My tips for MILLING WHEAT AT HOME | Milling wheat for beginners
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I love Sue Becker and live about 20 minutes away from her store and look forward to going over when I have time. Her CZcams channel is awesome.
Thank you, Mary, your tips help a lot. The only downside is that my chickens will be mad at me because I give them my bricks, and they love them! On the other hand, hubby will be so happy. I’m enjoying your Biblical eating experiences as well.
Ha ha! I know what you mean. My chickens love when my bread doesn't turn out, LOL
I haven’t been doing biblical but i had started eating grains, unprocessed no more Stevia, eating fresh veggies an fruits, using high quality olive oil, etc and my allergies are better, i have crohns and had colon cancer my stomach is better than ever already, my joints are better i have djd and arthritis, ive noticed less inflammation already as well, slowly making more changes jarlsberg cheese helps with osteoporosis and i love cheese but most cause inflammation but not jarlsberg. I love your channel and i found it just when i needed it. ❤
I believe egg yokes are a good source of Lecithin you can add for softer bread too.
LOVE THIS! Can't wait for the new stuff coming.. :D
Can’t wait for your research results
Your videos and tips help me alot thank you
I would love recipes for enliven bread recipes. There are holidays that it says they made bread without yeast. I was not a daily bread. I knew at this and love your channel. God has been putting the threshing floor on my heart lately, so I am adding that to my studies.
I will work on that. I've been thinking about making a flatbread of sorts that is unleavened.
Can’t wait for the video about biblical bread!!
Hi Mary! I love your videos! I just found your channel a couple of weeks ago and have been binge watching and have also checked out some channels you suggested. I also got Sue Beckers book and have watched several of her videos as well. Thanks to you, I have now had 2 successful bread bakes and a quickbread all with freshly milled flour. I'm hooked! Thank you again ❤
That is awesome! I am so happy to hear this!!
Thank you! I appreciate your content and what you share. I keep working on my bread recipe and different mixtures of grains. I am having so much fun. I even share a loaf with my neighbor who is retired, so he has good, healthy, fresh bread.
Oh, that is so awesome!
That was so informative. I had questions about the lecithin and what it does. So glad to learn about Sifted. Thanks again, Mary!
The company is called Unsifted and the are very helpful. I emailed them and told them about The Rose Homestead talking about them. I asked a couple of questions and heard back from them right away. I'm still learning from Mary until I have the money to get going with a grain mill. Best of luck to you!
@@oldchickenladyoh yes, I heard it say Unsifted. My mistake. Thanks!
I'm loving my grain mill the wondermill I made muffins this morning I used the basic muffin recipe with a can of crushed pineapple it was so moist and wonderful taste great
Oh, that's wonderful! I am so excited for you!
Thanks for another great video, Mary! I am enjoying my Komo Classic grain mill. It's the only grain mill I have used so I have no comparison but it's been one of the best purchases I have ever made. I look forward to a Q & A video and would like to know more about how you and your husband met and what led you to be a full-time homemaker.
Thank you so much! I have heard so many wonderful things about the Komo.
Knocked it out of the park, Mary! A great presentation. I've been milling for a couple years and so enjoy it. Still learning and making adjustments, but I love the whole process. I'm geared more to the sourdough side of things, and while that adds another element to it all, it's been a wonderful journey. I agree with you... don't give up, know there will be pitfalls, but keep going. I, too, like how the Bible compares our Messiah with wheat, that's a study all its own. Of all the options He could have used in the "Give us this day...", He chose bread. 🍞🌾Cheers!
Yes! I love this!
Thank you! I just recieved my Harvest grain mill! Have not tried it yet. I have flour I need to use up!
Good luck on your milling journey!
Great info. BTW, for those wanting the Artiste mixer, NutriMill has an amazing bundle sale going on. But if one isn’t interested in all the attachments,I’ll bet the best price will be Black Friday. On personal note: Thanks to you I’ve been enjoying great success with baking bread, muffins, etc. Even created my own version of Dave’s Killer Bread. Lol. Awful name but fabulous bread! Will soon be flying to East Coast to share milling and baking with my DD who is excited to learn. I’m hoping she’ll join your Channel as you’re a fabulous resource! Thank you. ❤
I like Milling into a glass measuring cup since my nutrimill does not have a flour container. This has really helped me not have leftover flour.
Great idea!
Thank you for the wonderful tips ❤
I have a mill and one of those people who was gun ho and tapered off and haven’t tried for a long time now.
I would love to hear and see a video regarding “soaking “ some of the flour…… that sounds logical because what I found was that was the difference in using milled flour vs store bought flour.
I love the Biblical aspect 🙏❤️🙏
I am just getting into the soaking the flour and I believe it makes a difference in the end product. That video will be coming soon!
Thanks for doing these videos. I have been considering a grain mill and watching a lot of videos to research. I'm trying to manage my expectations and learn what to expect before making the investment. I've been buying wheat and rye flours to try to adjust my tastes. I am sure that I want a stone mill and have been trying to decide between Mockmill 100 (seems really easy to use) and Nutrimill Harvest (I love the look of this one and that I can get it with red trim). I'm looking forward to your Nutrimill Harvest video!
I am very excited to try out the harvest grain mill. I have been interested in stone mills for a while. I've heard you can crack grains as well as have fine flour, so, that will be a big plus if it works well.
Learning about how to make fresh milled bread and how to eat in a more biblical way are two super exciting subjects that I can’t seem to get enough of :)! I love your tips and recommendations, they’re so very helpful, especially to a beginner like me. I’d love to hear about your experiences making different bread product such as pita bread, bagels, tortillas etc (bread other than traditional loaves). It’d be fun to delve into breads from different parts of the world too (made from fresh milled grains of course), like Japanese milk bread, German pumpernickel & rye, Hawaiin sweet bread, croissants and/or any others you’d be interested in trying. Lastly, incorporating fresh milled bean flour into recipes would be really fun, like black bean brownies, or red bean flour cake 😊
All great ideas! I am sitting down making my 2024 idea list and I am going to be adding these to the list! Thanks so much!
Morning Mary, I too keep extra flour from my grains in freezer, I mix all the different ones together, it makes a mystery bread. 🤣 I made a loaf of this bread yesterday to use up the extra flour. Wow! It turned out to be very delicious bread. BUT I can’t duplicate it again but fun to do it anyway. Lol Love Love your videos. I’m also learning how to make Fire Cider health boosting tonics for winter. Sooo fun. Hugs Peggy
Oh my! I have put off making fire cider for so long. I need to get on that! I have made bread products that were mystery as well, lol!
@@TheRoseHomestead oh wow! I would LOVE your tips & ideas & recipes on Fire Cider. I’m finding it so interesting. I didn’t know if you knew about that. OK let’s go with it Mary! Lol
The handmill IS exhausting. So I bought the kitchenaid attachment and the flour was grainy so I got the nutrimill and I LOVE it.
I am so looking forward to your nutriMill harvest video! Perhaps I'll learn how to use mine better or differently. One request, please let us hear what the grinder sounds like when you're grinding the flour so I can know what to listen for when I'm grinding mine. How much lemon juice do you add to a loaf of bread recipe? I have lemon juice I do not have lecithin.
I'll be grinding some hard white wheat to make your orange rolls this weekend! I'm very excited because I have so much hard white wheat to use up. I could use all the recipes that you have lol.
I add 1/2 tbsp per loaf of the lemon juice. I will definitely have the sound of the milling on the video. I am so excited to try it out!
Hi Marty, I have received my Nutrimill Classic and ordering my hard white berries today. I really hope that is a good starting place since I have only ate white bread my entire life! I am so worried I want like it. I also have ordered “all the things” on Amazon to make my first loaf! I pray that it will be good because I am doing this for health reasons. I love you video and can’t wait for the Biblically one coming soon! It sounds fascinating!
Oh, that's wonderful. Please don't hesitate to message me any questions you have. I will be more than happy to help you on your journey!
Love your channel! So where are you located? On this video you use, you were able to clean the sides real good! I’m using the Bread Becker recipe and using hard white. I’m using a stand mixer and all I get is a wet sticky dough that won’t clean the sides. Love the bread but I just can’t get this part of it. Do you have a video on how you mix the dough? George
I'm in Virginia. I have found that I sometimes have to add some more flour to get it to pull from the sides of the bowl. Just add enough for it to just start pulling away and leave it for at least 10 minutes. It will come together. I will make a video next time I bake to show the process.
I am not religious, but I find a Biblical diet very interesting and have been hearing more about this type of eating lately. Your channel is very interesting and you spent the time to research things you share. I have been looking into a mediterranean diet to help some health issues so I am looking forward to what you have to share in the future. You are very pleasant and easy to listen to as well. I have been trying to decide on a mill for over a year now so maybe you can help me with that! Thanks and Blessings!
Thank you so much! I have had an interest in the Mediterranean diet as well. I will soon have a stone mill review and will relate the differences between it and my impact grain mills to hopefully help you make a decision!
Great tips - thank you! Curious why you don’t use the frozen milled wheat in bread.
I usually don't because of the drop in temperature it causes in the dough. I will use it in muffins and pancakes or something where there won't be a rise time.
It's been only yesterday when I found your channel-in search for a recipe for Ezekiel Bread-and I'm so happy! Such a grat content! I don't have a grain mill but just a strong blender-do you think it will work for all the ingridients of Ezekiel bread? Greetings to both of you from Poland 🥰
If it's a high speed blender it should work. Just don't blend too long as that will heat the flour too much. Thanks so much for watching!
I started out just using store-bought flours when I first started baking bread -- and then started buying whole organic wheatberries, rye berries, etc. when I had NO idea how much better it was to mill at home. I was doing it because I knew they would last so much longer than flour. Retired and on a fixed income, buying more appliances seemed impossible -- but I did already have a high-speed blender (a Blendtec in my case) and after discovering I could mill grain in that (no more than 2 cups at a time is best), it at least got me on my way.
Then a combination of frustration with my bread results (especially after kind of giving up now and again -- which did NOT help matters), got me to looking at the Nutrimill Artiste Mixer which was still more than I could afford, but when they had a sale for the basic one at $120 off I just literally emptied my bank account to get it. Am I glad I did? YOU BET...!!! I only learned in the past few months the biblical implications about the bread and the whole wheat and all, and having avoided bread most of my life I now see it as my mainstay. If I had to live on ONE thing other than water it would be home-milled home baked bread and water and I know I would be THANKFUL for it!
With this video I feel convinced I SHOULD save up for a grain mill -- and I'll probably get the one you use!
Thanks for all the great tips, Mary! For me, what was really new was learning about the lemon juice and about Unsifted.com which I never HEARD of before. I've taken a look and I'm lovin' 'em already!
This is so great! I'm so glad you are on the freshly milled journey!
This is so interesting. I’m a newbie and haven’t done much bread making. My mom used to make it often with a potato flake/sugar/water starter I have her recipe! His that considered the Amish bread starter? I’ve tried to do some research on it, but I still don’t know. Her bread was soooo good! Thank you for all the info!
I think an Amish starter is sweet. What you're referring to is just called a potato starter. I'm thinking it would be delicious! Now I want to try to make this starter!
@@TheRoseHomestead ok! Mom made bread my kids still talk about! I’ll send you her recipe when I’m back home tonight! I used it back then to make cinnamon rolls, the bread ability didn’t come to me! Lol
@HelpMeRhondayeah oh please do!! Thank you!
Hi Mary, my name is Debby from Wisconsin. During the pandemic, I learned about sourdough and pretty much can make really good bread. However, I use all the bread flours, all-purpose flour, and whole wheat flour. I'm very interested in milling my own wheat and going down the road of ancient grains. I need the works, the mill, a machine that will kneed a few loafs at a time, plus the grains. I feel a bit overwhelmed. I think buying my mill first is the way to go. I want to wait until your next video comes out before I buy my mill. I want to thank you for your information videos. They have been very helpful.
It's a good idea to do a ton of research. I did and it made the transition so much easier. I am excited to bring the stone mill to the channel soon. My advice is to buy a small amount of wheat berries, grind them in a high speed blender if you have one, and just make a simple loaf of bread. That way you can see how wonderful it tastes and know that you are making the right decision. Thank you so much for watching!
Good day Mary, I had asked you about some of the items miller and blender?
Were you wanting to know what mixer and blender I have?
I would like to suggest an option for grains and bulk foods that I have found to be a very good price and that is country life natural foods. If you order over $99 you get free shipping
Do you have to have a drop off for this? Thanks!
Mary the stones used in the NutriMill Harvest are not from stones. They are ceramic cardorumdum which is made from abrasive particles being glued together with adhesive. The main ingredient the adhesive is aluminum oxide. Over time the stones wear dine and the abrasives and the adhesive goes into your flour. The abrasives can wear down your teeth enamel. Dentists don’t like this about the ceramic stone mills. Nick Sorenson has written a post about this problem on his website The Fresh Loaf. I don’t think that you were aware about this when you ordered your NutriMill Harvest.
Thank you for telling me this. The people over at Nutrimill actually sent it over for me to review for my viewers. I have 2 impact mills I use regularly. I will read the article for sure! Thanks again.
Hello Mary, thank you for all your lovely videos. I’m new to grinding my wheat berries and baking bread, but I’m loving it. Love the smell of my house. I know you’re not a doctor and I don’t know if anyone else is getting this, but when I bake a bread with Hard red or hard white or a mix of both, I eat it and this is embarrassing but I get gassy and bloated. Is that a gluten intolerance or too much fiber? Is my body needing to get use to this new fresh & clean bread? Anyone else having this problem? 🫤
That's completely normal. It's the increase in fiber and it does subside over some time. Make sure you're drinking a lot of water. I think it's great you're loving it!
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. Do you have a chart on how many cups of wheat berries to make how many cups of flour?
The ratio I use is 2/3 of wheat berries is a cup of flour. So for every cup of flour I need I do the 2/3 cup of berries.
Thank you, that really helps
Rose….where do you get your Kamut berries? The link to buy grain’s didn’t list it as an option 🤷♀️
You can get them here: breadtopia.com/store/kamut-berries/
Two questions: do you use milled flour to feed your sourdough starter and do you mill corn for cornmeal? Thank you. BTW, I bought the Nutrimill. I followed your recipe for sourdough sandwich bread. It was a success! My first try at milling my own flour!
That's great! Yes, I feed my starter freshly milled flour. I do make my own cornmeal with either corn or popcorn.
Mary, thank you for these tips, and yes, as a beginner with home-milling, they were quite helpful. And you are a joy to watch, so don't worry that you may be talking too much, because you're not a rambler, you simply give very good information.
The Leviticus video will be interesting. Many years ago, I came across a site that explained the reasons behind why it was healthy or not to eat certain animals - example: though a camel was hoofed, it did not sweat (I think that was the issue), so if you ate it you would be eating the toxins that built up in the meat. Also hare or rabbit was forbidden because when they eat they don't process all the nutrients, so when they release their bowel movements (sorry) they chew on certain pellets that they release and gain more of the nutrients that way - but yuck - right? Anyway, I hope my memory served me well with those examples. I just found it to be very interesting. So, now, since I may be rambling, I'll say, thank you again, and good-bye for now. Blessings, Marianne
Thank you! I filmed the first part of the Leviticus video and it will be up Monday. This information is so interesting! Thanks so much for sharing!
Oh, wonderful! I look forward to seeing it. Have a glorious day!@@TheRoseHomestead
Mary, this weekend I started baking with freshly milled flour. I started gradually with the soft white wheat and baked muffins using part milled wheat and part (mostly) almond flour (store bought). They were so wonderful and almost like cupcakes. I sweetened with a little honey and added a light cinnamon/organic powdered sugar glaze. Today, I dove into making bread. But, I forgot to knead the dough before I put it to rise! LOL....I thought I had all my little ducks in a row, but I guess not. I gave them over to God and asked him to bless them and I had faith He would favor my endeavor and He did. I think I am a little nervous about the milling process, and as I get used to it, I'll be more at ease. They still rose quite a bit and though the loaves were smaller than they would have been and little more dense, they still tasted very good and the the texture was good too, considering. In other words, they were still quite edible and enjoyable. I made one in a baguette loaf and the other I rolled cinnamon and raisins in and put in a pan. Well, I just wanted to share my funny mistake and also my success. Thank you, again, for your inspiring videos. I've been watching your shorts, as well, and they're hilarious.
Blessings, Marianne
That's awesome! I make bread mistakes a lot ha ha! We still eat them and celebrate the successes!
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Mary, I love you and your channel. I have a question when gridding my own flour I want to know what wheat berries do I use for All-Purpose flour? Thank you for giving me the information. God bless 🙏
For an all purpose flour, grind hard white wheat and sift it through a sieve. This will give a light and airy flour that will work very similarly to all purpose flour.
@@TheRoseHomestead God bless you Mary, thank you so much!
In your example of reducing the milled flour from one cup to 3/4 cup. I typically measure my ingredients in grams. With this said, do you typically reduce the flour by 25%?
Yes, between 15-25 percent depending on the particular wheat I'm using.
What a great video! This was so informative and helpful!! My questions for your upcoming Q&A: If I go through 25 pounds of wheat berries in 3 months, do I need to do anything special to preserve it, i.e. add oxygen absorbers, etc.? Second question: I currently purchase my wheat berries from Azure Standard because they are organic, but the cost is much less than most other distributors; however, they're not sent in the mylar bags and have oxygen absorbers like Pleasant Hill grains. I know you may not want to get into endorsing and/or critiquing a company, but would you please advise on how important the packaging is to the quality of the wheat berries? Thank you!!
Excellent questions. I’m looking forward to Mary’s reply. She’s great!
I will add these to the questions! Thanks!
Have you tried milling on the pastry setting vs the bread milling setting on the Wondermill yet for loaves of bread? Have you tried Spelt flour only for sour dough sandwich bread? and then on more question.... Have you tried Azure or Natural Grocers for wheat berries? Sorry so many questions :). thank you
I haven't used the pastry setting yet. I have heard from others it doesn't make a big difference, though. I just recently got into using spelt so I am going to be trying out spelt sourdough and einkorn bread soon. I wish we had an azure drop off nearby, but, we live in the boonies ha ha...I don't have a lot of options for grains other than ordering them unfortunately.
Thank you and looking forward to seeing those new things you try out.
Hi Mary!!🌹 Do you have any tips for storing bread? Thank you for your videos. I'm learning a lot from you and you're very encouraging!! I also love your commitment to eat like Jesus did!! Love in Christ!!💕 ~Tracy
Thank you!! I store my bread in a bread bag with a clip on the counter for up to 5 days. Any extra bread I make, I put in the bread bag and put it in the freezer. When it thaws, it is just like fresh. God bless you!
@@TheRoseHomestead Awesome... thank you so much!!💕 Oh... one more thing... I was looking at your Amazon storefront. You may want to add your grain mills and mixer. So, you get credit for them. It also makes it easier for your viewers to purchase from you. Have a blessed day and I'm looking forward to your next video!!💕💗💖
@StayTrueToGod I added them to my storefront. Thanks so much!
Hello can I use yeast in these breads and how can I keep my yeast fresh?
Yes, I use yeast in almost all of my sandwich bread recipes. I keep my yeast in a mason jar in the fridge. If I buy yeast in a larger container, I put some in the jar in the fridge and the rest in an airtight container in the freezer.
Where would a person in her 70s on a budget, would be the best place to buy the supplies to mill my own flour? Thanks!
I think the best place to buy grains would be Amazon. You can buy 5 lb bags and they aren't that expensive. The cheapest grain mill is the Nutrimill Classic. I have a 20 dollar coupon code if you want to use it. Just let me know.
Mary, I am in the process of deciding what wheat mill to purchase. I am wondering about the Mock Mill. Wondered how you feel about it. Good review, but doesn't come up often. Is it because it is stone ground?
I have heard wonderful things about the Mockmill. I would say it would be a great investment!
Hi Mary
I have bucket of grain w the airtight lid oxygen absorption etc how long will that keep
Also I used to have a grain mill but i ruined it by trying to mill something too small like flax seeds
Anyway I now use vita mix grain blender container
Does that mill as fine as a grain mill??
The Vitamix is what I used when I first started grinding my wheat. I highly recommend you freeze the wheat berries before grinding in the vitamix as it makes the flour quite hot. You bucket of grain will keep for years as long as it is stored in a cool dry place with the lid on.
@@TheRoseHomestead thanks so much for your quick reply!
What if your power is off and you need flour
I have a manual grain mill in storage or I can use the generator if need be.
I used hard white wheat,I didn't have soft white wheat ,I'm still not very brave with bread
So you mentioned soaking your flour before baking. So you mill your grain and then soak it in water? By the way, I am enjoying your videos.
Yes, I add the flour and water together and let it soak for a bit because it helps break down the bran and germ so you get a softer loaf. Thank you so much!
Why don’t you use your leftover flour in bread? Isn’t it still in good shape after a week or so?
Usually, it's because it's so cold and can cause the dough to take longer to rise. I use it in muffins and pancakes where it doesn't really matter. However, I have in a pinch used it and it still works fine, just takes a little longer.