Sprouted Wheat Berry Flour, Grain Mills, and Bread

[Britesea]

Spelt is an ancient grain. It was abandoned in favor of modern wheat because a) modern wheat has the highest yield per acre of all grains, I believe. and b) Spelt is much more difficult to thresh, (in fact, most spelt is organic because insects have a hard time breaking through the bran to get to the grain, making it unnecessary to apply pesticides

 

[frustratedearthmother]

roll it flat and make crackers...

hmmmmm....🤔

 

[CrealCritter]

it's very difficult for me to find crackers free of my allergens, so this is brilliant! Thank you!

Those crackers won't be any good. Send them to me for proper disposal 😂

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[tortoise]

$40 grain mill results. This is as fine as I could get it. It spews millings all over! I'm washing it, repacking, and returning. Kitchenaid attachment is looking good right now.
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After reading Kitchenaid reviews, I think I will keep the $40 grain mill. Kitchenaid reviews are that its very slow - 7 minutes per pound, but after 3 passes, it can take all day because the Kitchenaid motor has to cool. The $40 manual one does 1# per minute, just is coarse and messy. I could quickly do coarse grind woth the manual before putting it into the kitchenaid.

What do you think?

 

[Okiepan]

What type ?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I got the hard white wheat. I've never ordered any before so I just took a chance....

 

[tortoise]

Soggy dough 😬 I was able to shape a loaf but I'm doubtful of this attempt. I sprouted 3 cups wheat berries since my recipe calls for 3 cups flour. It swelled and doubled in size. I put 3 cups sprouted wheat berries in Ninja food processor bowl. Didnt work. Added 1/2 cup of water since recipe calls for 1 cup water and the wheat absorbed some water already. That worked. I ran it for 2 minutes and the texture was like thick steel cut oats.

I used 1 T yeast, 1 t salt, 2 T maple syrup, 2 T avocado oil. Kept it simple so there are fewer variables to adjust.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Sure hope it works!!

 

[baymule]

It looks good so far.

 

[baymule]

Did you try a bite of the crust? Since it was at least cooked, I would have had to try a bite of it. LOL You keep playing with it and you will figure it out.

@CrealCritter sprouted, dried wheat berries that are ground into flour is called spelt. You can buy it. @tortise is trying to make her own. Sprouting the wheat changes it, people that cannot eat wheat can often eat spelt with no issues.