I got myself a wheat grinder a few months ago. I LOVE it.
It's a hand grinder. It takes some effort, but gets me by while I save my pennies for a really nice electric one. It's nowhere near as fast as an electric one, but the boys like to take turns turning the crank, and I'm getting some pretty big biceps in the meantime. I mostly grind wheat for pizza crust, breadsticks, pancakes, waffles, and other baked goods that don't require that much flour. I haven't had the patience to hand grind enough flour to make bread.
Until today.
Since I've got my kids on a new sleep regimen (which I will report on shortly- it's changed our lives), but as a result find it difficult to go anywhere during the day while still protecting their sleep habits, I made bread this morning.
I love the smell of it baking.
I gave a loaf to my friend that drops Garrett off from preschool. She said my whole body smelled like freshly baked bread. I love that.
The kids and I finished off a whole loaf before lunchtime.
We saved some for Matt, too.
3 comments:
That's awesome Mary! I've been meaning to do the same thing for almost a year now. My mom gave me her old electric one and I even cleaned it up over the summer and I still haven't gotten around to it! Maybe this weekend....
I don't know what kind of electric mill you're looking for, but I used to work for K-TEC (www.blendtec.com)and I have a brother in law still working there. They truly are amazing, and if you're interested, I'm pretty sure I could get you a discount!
Oh, yum! Your bread looks just perfect!
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