Any Home Bakers Here?

[jpalmatier83]

I finally got oat and rice flour ground! It's a bit of a chore, so I kept putting it off. But now it's done! Wheeeee!

That means I can get my SDS cranking too. I had it in the fridge, as I was running out of the oat and rice flour I feed it. On the counter now, and I am going to have a sourdough pancake for breakfast tomorrow.

Can I ask how you grind your grains? I’ve been contemplating grinding some corn/barley/wheat to brew a distillers beer, but I’m not sure about spending $250 for a powered mill.

How much do you do at a time? How much effort is it?

Thanks.

 

[Sally PB]

@jnicholes, that is an awesome sunflower!

 

[Sally PB]

Can I ask how you grind your grains? I’ve been contemplating grinding some corn/barley/wheat to brew a distillers beer, but I’m not sure about spending $250 for a powered mill.

How much do you do at a time? How much effort is it?

I do the oats in my high speed blender (Blendtec model). I use old fashioned oats, just the Quaker oat stuff that you buy in the cereal aisle. I do 3 cups at a time. Highest speed, 50 seconds, and it's done. It will "pit" the container, and give it a fogged appearance, but oh well. I went to the Blendtec website to find out about grinding grains; I believe it can do most grains, but maybe not some of the harder ones. At least oats are soft.

I do the rice differently. I got a Champion juicer from a friend, just because they were getting rid of it. Never used it as a juicer, because I had one I really liked, and rarely used it any more. I was looking into getting a grist mill, but yeah, $$$. Hubby said, hey, that juicer you got from John, didn't it have a grist mill attachment...? Even though I have it set at the finest setting, the rice flour is still gritty. It works for my needs.

 

[jpalmatier83]

I do the oats in my high speed blender (Blendtec model). I use old fashioned oats, just the Quaker oat stuff that you buy in the cereal aisle. I do 3 cups at a time. Highest speed, 50 seconds, and it's done. It will "pit" the container, and give it a fogged appearance, but oh well. I went to the Blendtec website to find out about grinding grains; I believe it can do most grains, but maybe not some of the harder ones. At least oats are soft.

I do the rice differently. I got a Champion juicer from a friend, just because they were getting rid of it. Never used it as a juicer, because I had one I really liked, and rarely used it any more. I was looking into getting a grist mill, but yeah, $$$. Hubby said, hey, that juicer you got from John, didn't it have a grist mill attachment...? Even though I have it set at the finest setting, the rice flour is still gritty. It works for my needs.

Yeah. I looked at attachments for my kitchenaid too…

Sounds like for the quantities I need, it’ll be the mill or just keep paying for someone else to grind it.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Ladies-Eight]

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have sunflowers!

Your sunflowers are beautiful.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yesterday's bread was kinda a flop. The dough was too wet, very slack. I baked it anyway. It did not hold its shape well, of course, nor did it rise properly. Yet it is delicious, very sour and complex in flavor, and my weird family can't get enough of it. It's also very soft though, with a nice crispy crust. It's hard to cut. But as my late, great MIL used to say: "it'll eat!" Better luck next loaf!

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I’ve got an electric grain mill with granite mill stones, it has served me well the past 23 years, it takes about 5 minutes to mill 1 pound of wheat, but in my opinion totally worth it! Freshly milled grain has so much more taste, better baking quality and much more enzyme ect. than the flour you buy in a store, which has been milled maybe 6 months ago…

Got my oldest son here with family, made banana pancakes ( grandson is raised sugar free, am curious to see how long the parents will keep it up )

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Made cheeseburgers sliders, got a family to feed

 

[CountryCuratesWife]

I made a peanut butter pie for bible study, this is one of my husband's favorites!

Pie Recipe I love this recipe, but I do have to add a little salt otherwise its too sweet for me.

 

[LynnTerv]

I raised Tervuren for 25 years still miss them.

I've had Tervs for 20 years now. I do sheep herding with them. I have done agility and obedience in the past, and now to canine scent work. I love them!