March 2024 – Country Living Kitchen

DIY and Save – Graham Flour

Graham flour is a coarse-ground un-sifted wheat flour. This flour is high in fiber and more nutritious than processed wheat flour.

Graham flour can be purchased but I prefer to DIY it. So to make Graham flour you will need wheat kernels and a grain grinder.

I purchased 50 lbs of hard red wheat kernels from https://centralmilling.com/product/organic-whole-hard-red-winter-wheat/ (I’m not an affiliate)

My choice in grinders is the Wondermill https://thewondermill.com/ (I’m not an affiliate)

To make the flour I put the grinder on the coarse setting. That’s it. It’s that easy. 5 pounds of kernels gave me 4 quarts of flour.

This recipe was taken from cookbook Cooking from Quilt Country cookbook by Marcia Adams.

This cereal has a crunchy texture and is a bit sweeter than the commercial cereal

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 2 quarts

Preheat oven to 350°
Optional – Line a 12 x 16 baking sheet with parchment paper. Makes removing cooked patty easier.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon and mix well.
Add vanilla to buttermilk
Add buttermilk to dry ingredients and mix well. The batter should be looser than cookie dough but not as loose as cake batter. The batter should be wet enough to spread out when poured into a pan yet still need the use of a spatula in order to spread evenly and thinly as possible.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the batter is firm, medium brown in color and shrinks slightly from the sides of the pan.
With metal spatula completely loosen the hot pattie from the pan. Allow to cool on a rack for several hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 275°. Break the pattie into chunks. You can use a food processor for this. Divide the crumbs into 2 12 x 16 pans and bake at low temperature until all moisture is removed. Stir the pans every 30 minutes to prevent burning.
Store in air tight container.
Serve as cold cereal

For cereal size. I prefer to break the pattie into bite sized chunks. I found that the smaller the chunks the quicker the milk is absorbed.

Larger chunks store longer and can be broken down if smaller size is preferred

Keyword breakfast, cereal

Made this for our grandson Dakota – it's a tasty and simple vinaigrette made with few ingredients

Course Salad

1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar Don't skimp on your purchase – find a good quality balsamic vinegar – it does make the difference in the overall taste
1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 TBSP Honey
2 TBSP Dijon Mustard
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1/2 tsp Black Pepper

Add all ingredients into glass jar, put on and tighten lid, shake well until combined
Store in the refridgerator

Keyword balsamic, salad dressing, vinaigrette, vinegar