Hard Red Winter Wheat

[Tofu]

Just got back from visiting my friends at the LDS Home center. What a very nice group of folks.

$16.14 total (Includes tax)

[Urban Survivalist]

$16.14 not bad. Soon people will be paying $50 for the same bag because its going to get a lot darker before the dawn.

[Tofu]

That was for 2 25lb bags. I'm looking forward to grinding some this weekend and trying my hand at some whole wheat bread.

[protus]

i need to go make friends with some LDS...the last moroms i saw said " your one of the survivalist guys huh...got a BOL....."

then i told them their church movies on youtube sucked...and mine had more views..;)

we debated for a good 45 minutes on preps and food......niether of them had ever packed or used any food items that are avaible to them. I ound t hat sad to say the least, LOL

[Tofu]

Protus: I do not agree with them on spirtual matters. But I do agree with their philosophy on prepardness.

You have more views because you tell it like it is and don't sugar coat it. Your video on 5 gallon buckets and mylar bags is what got me kicked into high gear, and for that I thank you.

[Tofu]

Finally got to try the grain mill with above mentioned wheat. The best I could do was get the wheat to come out with the consistency of corn meal. Gave it a go anyway, made a very nice bread brick... Back to the drawing board...

[1Admin]

What mill are you using Tofu?

[Tofu]

Box says Homestyle Corn and Grain Grinder. Its a Cast Iron metal burr type, wanted something inexpensive to get started with. Bought it at a time when wifey wasn't fully onboard yet.

[Cimarron]

I've made a few bricks in my day. lol
For practice sakes I should make it the old fashioned way and need the dough by hand but I'm too lazy so I borrow my MIL Bosch mixer. Makes 4-5 loaves, you still have to pull the dough out of the mixer and form your loaves, but that's still easy.

Tofu, which process are you using to make your bread?

[Tofu]

Process is very akin to feeling my way around a dark room. Upon watching several youtube videos on the subjet I think I made several serious mistakes. Using the ingredients in the wrong order, being too big of a hurry, etc. I would rather make mistakes now, than wait until it counts and then start my learning curve.

[Fido]

I just put up 200 pounds of wheat into buckets. Many thanks to the guys a PAW for the excellent video's!!
I also bought a country living grain mill, but haven't had the time to play with it yet.
Now here's my question. Approximately how much grain needs to be ground to make 1 loaf of bread? Does one cup of grain equal one cup of flour? Whats the ratio?
I am trying to figure out how much I need to store.

[arcangel911]

Fido-

# 1 cup of wheat berries produces a scant 1 3/4 cups flour.
# One pound of wheat berries equals approximately 4 1/2 cups flour.

[Lowdown3]

I'm still sick so bear with me if my "figurin" isn't perfect. We always figured 4 lbs. of HRWW to make 2 slightly smaller than store bought loaves. Not including yeast, sugar, etc.

[Fido]

Thanks guys. I plan on experimenting with HRWW in the next month or so, thats the stuff I stored.

[Bearman202]

I've been buying whole wheat flour, and for me it's working out to about 1 lb per loaf. I make two loaves at a time, with 6 cups of flour. I can get four loaves and a batch of biscuits out of a 5 lb bag. That's following the recipe out of The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book" by Laurel Robertson, with carol Flinders & Bronwen Godfrey. The subtitle is, "A Guide to Whole-Grain Breadmaking." Excellent book.