208. Why Freshly Milled Flour is Better | Kristin Nobles of Generation Acres Farm

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Many of us have heard that freshly milled flour is healthier for us, but we have questions about incorporating it into our kitchens and diets. Kristin has been baking with freshly milled whole grains for over a decade, and she now shares techniques and recipes with other bakers who want to make the switch to freshly milled flour. We talk about the history of grain milling and how all-purpose flour came to be so popular. Kristin shares why freshly milled whole grains are so much more nutrient dense than white flours, and she demystifies the process of incorporating them into your everyday baking. Join us as we answer your questions about why and how to switch to freshly milled flour.

In this episode, we cover:

A historical overview of the process of milling grains and how we got to where we are today
Is it possible to get light, fluffy bread while using freshly milled whole grains?
Answering your questions about grain mills and all-purpose to whole wheat conversions
How different types of flours perform in various recipes
Sourcing and storing whole grains
Creating all-purpose flour from whole grains
Are whole grains healthy and easily digested?
Where to get started if you want to bake with freshly milled wheat

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0:14.1	the invention of industrial milling came about and they discovered that we can mill a whole ton of flour and if we extract parts of the wheat berry we can actually make a shelf stable flower that's the history of how we got to where we are today with the
0:19.1	all-purpose flower and the reason why it's so important to mill the grains fresh is because as soon as you
0:26.0	break the grain apart the nutrients and things inside of it start to deteriorate so it's best to
0:31.9	mill it fresh bake the breads right away.
0:34.8	After you bake it, it holds the nutrients in.
0:37.7	My name is Lisa, mother of eight
0:40.1	and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone.
0:43.7	Join me as I share with you my love for creating a handmade home,
0:47.0	from scratch cooking, and a little mom and entrepreneur life along the way. The way. Welcome back to the Simple Farm House Life Podcast.
1:00.0	Today we're going to be chatting with Kristen Nobles from Generation Acres Farm all about
1:05.7	Whole Grains. She's been baking in her kitchen for her family of six with Whole Grains for, I believe she said 12 years now, very, very knowledgeable on the topic.
1:17.6	She actually made a book and a course on whole grain baking and how to do it, how to get started. She takes away a lot of your
1:26.1	overwhelm if you're worried about how to start and then how to convert recipes, what recipes
1:31.2	work with whole grains, if it's worth it, the economics behind it.
1:35.4	She takes a lot of those questions and we talk about them in this episode, but then she's just very knowledgeable.
1:40.5	And so I think this is something that a lot of you are going to get a lot out of so let's join
1:45.3	Kristen nobles to talk about whole grains. Kristen thank you so much for joining us to talk about whole wheat.
1:53.3	We get a lot of questions about this,
1:54.8	and you just really seem to be an expert on how
1:58.6	to make everything with 100% whole wheat.
2:00.9	So let's start with you, your story, and then we'll get into why it matters to have
2:06.1	freshly milled whole grains for your breads.
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