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Freshly milled flour bread must haves!!!
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items What is freshly milled flour bread and why is it beneficial? Fresh milled flour bread is taking the wheat berries and grinding them up yourself to make flour! Freshly milled wheat is milled working 24 hours and is the way bread was originally made. A...
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Everything you need to make a loaf of fresh milled flour bread
Ingredients
Everything you need to make a loaf of fresh milled flour bread
I use a kitchen aid to mix all of my dough together because it has to knead a lot longer than bread made with store bought flour! Keeps from absolutely exhausting my hands and arms
Stand Mixers | KitchenAid US
These are the loaf pans I have a love! I have about 5 of them right now but plan to get more to make big batches of bread
Stainless Steel Loaf Pan
When I have time, I love to make the bread myself. I feel way more appreciative of the food I’m eating when I do it myself. While I don’t use this all of the time, I do love it for when I need to start a loaf of bread as I’m running out the door..you...
Dump and go bread machine
I love this to get the bowl nice and clean after the dough has been mixed and to cut my loaves into equal parts. I also use it to scrape all of the dried dough off the counter after I’m done rolling it into loaves
Bench scraper
Measurements are important when it comes to making bread. I use the same measuring cups every time to ensure everything is exact each time I make bread.
Measuring Cups
You will want to pull your bread out of the pans about 10 min after it’s finished baking so that the bread doesn’t continue to bake in the hot pan. I dump mine on a cooling rack to cool completely before slicing.
Cooling Racks: Home & Kitchen
While a bread knife is not necessary, it actually does help to cut the loaves into pieces. I have found a bread knife does tear the bread apart so it keeps the slices fully intact.
Best Bread Knives
Fresh milled flour bread does spoil a lot faster than regular store bought bread because it’s not stripped of all of the vitamins and nutrients and it’s not bleached. Storing it in a bread bag in the fridge helps it to last just a little bit longer. ...
Keeki® Bag
This is the mill I have a love! East to disassemble when it needs cleaned
Grain Mills
Ingredients
For the recipe I use, it calls for hard white wheat berries. There are many different types of wheat berries so make sure you get what your specific recipe calls for!
Organic Whole Hard White Wheat Berries
I like using Redmond real salt for all of my cooking and to add on top of most of my meals!
Redmond Real Salt | Unrefined, Natural Sea Salt | No Additives, Full of Trace ...
I typically use locally grown honey, but if you do not have access to that, raw organic honey is better than traditional honey. Try to make sure the honey is at least grown in your same region! It is beneficial for things like allergies and pollens t...
Kirkland Signature Organic Raw Honey, 24 oz, 3-count
I use an organic avocado oil for a milder flavor but you can also use organic olive oil and it tastes just as good!
Chosen Foods Organic Avocado Oil, 1 L
Any active dry yeast will do! I buy mine in bulk and store the opened bag in a container in the fridge.
Red Star® Active Dry Yeast
While butter is not a must in the bread recipe I use, it does add extra flavor at the end. While the bread is still hot I rub this all over the top of the loaves! 🤤
Kirkland Signature Grass-Fed Butter, Salted, 8 oz, 4 ct