When I first started milling my own flour, I stopped using sourdough all together. I’d been making sourdough bread for years and loved it. See my detailed recipe for making sourdough without discard here. But making sourdough bread with fresh milled flour seemed impossible. In fact, to this day I still often suggest that folks […]
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When I first started making my own flour almost a decade ago, people called me crazy. Make flour at home? That sounded wild just a few short years ago. Then 2020 hit. Nobody made fun of my flour-making. I was content at home, with my wheat berries, grain mill, and plenty of flour for baked
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Impact vs stone mills. Who knew flour mills could be so different? At this moment, I own four different flour mills. I know, right? Crazy person alert. Each one is different and unique, so let’s talk about how stone mills are different from impact mills, and what that means for you as a home miller.
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Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe that some people haven’t been convinced to mill their own flour yet. I get it, it can be overwhelming to start. But there are so many benefits of milling your own flour that it’s beyond worth the learning curve.
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When I started milling my own flour and experimenting with whole wheat baking, muffins stumped me. They either wouldn’t rise, tasted awful, or were crumbly. Fast-forward a few years and a lot of almost-thrown-in-towels, and these whole wheat pumpkin muffins are now a highly-requested treat in my house.
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Without fail every time I mention milling flour, choosing/using a grain mill, or wheat berries over on my Instagram page, I get tons of questions, specifically about choosing the right wheat berries. And I get it. Milling flour is an age-old phenomenon, but turning wheat berries into flour in our own kitchens is a brand-new
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When I learned how to make flour at home it transformed my whole kitchen! I own and use a grain mill on a daily basis, but you can easily make flour without one. Making flour is such a rewarding, nutritious and delicious way to eat more vitamins and minerals without any extra effort. Whether you’re
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When I started milling my own flour, it was for the taste, nutrition, and to save money. But I quickly realized another amazing reason I love owning a grain mill is because of the variety of things I can turn into flour. Alternative grains then entered the picture. I quickly started learning all about alternative
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A decade ago I had no idea what a wheat berry was. For all I knew it was an exotic fruit. Fast forward to today and I’m writing an ultimate guide to wheat berries, I no longer buy flour from the store, and I bake a lot of my family’s bread products from scratch with
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Cookies are my love language. So when my kids started talking about how Crumbl cookies were all the rage, naturally I was curious. The funny thing is, whenever I indulge in a Crumbl cookie, all I’m thinking about is how I can make them better, cheaper, and more nutritious at home.
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