Home milling your own whole wheat flour is nutritious and delicious!

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Now that you're making healthy, homemade bread, you might want to try milling your own grain using a manual or electric grain mill.

Home milling is a unique and satisfying experience. Freshly milled wheat is much sweeter than store-bought whole wheat flour, it tastes much better and is better for you.

What grains can be ground into flour?

Try this whole wheat bread recipe using freshly milled flour

Should you germinate wheat berries before grinding?

Preparing/germinating wheat berries for grinding

Check out this Sprouted wheat bread recipe

Learn about whole grains and baking whole wheat bread

Tips for home milling your own wheat

Tips for purchasing a grain mill

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What grains can be ground into flour using your grain mill?

A wide variety of grains, beans, seeds, and nuts can be ground into flour for breads. These include: wheat, rye, corn, rice, barley, oats, buckwheat, millet, kamut, quinoa, peas, mung beans, garbanzos, and lentils.

Raw wheat berries are the hulled whole kernels. You can use these to make home milled flours, or cook or sprout them to make breads. Grains can be white, russet, purple, or amber in color. You can also find spelt, kamut, and triticale as whole grains.

Try this basic recipe for whole wheat bread using freshly milled grain.

Should you germinate wheat berries before grinding?

You can grind raw wheat berries into flour and use this flour to make whole wheat bread. Or, you can germinate the seeds before grinding them to boost the vitamin content of the flour. Partially germinated seeds contain considerably more vitamins B and C and dramatically increase carotene levels (commonly known as vitamin A). Many people who are allergic to refined wheat products have been helped by eating germinated grains.

Method for germinating (sprouting) wheat berries and preparing for grinding:

Fill wide-mouth quart jars 1/3 full of hard winter wheat berries. Fill completely with water and let set at room temperature for 8-12 hours or until at least half of the berries are just barely sprouted; drain, rinse with fresh water, and drain completely. Place a thin layer on baking sheets. Place in oven on low heat overnight or until completely dry. Grind into flour.

Note: If the berries aren't completely dry, it will clog your grinder.

Try this sprouted wheat bread recipe.

Once you get started home milling your own flour, the possibilities are endless!

You can even grind popcorn to use in bread. It provides a very interesting texture and flavor.

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Click on the articles below to learn more about whole grains and baking whole wheat bread using your freshly milled whole wheat flour:

Choose a Grain Mill for grinding flour

Whole Grains for milling your own flour

Whole Wheat Bread Cookbooks

Types of Wheat

Types of Flour

Wheat Flours

Wheat Grains

Non-Wheat Flours

Whole Grain Bread Recipes

Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread

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Tips for milling your own wheat

• Only grind as much flour as you plan to use -- freshly ground whole-grains get rancid very quickly.
• Whole grain kernels will keep at room temperature indefinitely.
• 1 cup of wheat berries produces a scant 1 3/4 cups flour.
• One pound of wheat berries equals approximately 4 1/2 cups flour.

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Tips for purchasing a Bread Mill

• Buy a bread mill based on your intended usage.
• If you are looking for a more hands-on experience, buy a manual grinder.
• If you want the grinder to do the work, then an electric bread mill is a better choice.
• Look for one that is easy to take apart and clean.

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Using Organic Flour

Even if you're not into milling your own flour, buy organic bread flour and other types of organic flours whenever possible. It's worth it! The bread baked with organic flour is so much better than regular flour.

Share your tips on home milling

Do you grind your own whole wheat or other grains? Please share your tips on home milling so that other bread bakers can learn more about making bread.

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Sources:
Hensperger, Beth. The Pleasure of Whole Grain Breads. 2000. Chronicle Books.
Ingram, Christine and Shapter, Jennie. Bread: The breads of the world and how to bake them at home. Hermes House 2006.
Rehberg, Linda and Conway, Lois. The Bread Machine Magic Book of Helpful Hints. Second St. Martin's Griffin Edition: November 1999.
Yutzy, Ray and Melinda. Wholesome Sugarfree Cooking. 2004. Carlisle Printing.

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