How to Grind Wheat to Make Bread

Truly whole wheat bread begins with home-ground flour.

Make truly homemade bread from scratch by grinding your own wheat into flour. Inspired by a similar technique used by pioneers, this method uses modern conveniences to make the process less taxing. Look for whole wheat berries in health food stores where you might find them labeled wheat seeds or kernels. Not only will you have the freshest bread flour possible, but grinding your own wheat berries means that you will be using unrefined flour, complete with all of the nutrition of whole grains. This method also does not require the purchase of a separate grain mill, but it will require you to process your wheat berries in several batches.

Things You'll Need

• Electric coffee grinder (coffee mill)
• Whole wheat berries (seed)

Instructions

1. Place the wheat berries in the coffee grinder. Put in just enough berries to fill the mill but do not overfill it.

2. Set the coffee mill to the finest grind for espresso.

3. Process the wheat berries until they become a fine grain flour.

4. Repeat with the remaining wheat berries until you have enough flour for your bread.

References

• Laura's Prarie House: How to Grind Wheat to Make Bread
• Bread Machine Digest: Milling Your Own Flour The Hows and Whys

Resources

• Recipezaar.com: 100% Whole Wheat Bread Recipe