5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Baking Bread with Freshly Milled Wheat | Bread Baking Advice

[@kittygianelli6731]

Found the easiest best milled wheat recipe for bread machine bread if anyone wants to try. . 2 cups hard red wheat, 2 cups hard White wheat, 2tsp salt, 2 cups water, 1/2 tablespoon yeast, 1/3 cup honey. Follow your Bread machine for order of ingredients. Soooo good and easy.

[@MrDanrn999]

Thank you, for sharing.

[@Growmap]

That seems like a lot of water.

[@JimmysJourney1]

As one who was introduced to sue beckers content about a year ago and am a couple months into my journey of milling and baking with no prior experience, I appreciate this video!! Glad to know I’m not the only one whos gone through this!

[@georgefalconer9810]

Being willing to make mistakes enables you to learn more and grow faster.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Amen!

[@corbiniverson2210]

An FYI. The LDS church offers bulk food storage options to everyone. 25lbs bags of hard red wheat for $13..might be a good option for people wanting an affordable option

[@gordonwaite2]

Why would you “…bite the hand that feeds you?” LDS people are good conservative God loving humans. I am an agnostic but I do not hold a person’s religious beliefs against them, unless they are hypocrites, i.e. preaching the gospel then turn around and do what they preach against. If the Mormons want to help families, I’m all for that.

[@randichristiansen1460]

How do we order?

[@marygram14]

@@gordonwaite2 they do not feed me, so I am not biting their hand 🤷🏼‍♀️ there are several other companies selling wheat berries. Our dollars vote and support. Choose wisely.

[@gordonwaite2]

@@marygram14 It was a metaphor! Also, if they provide food items in bulk cheaper than you can buy them elsewhere, they literally are feeding you. Just at a reduced price.

[@marygram14]

@@gordonwaite2 my answer was also metaphoric😊

[@johnbougearel9215]

Felicia, adding Bean Flour to your bread mixes will complete "Essential Amino Acid Profile" - the building blocks of life to make a whole protein. 1/4cup to 1/2 cup and u be to go.

[@kellyzent2415]

I think it is great that you have a variety of Bibles! Thanks for a great video, God bless you!

[@xraylynn7513]

Hello all breadmaking enthusiasts! I just found this channel and and i am excited! I decided to make fresh milled wheat bread about 5yrs ago. My mother taught me to make bread a long time ago, but not fresh milled, this was sooo different!!!! I found Breadbeckers and they really helped. i now sell bread to a few ppl. But I do have a question, how to make sweet bread, like banana bread and such and have it raise well. Mine is always so flat :(

[@GrainsandGrit]

I recommend trying out my different recipes: grainsandgrit.com/recipes/

[@mdupar]

Just stumbled upon Bread Beckers a couple weeks ago, and now you. I just bought a mill that attaches to my kitchenaid stand mixer. Just tried my first 2 loaves. They were a little small and dense, but hey, it's my first attempt. I hand kneaded them but I think next time I'll use the dough hook on the mixer. A little butter and honey. Yum.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Good for you - keep trying!

[@ziggysmom5646]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Very informative.

[@GrainsandGrit]

My pleasure!

[@virginiabuckles]

Thank you for this video, I really needed to hear that. I started to make all kinds of recipes, and it’s discouraging when you can’t get them right. Love your advice of mastering one recipe first. Thanks so much! 🌸

[@GrainsandGrit]

You are most welcome! I was the same way concerning sourdough. I didn't have my loaf recipe mastered and I was also trying to do sourdough and I felt so defeated. I think decided to focus and master one, and that has helped boost my confidence so much!

[@TrggrWarning]

@@GrainsandGrit Figuring out how to make a sourdough starter and sourdough bread last year was kinda fun. Prior to that I never baked a thing and I got a little lucky, they were good. I stopped because it was a slow process and the other breads weren’t as good, (think I need a new oven). In the meantime I bought a bread machine and want to start again with milled wheat. Just need to figure out where to buy wheat berries. Someone suggested LDS do you know anything about that/them? Or where to buy it?

[@GrainsandGrit]

Absolutely, check out my WHERE TO BUY GRAINS page - I keep it up to date with the best sources: grainsandgrit.com/buygrains/

[@cavymomma]

THANK YOU!!! I think you are the prescription for my bad case of 'analysis paralysis' 🙂 I milled my first batch of flour and made some so-so pizza dough. Looking forward to following your channel and perfecting my results. Huge encouragement to see I already have many of the same tools you list above .. who knew I was already doing something right??!! LOL!

[@cintie45]

Thank you Felicia I am a new subscriber and just lurched my first bucket of red wheat berries Thank you for your video's and homeschooling I'm a grandma of 6 and another on the way but I think it's never to late to learn Blessings

[@GrainsandGrit]

You can do it!

[@Genesis.1-1]

I am so fortunate that your channel showed up in my feed. I've been looking into wheat berries for about a week, and you are correct...the whole process can be intimidating...your video helped with that. Besides the wheat berries information, I was first drawn to your bookshelf behind you. A person's bookshelf provides great insight into who they are. Your collection of Bibles is impressive. I have a lot of Bibles as well and am always on the lookout for new/old versions I don't have. My wife recently asked me if I thought I had enough Bibles...I responded with don't you think you have enough shoes? The subject hasn't come up since. Anyway, I also tuned into your classical homeschool comments and am impressed. My son and his wife also use that method to homeschool. Also like you, my daughter-in-law couldn't even make toast when she entered the family, but I taught all my kids how to cook, do laundry, iron their clothes, clean, budget, grocery shop...life skills that a lot of people disregard. Sorry, I digress, your video is timely, helpful and reassuring. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience. Thank you from a new subscriber.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Haha, you would like the bookshelves - they're my husbands! I can't resist shooting some vids at his desk, because they make such a great background, lol. Yes, life skills aren't really emphasized anymore - but hopefully we can change that a little at a time.

[@greentree_]

I made my first loaf of freshly milled flour just yesterday! It was easy, I just opened a #10 can of wheatberries and threw some in my blender, then I put all ingredients in my bread machine, following the recipe in the machine recipe book. I used a kitchen scale to be precise. My bread turned out so delicious and soft and fresh. I have a Vitamix, but I do not have the dry blade container so I blended the wheat berries in the wet blade container, it works, but I heard it’s not good for the blender, so when I can afford, I will buy the dry blade container. With all this help it was very easy to make healthy bread.

[@dianehipsley6450]

where do u buy your grain?

[@greentree_]

@@dianehipsley6450 LDS Store.

[@annblachly8068]

Thank you. My first 4 loaves just out of the oven and cooling are not rounded. I will persevere with this recipe until it makes a taller loaf. My husband just told me our white wheat is soft and the red is hard. I used both thinking the white was hard. My sister in-law used to make bread with our white soft wheat we grew back then (over 40 years ago) and it was lovely with this recipe. I'm doing good to get this far. I will not allow my perfectionism to stop me.

[@GrainsandGrit]

You can do it!! Way to stick to it! 😄

[@annettepoindexter5844]

Thank you!! I love Bread Beckers as well. I am just getting started.❤

[@missionmindedmom]

This was an incredibly helpful and informative video. Thank you.

[@stephanieorr266]

What!? You’re part of Classical Conversations!? We are too, that’s awesome 😊

[@hopew3531]

Thank you for making these videos. I am now switching over to this method but researching all different kinds of bread. I will follow your advice and master one bread, I will be making your recipe! Many blessings on your success! Keep the ideas coming

[@GrainsandGrit]

Thank you so much and WELCOME to the milling family! Bread making can be a rabbit hole for sure. You can make it as complicated or as simple as you want. It helped me so much to just take a step back and focus on mastering one recipe.

[@kylieelise8846]

Thank you so much for this video! I’m a new mom and a much like you I could barely cook when I got married! Now that I get to stay at home with my son it is my mission to learn all that I can about making my own bread the way God intended it for us. I appreciate so much that you are willing to impart you’re hard earned knowledge to all who are earnestly searching for it like myself. God bless!

[@GrainsandGrit]

You go girl, you can do it!! Glad to be here to help you along the way.

[@alwoodruff2]

This was very encouraging!

[@jlm3303]

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge...I believe it is absolutely necessary to regularly eat what you plan to eat during difficult times... Not only is it a healthy lifestyle but it also will not require as much adjustment to your life WHEN things spin out of control...I think most people will agree that It's not a matter of IF we will need to adjust our lives, rather a matter of WHEN and just how difficult life is likely to become.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Exactly. Wheat isn't for stashing and forgetting. I'm trying to get people to change over right now.

[@RS-ru5ds]

Bless You! Thank you for this! I want to start the journey yet am overwhelmed with where to start. This helped me greatly!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Oh good, I know you can do this. Feel free to download my free newbie guide: bit.ly/3XgUWrD

[@Dee-tu8bq]

This is so encouraging!!

[@Sierva653]

I also started w Sue Becker got her book Bread Beckers Recipe Collection. All you need to know is there. I'm baking my own bread and grinding my own flour for over 10 years now. Using a zojirushi home bakery all this time love it

[@GrainsandGrit]

That's great! :-)

[@lorisilva10784]

I am so thankful that I came across your channel. I have purchased alot of hard white wheat berries, thinking that I just incorporate or substitute equal amounts of flour into a recipe. Boy was I wrong!! You described me to a tee at the beginning of your video. I hate to waste any product on a new recipe because you can't afford to go wrong! Thank you so much for this recipe. I'm going to look into it more because I really need to substitute a sugar for the honey because of sensitivities in the family. But otherwise, I'm going to give it a whirl!! Greetings from Treasure Coast Florida. Be safe!!

[@GrainsandGrit]

A fellow Floridian! You can do it, keep working on it. Glad to help!

[@cocacolafiesta]

Thank you for your advice. My reason for wanting to mill my own flour is that I found my first bugs in a 2.5 lb of packaged flour, yikes! I don’t want to come across that again so I’ve seen many videos of preppers storing the wheat for milling so now I’ll do the same! I’m only interested in getting the wheat to make all purpose flour but I saw that you have many videos so I’ll research that information. As a mexican cook I make flour and corn tortillas primarily but have now expanded to learn how to make bread, pizza, hamburger and hot dog buns. Not looking for any fancy artisan bread just the basics.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Glad to have you aboard!

[@TheNicoleSanchez]

I am so enjoying your channel Felicia! I just purchased my first grain mill and wheat berries and while I’m an experienced cook and do you enjoy baking, I haven’t done a lot of bread and I have never ground my own wheat. Thanks for all of the great information! 😃 🍞

[@ruthgreen2014]

Such a wise young lady you are!

[@Thisisit120]

What I would like to know because I’m new at grinding my own wheat thing. Is how you get the different flours that recipes calls for what do you add what particular grain do you use, how do you get all purpose flour, how do you get pastry flour, how do you get self rising flour, and bread flour,and on and on. This is a thing that is tripping me up right now on my grin grinding journey. Love your videos. ❤️

[@GrainsandGrit]

First ask “what is this recipe for?” If it’s a baked good like cookies, cakes, etc I’m automatically going to eliminate my hard white and red flours . Those are best used for loaf breads. So if you have a recipe that calls for bread flour, use a hard red or hard white. For baked goods soft white wheat is usually what you want. Pastry flour: Sifted soft white thats milled fine. All purpose: depends on whether it’s for a yeast bread or a baked good Bread flour: hard red or hard white wheat. Once you get used to substituting those wheats, then you can branch out and experiment with ancient grains and others.

[@sherylmatters258]

I also knew the Beckers in the 90s. Sour dough gets rid of the coating problem. The wheat kernel is covered in enzyme inhibitors and phytic acid. So the wheat either needs to be sprouted or soured to make it digestible. I do regret the years I spent grinding wheat and baking without souring for sour dough. Today my sour dough bread is the most wonderul, easy, and rewarding bread I have ever eaten. NO more bloating, etc.

[@GrainsandGrit]

I love a good sourdough!

[@dizziechef9502]

One thing I love to make is my own Kefir from live kefir grains that come from the cow. But I use goats milk some time or unpasteurized milk . This is the best buttermilk ever and I make my own cheese with it. Now I want to mill my own flour. I have the electric sifter but only the mill for my kitchen aid.

[@raizab.1837]

Just discovered your channel and recently interested in learning to bake my own bread with the flour I mill. It's funny how you mention to just learn one thing and then go forward. When learning something new I tend to dive into buying books and equipment and ingredients and then totally overwhelm myself. So one thing at a time, LOL.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Haha, welcome! Here's everything you need to get started: bit.ly/3XgUWrD

[@comet969]

Thanks for your videos I’ve finally gotten a mill so I can start trying to mill my own I’ve been doing as much as I can from scratch the past few years and now I want to really go from scratch besides growing it lol no room

[@GrainsandGrit]

Hey not everyone has a green thumb no matter how much space they have! That's great that you're cooking from scratch as much as you can. That alone makes a huge difference.

[@charlenecole1840]

Just found you! & I love it that you started your tips with encouragement!

[@GrainsandGrit]

I'm so glad! Welcome aboard!!

[@fearfullywonderfullymade3150]

I am so glad I found your channel. You said several things and I kept thinking, "that's me too!!!" I just started THM and want to make my own whole wheat bread with fresh flour. Have you ever done a sourdough loaf with fresh flour? I am hunting for a video of sourdough with fresh ground flour. Would love for you to make a video.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Welcome aboard! Yes, I'm working on perfecting my sourdough recipe. Stay tuned!

[@blessisrael6455]

I’d love to see a Sourdough Bread using Einkorn berries, it’s the highest quality easy digestible bread, and the only reason I haven’t used it is because it’s so expensive and I don’t have a miller; I have a blender, and have never milled bread before but only bought it already milled; would a blender work ? Thanks ; )

[@paintingalways]

Thank you for sharing this 🎉

[@GrainsandGrit]

My pleasure - thanks for watching!

[@northwoodsmama4973]

Making freshly milled flour for bread is going to give you a coarser loaf, unless it sits. Ive used it when I make bread for a couple years. I also proof my sourdough with sugar in a bowl separate from the starter culture jar, to make a more traditional loaf texture and shape. I take two tbsps or so of starter, equal amount of sugar, stir in a bowl, add a quarter cup of water, cover it, and wait. It usually begins foaming right away and I begin to add my fresh milled flour a few tbsps at a time. Then, I stir in my oil and salt, and continue adding flour until the texture is right, and I again cover it and wait. Usually, I sit the bowl next my wood stove or the cooking stove to help it get going. A few tips, a longer rising time isn't always better. Watch your dough til it's about twice it's original volume. Then work it up and into a prepared loaf pan for it's final rise. I'd cover it for the first half and then butter it for the second.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Thanks for the tips!!

[@REDCRANE1944]

Thanksfor the advice. Looks like my mistakes have been from trying to may different recipes. I will use your and continue to get it right. BTW I love your library

[@GrainsandGrit]

Thanks, I borrow it from my husband's study on occasion hehe

[@zakkrueck2362]

felicia if you are around, have you ever done anything with millet, grow, bake? what was your experience?

[@GrainsandGrit]

Yep, and I'll be making a big announcement in my live video next week about this.

[@zakkrueck2362]

this is a very big coincidence for me because i have bought 20 vego corrugated raised beds for growing millet for first time next year. iwant to buy a hand mill and learn to process millet and learn to bake bread. i have heard that nutritionally millet is very underused and underrated. also i just discovered your channel yesterday.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Perfect timing!

[@sunshine-tc7pj]

Thank you for this video. gave me the courage to start :)

[@GrainsandGrit]

You can do it! I'm here to help.

[@VeganPrepper]

Thank you for this video! We just went through the last of our flour and it's time to start using this wheat we've got stored up. Wish me luck! LoL!

[@GrainsandGrit]

You got this!

[@tamaraprevitali1990]

Hi Felicia, so glad I stumbled on your channel I got a Nutrimill harvest for Christmas and I’m going to start my adventure in bread making - i’ve never made bread before and never milled grains before but here I go 🤗 I’m sure I’ll be watching lots of your videos.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Welcome aboard! I've got you covered - you can do this!

[@janiceshira91]

In my recipe, I did 50-50 wheat, berries, ground them up and put a tablespoon of gluten in it along with. I think it’s called a dried molasses or could be the dried can sugar. I don’t know what you call it, but my bread when I put it in a bread machine, it wasn’t wet enough so I put a tablespoon of warm water in it at a time until it got to the point of kind of a dry sticky. Then add rose up from 330 to 4:43. Almost to the top but by 457 it was over the top by 514 time it started mixing up and setting the timer for the second rise. Will the gluten have much of a negative nutrient in my bread

[@GrainsandGrit]

There is nothing wrong with a natural amount of gluten in your bread. It helps your bread to rise, and God gave it to us.

[@stormeyholmes5405]

Super excited to have found you!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Welcome aboard!!!

[@berdierathman8820]

My why is. I love making bread took me a few years to master a recipe once i did I was hooked. My mother always baked bread and I wanted to as well. And i have gut issues due to having Hplori and C diff back in 2008 and since have battled bad gut. So i want to make a better version of my bread.

[@K.I.M.7777]

I too mill my own grains and have Sue's book. I noticed that the bread loaves I make, don't always rise. I've had some great successes and some big flops. The taste is always there, even when the loaves don't rise, but it's a bummer when they don't rise. I can't figure out why sometimes the same recipe works and other times, it doesn't. I don't have a stand mixer so I knead my bread by hand. I understand that you need to knead by hand for a minimum of 15-20 minutes whereas with a stand mixer you would knead for 5 minutes. All I know is I literally just made Sue Becker's rye bread recipe, not my first time making it either, and it looks like a brick. Ugh! Any reason why the bread doesn't rise. It rises during proofing but seems to collapse in the oven or just get a flat top.

[@lisa32469]

Glad I found you! New to the fresh berries but ready to start learning. Going to check out your video on loaf bread...💜

[@chillspice1959]

I just found your channel! You make wonderful content Thank you!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Glad you enjoy it! Stick around!

[@nathandavis5730]

Preach it sister, Jesus is the bread of life.

[@bobbibonner]

Thank you!!!

[@francineclave2207]

Bless you … “I could burn water” 😂😂😂😂

[@StarChaserRanch]

I love how you say, fake bread. I stopped buying bread almost a year ago. I have been making sourdough with store bought flour. I want to stop using the nasty flour and make my own healthy flour. My bread can be so much better!!!!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Yes, the problem is the dead flour. Even sourdough with dead flour isn't good for us. I'd rather use commercial yeast with home-milled flour. It's still alive and fresh and oh soo good.

[@StarChaserRanch]

@@GrainsandGrit Im listening to "Do not eat the bread of idleness". About half way through it and drove out to get more wheat berries. HAHA. Wonderful motivation on a rainy day.

[@thedixiebelle7841]

AAAAAHHH!! Yes!! Thank you! You answered so many of my questions!! Can’t wait to chat more when we see y’all next week!😀💛

[@GrainsandGrit]

So glad it was helpful! Be careful, I can talk about this all day lol

[@cbak1819]

Very wise Sister

[@irispetak3887]

Awesome video Felicia. I'm extremely new to the topic, any recommendation on what resources to start to know all about before buying everything I need 😅

[@GrainsandGrit]

I have a Newbie 101 guide!!! grainsandgrit.aweb.page/p/9c8bc1a1-3bc6-448d-a2c4-87521806fc0c

[@jahart358]

Great video and information. Thank you Felicia ❣️

[@GrainsandGrit]

You are most welcome!

[@toddadams2278]

What is your go to recipe for an Einkorn ĺoaf?

[@johnnylandreneaux8989]

How to make dread with it not falling apart after it is cooked after a day are so

[@jeanninemcwhorter919]

So I can use your bread recipe for dinner rolls as well?

[@Growmap]

If you mess up your dough, make fry bread. When your loaf doesn't turn out right, make croutons or cubes for stuffing. Want your breads and cakes to rise higher? Use duck eggs as part of the liquid. If yeast breast is too challenging at first, make quick breads that use baking powder with your fresh milled flour instead.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Yep, so many options!

[@momomily9229]

I went on ebay after listening to you and found a used wondermill for $152. Bought it. Then yesterday, one of my clients had Amazon deliver a nutrimill harvest grain mill to me!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Ahhhh what a wonderful client!!!!! How awesome!

[@malia5807]

I liked your video, but as soon as I heard you're in CC and a tutor, I subscribed!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Yay!! We LOVE CC! And I love being a tutor!!!

[@jessicagrissom2378]

What is that one recipe of yours that you use for many different things? I'd love to try it!!

[@GrainsandGrit]

My simple yeast bread loaf. It’s the same dough I use for pizza, rolls, cinnamon rolls, etc 😄

[@Buttercookie-h7d]

Youre amazing!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Thanks!!

[@jennifercruz3534]

Thank You so much for your videos ! Super helpful. I was wondering if you recommend freezing ALL grains before storing in buckets to avoid pests. If so, how do you avoid any residual moisture getting in the bucket from a freshly thawed grain ? New to all of this and don’t want to mess it up. Thanks in advance :)

[@GrainsandGrit]

Glad these videos are helping you! I do not recommend freezing wheat. In my experience, it is not necessary. I DO recommend freezing rice and corn (this includes grits). I have buckets of wheat berries out in my shed that will stay out there for months in Florida heat and humidity and I've never had wheat berries go bad. I HAVE had little mites hatch and be in my corn and rice, so I ALWAYS freeze those for about 24 hours for long term storage! When I freeze them, I then just take them out and dump them in a bucket with a good lid. I've never had issues with moisture with those grains.

[@jennifercruz3534]

@@GrainsandGrit Thank you ;)

[@annblachly8068]

@@GrainsandGrit Another great tip. I hope to have a variety of grains including corn so will freeze before putting in buckets in the cool to very cold basement in the winter. I live too far from the city that would have dry ice, but plenty of freezer space.

[@TreenThomas]

Question: What does Sue Becker recommend for pasta? I haven't seen many videos explaining which pasta is best, as far as whole grains. Thanks! I'd rather not make it homemade...haha

[@GrainsandGrit]

I use Kamut to make the best whole grain pasta you've ever had: www.grainsandgrit.com/KamutCourse

[@kathycadile6421]

I made some bread with my first time milling the grain. It was a total fail. My wheat was over 15 years old but sealed and in a bucket. Supposedly it should last over 20 years (I thought). Not sure what happened but it didn't rise very well.The loaves remained very small. First rise seemed to be good. I would love to send you some photos if that's okay. I've been making bread for years but with the bad stuff and just got my mill so I was anxious to get started with it.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Sorry to hear that. We'd be more than happy to troubleshoot with you inside our elite supports group: bit.ly/3ta2LTc

[@beckyhild1140]

Are you sure your yeast was active

[@RichardChappell1]

More importantly than practicing to know oyu can do it - it's getting your digestive system ready for it...

[@margaretbeloved6172]

How do i order from the people that r offering this blessing?

[@SuperLauramack]

I just bought a grain sifter for my Bosch. Do you use one? I was thinking of using it for the rye for my sourdough and also for making biscuits.

[@שלוםוברכה-ז8כ]

I grabbed water. I'm a rebel!

[@Mrs.Patriot]

Is the set of green books behind you the Spurgeon collection? We have those! Thanks for the inspiration.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Yes! My husband has an epic theology library.

[@danluther1741]

So, you're saying it will take me 10 years to learn to bake a loaf of bread? 😂 - You, ma'am are going to be an excellent resource for me as I am just starting out in the world of wheat berries! New sub here! Thank you & God bless!!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Well, hopefully, you can just use my 10 years of trial and error to go straight to the good stuff!

[@karinzofcin9720]

Thank you so much for ALL the great information you give. I have been buying wheat berries for about a year now and one thing I notice is that there are some small blackish round pieces (smaller than the wheat berry and hard...not bugs) I get my berries from Azure Standard. I generally have just been grinding it up with my flour assuming it was just part of the plant, but from time to time I crunch down on something pretty hard and i am wondering if these are tiny pebbles I am grinding. I have tried to find an answer online but haven't found anything. I figured if anyone one would know, it would be you! Thank you and God bless!

[@GrainsandGrit]

Azure quality has been slipping lately. Hopefully it will improve soon. For super clean grains (and flawless customer service), I recommend PHG: grainsandgrit.com/phg

[@cynforrest]

@@GrainsandGrit Yes. I agree. Excellent grain quality. Clean and very well packed for shipping.

[@shizanepimp1]

Ours seems it is harder to rise. Sometimes it deflates as we cook it.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Are you following my recipe?

[@dizziechef9502]

I bought an electric sifter to get the grains out. I bought the white berries. I only have the kitchen aid attachment for milling. I never used these . I’m kind of scared to try. Idk why. Failure I guess.

[@gloriabryant4490]

I didn't see your basic bread recipe in the comments. I did make Sue Beckers basic bread and cinnamon orange cranberry bread. Both were heavy and way to moist/wet and not like a sandwich bread at all. Should I use sugar instead of honey? (So glad I found you!)

[@GrainsandGrit]

I actually use honey all the time in my basic loaf recipe. Here is my recipe: grainsandgrit.com/simple-yeast-bread-loaf/ Let me know if this one works out better for you! :-)

[@gloriabryant4490]

@@GrainsandGritThank you!

[@quintoncarroll4828]

Hand grinder vs electric?

[@socorrohernandez8743]

In order to work this bread has to be milled?

[@GrainsandGrit]

Absolutely. Stick around, I can help. Here's my free Newbie Guide: bit.ly/3LAospS

[@lisaturner6297]

Thank you SO much! I “hope” tonight to mill my first wheat & bake a loaf from your recipe! QUESTION: if I grind too much wheat, how long does it stay fresh, with nutrients intact?

[@GrainsandGrit]

Oh it’s always exciting to do it the very first time! As soon as your grind the wheat it starts losing nutrients until it’s baked. In just 3 days, 90% have been oxidized. So in saying that, you don’t want to grind too much. For my loaves, grind about 6 cups of grains. That should produce enough flour with a little left over. Any left over I keep a bag in my freezer that I put it in so whenever I just need a little bit or for gravy I have some flour. The freezer just keeps it from going bad 😄

[@lisaturner6297]

@@GrainsandGrit ~ Thank you again! I have to admit you are the one that convinced me to do this. I’ve grown closer to God, these last years, & your applying freshly milled wheat bread to oh so many mentions in the Bible, just turned my lightbulb on. Why had I not put 2 & 2 together before, I’ll never know, but thank you for doing it, truly. Keep your fingers crossed for me & my bread adventure. God bless you & your family.

[@melindabanning4497]

@@GrainsandGrit I just heard that you can keep the flour for a month.in the freezer. I hear it from Annette Reader the Biblical Nutritionist

[@lisaturner6297]

@@GrainsandGrit ~ Hi, me again with a QUESTION: I do not have a Bosch, but a Kitchenaid stand mixer, that I normally make bread in. Your recipe calls for 9+ cups of flour & I don’t know how milling effects heaviness of flour. Will that be too much for a very basic, 25yr old Kitchenaid????

[@GrainsandGrit]

@@lisaturner6297 Most likely it will be too heavy. This recipe can easily be divided in half for one loaf!

[@christituck4409]

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!

[@JJM-GodIsUpToSomething]

Is milled flour easier in the bread machine?

[@wheepingwillow24u17]

first time here, sub'd you, thanks for this great advice. :) tc

[@suzannekeeton7363]

LOVE your site!!! Just started being interested a year ago. Wish I had found you then. Trouble is I'm 72 almost 73 and wish wish wish I had started earlier in my life.

[@GrainsandGrit]

So glad this is helpful! And way to prove that you're never too old to start learning something new! :-)

[@debip7483]

Felicia, can I divide your loaf bread recipe in half?

[@erikam3885]

I’m switching over from a gluten free life to the fresh milled lifestyle. I’m going to start with sourdough and fresh milled grains. I currently have some organic flour in my food storage. Can I use that to feed the sourdough starter and just use the fresh milled berries for cooking baked goods or should I fresh mill for both?

[@GrainsandGrit]

You can go with the flour you already have. When you run out, just start feeding with freshly milled 😀

[@cathyclegg393]

Hi thanks for the video, am a beginner and was wondering what grain to start with first for bread please, I am in Australia thanks

[@GrainsandGrit]

I recommend starting with my simple loaf bread recipe here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4qblqCultCsqc0

[@shakfig2655]

I’m loving your channel “New subscriber here” 😀

[@GrainsandGrit]

Thanks! Glad to have you here!

[@zakkrueck2362]

yay!

[@medina3420]

Awesome 👌🏽

[@jerilynmoyer6495]

I just got a grain mill this past summer and recently started milling my flour. I have a kitchen aid mixer, but it just doesn’t seem to be strong enough. I noticed you use a Bosch. Is that something you recommend or is there another mixer that you recommend?? Thank you, Jerilyn

[@GrainsandGrit]

Yeah, if you are serious about milling, Bosch is the one to get: bit.ly/3sG1i7E

[@jerilynmoyer6495]

@@GrainsandGrit awesome, thank you so much!

[@TeresaFromPA]

Hi Felicia. My husband and I started milling our own flour recently and have been very pleased with the results. Do you have any advice on what to do with the bran that remains afterward? Thanks in advance!

[@GrainsandGrit]

If you're milling your own flour, then it should contain all the bran in the flour - unless you're sifting it?

[@cynforrest]

Stir it in, use it, consume it. Enjoy.

[@davidcolin6544]

I’m feeling pretty discouraged. I subbed freshly milled white hard wheat I bought for Robin Hood best for bread flour that I regularly use in my bread machine and the results were a complete bust. It only rose about 50% as much as it usually does and the dough felt grainy to the touch even though I milled it to the finest setting. Can you tell me what I did wrong? I bought a 50lb bag of wheat berries.

[@GrainsandGrit]

Are you using my bread machine recipe? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqCbnaCdmtedrtE

[@davidcolin6544]

I found it! I’m gonna try this with some natural dough improvers and see how it goes. Thank you!

[@margaretbeloved6172]

WHERE DO U GET THE GRAINS.

[@GrainsandGrit]

grainsandgrit.com/buygrains/

[@marjoriemyer2508]

Can I vacuum seal whole grains and then plant them in the fall?

[@GrainsandGrit]

I don't see why not :-)

[@k.p.1139]

Can I add #6? When trying out a new recipe don't expect anything other than what it is, the first time out. If it doesn't go well, then don't toss it in the trash and say forget it and never try it again. Even your climate plays a part in bread baking. Maybe number #7? Not all mistakes turn out bad! If you have a happy accident and it turns out well, don't "say" I need to remember to write that down..YOU WON'T remember. Go write it down as soon as you realize that worked well! I have been baking bread for many many years and sometimes life happens and your dough over-proofed, Or you forgot that your oven runs 25 degrees cooler and you need to bump it up a notch. Or, this recipe cooks faster than called for, or longer than called for in my oven. Don't ever worry about making mistakes with a recipe- this is how news ones are born. And sometimes old favorites just didn't taste good- today.

[@the1plantguy]

Just subbed! Am trying to do more of this! What manual mills could you recommend?

[@GrainsandGrit]

I have only tried one manual mill and I did a review on it. It's an inexpensive one that seems to have worked well. You can check out that video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iILZqp6Iqs-Yg9E As far as a really nice manual mill, I definitely have my eye on the Wondermill Jr Deluxe. The reason I am considering that one is because it also has the other awl that handles wet items like coffee beans and masa harina :-)

[@robinbrentnall2760]

I am very new and overwhelmed we are on budget as we are both on disability. And now everything is so expensive wheats are confusing as there is so many options and I know a lot of it is marketing strategy especially for us that don’t know because we don’t know will buy all the flower because we’re afraid to make them one thing without using the right wheat berry, so yeah I would say it’s overwhelming. I don’t know how long I can keep this up. I broke my juicer I’ve had for many years and now it can’t be replaced trying to mail the grain because I don’t have a mill to do it.😢😢😢

[@GrainsandGrit]

Maybe you could benefit from my free Newbie Guide. It will help walk you through some of these decisions: bit.ly/3XgUWrD

[@rickmcmahon2136]

Ok I am just learning how to make bread and now I want to start milling my own flour.Here is my concern : when I buy wheat berries I worry that it will have weevils in it.I bring my flour home from the store, put it in the freezer for 24 hours then I sit it on the counter for one or two days and then back in the freezer for two days.I was told that is the way to kill any weevils in the flour.Do you think that that is a good plan for wheat berries.I saw another prepper open his stored wheat and it was full of weevils and I don't want that.Thanks for any insight you can share.

[@GrainsandGrit]

You can either freeze the wheat berries OR just use oxygen absorbers. You also need to make sure your wheat berries are in a good container with a good lid to keep bugs and moisture out.