These days I have been milling and baking. Milling? you say, what is this you speak of? ha ha well, let me tell you. I am participating in a grain mill challenge. I was given the privilege of receiving a grain mill to test, review, blog about the process, take photos and write recipes for. It is super exciting! As soon as my mill arrived I opened it up and read the book. Then thought ,uh oh.
I live over an hour away from a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods Market, we have one, yes ONE local health food store with 2 small locations. So my resources are very limited. So my challenge is even bigger. Thankfully you can get ANYthing online.
Once I was able to purchase some grain, hard red wheat, as this was all they had. Then on to using the mill. I did finally get some white wheat, rye, millet and chickpeas later.
You see a mill is what turns the wheat berries into flour. I apologize if you knew this but it was all new to me a few years ago until I met someone who milled their own flour. I have been wanting a mill since then. NOW I have one 🙂 If you bake bread, you know you go through flour like water and organic flour is expensive. Mills are expensive as well. This one from GrainMillWagon is affordable.
Mill getting ready to make flour
This week I used the mill for the first time, the flour smells wonderful, it took just 2 minutes and feels softer than any body powder I’ve ever bought.
I made an egg bread. We raise chickens, so eggs are in abundance. Fresh and organic, can’t beat that now can you?
Egg Bread by Spatulas On Parade
Here is what I did:
First, mill the wheat. Follow the instructions in the booklet. Store it well or only mill what you need. It only takes a few minutes so it is easy to have ‘fresh’ flour in minutes.
Next gather your ingredients and bake the bread. Lastly ENJOY
What you need: **I baked this in my bread machine**
2 eggs, room temperature
1 cup water + 2 TBSP (110 degrees)
2 TBSP oil
2 TBSP sugar
1 tsp salt
3 cups flour (freshly milled)
1 TBSP quick rise yeast
Follow the program for Fast Bake on your machine!
ENJOY
Dawn
Spatulas On Parade
