. Is this true or do they have to be whole? I don't care to dehydrate soaked nuts or seeds and if they need to be ground up then the moisture kinda messes it up texture-wise.

I know, I think about these things too much!

[veganman]

Hi Jesaroj -

the nuts and seeds need to be soaked for at least 6 - 12 hours, depending on the nut or seed. They can be ground or whole when you do this, however I recommend doing it whole because you then need to rinse them to get the enzyme inhibitors off of them.