Can I grind this myself to make flour? Will it be a light buckwheat flour or dark color? I've never cooked with buckwheat before.
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I have only cooked it as a cereal or side dish, but it would be a good idea to grind it and add it to my mixtures of pancake and bread mix, however,no more than a third of the buckwheat to reg flour for starters.It would be a little darker.
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Buckwheat flour is available; no need to go grind it. But please use baking powder, not baking soda, in pancakes!
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Yes. I put it in my nutribullet , using the milling blade. It makes a light beige flour. I stay away from wheat, so I don't mix it with any other flour. Many buckwheat flour recipes have another flour in them, but I just mix it with baking soda and egg to make pancakes without mixing any other flour. It is gluten-free.
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Hello BubbBoo, I have used Bob's Red Mill only in pancakes following the recipe on the package. They turn out great and are delicious giving the pancakes the distinctive buckwheat flavor and dark, rich color. I don't know if a straight substitution would alter the flavor too much or even be appealing to the eye. I have not tried a substitution in other recipes. Bob's has a huge variety of 'non-flour' products and there may be something better to use as a straight substitute. If you are trying to use up some buckwheat you might want to try it in a savory recipe such as a quick bread - it would be interesting to see what happens. That's the way new recipes are born! Hello BubbBoo, I have used Bob's Red Mill only in pancakes following the recipe on the package. They turn out great and are delicious giving the pancakes the distinctive buckwheat flavor and dark, rich color. I don't know if a straight substitution would alter the flavor too much or even be appealing to the eye. I have not tried a substitution in other recipes. Bob's has a huge variety of 'non-flour' products and there may be something better to use as a straight substitute. If you are trying to use up some buckwheat you might want to try it in a savory recipe such as a quick bread - it... » Read More Hello BubbBoo, I have used Bob's Red Mill only in pancakes following the recipe on the package. They turn out great and are delicious giving the pancakes the distinctive buckwheat flavor and dark, rich color. I don't know if a straight substitution would alter the flavor too much or even be appealing to the eye. I have not tried a substitution in other recipes. Bob's has a huge variety of 'non-flour' products and there may be something better to use as a straight substitute. If you are trying to use up some buckwheat you might want to try it in a savory recipe such as a quick bread - it would be interesting to see what happens. That's the way new recipes are born! « Show Less
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This is basically whole wheat bread flour. You're supposed to be able to use it like regular bread flour, but I've never gotten my bread to turn out as good with this, even using extra gluten. If you're not looking for whole wheat specifically, I'd go with something else (you can find regular bread flour in grocery stores).
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The trick to using spelt is not to knead it much at all. The grain is not as heavy or dark as whole wheat, and the flavor is much more of a sweet nutty taste. As far as the texture, no, I didn't think the bread I've made using spelt was heavy or dark like whole wheat. But the gluten is far weaker than wheat gluten. So, research on line for articles on cooking with this flour, and how to adapt to using it. and I think you'll enjoy!
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very similar to white flour that you cook with. It is a very very fine powder.
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We use it to cook quinoa all the time. It works great. We set it for white rice. two to one. we mix spices shallots garlic bayleaf cumin stuff like that in it. Then turn it off 10 minutes before it would have finished. Open and stir to separate the grains and so it doesn't get too sticky and overcooked. Proabably twenty minutes total. Could use the porridge setting maybe. This is if you like chewy/grainy not overly soft. WE toss with our favorte veggies/ green leafies mostly and garbanzos or other beans. Garnish with cliantro or parsley. One of our mainstays. Enjoy!!
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Buckwheat is definitely prevalent but there is a nice vanilla-y cranberry overtone, IMHO. Try one pkg; if u rn't hooked u'll know! I ordered 1 pkg, and am now on autoship bcz we use it every day on our cereal and oatmeal. Best wishes.
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You can adjust the settings. But if you expect very fine flour (from wheat), not sure that's possible.One person somewhere in the comments says 'yes, it's possible'.I read up on these grinders the other day and this is mainly a 'CORN' grinder, not a wheat grinder.I didn't know there was a difference :/Edit to say: I only tried mine once and it was a bit of a pain. But I don't have a stable table yet, so that's part of the problem.Check out the comments, I think the first one had some good Info.
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It looks like corn starch. I substitute it for 1/4 of the flour called for in baked goods I am making, sometimes I add 1/2 of a cup to oatmeal cookie dough. I use it to add resistant starch to my diet. I do not have original container so I do not know if it is cooked. Do you consider flour cooked? It would be milled somehow from corn.
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It would grind much finer for sure, but since I do not eat wheat (we eat Gluten Free) I do not know for sure. I could go test it to see if it would make rice into granules (which I believe it would), to make cream of rice, only it started smoking yesterday, and shaving off plastic from some part inside and spitting the plastic shavings into the already ground flour. So now I am afraid to turn it on, and will be purchasing a new mill, but a different brand, for reasons already stated.
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Its a stone mill, used for any dried grain. Tapioca is a little to hard to use in it but other than that I havent found a dried grain that I couldnt turn into flour with it. It is LOUD though and you have to put small amounts in at a time with some of the harder grains to get a decent speed. Dont use any moist items, like nuts or undried herbs in it. I really enjoy having it and highly recommend it but some people dont realize how loud a stone mill is so just be aware.
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It is also composed of other flours. If your are only looking for a top notch healthy gluten free flour, its up to you to decide if you want it. I can tell you it is the best gluten free flour to bake with as it is the closest in simulating real flour. It does nit have the usual grit most gluten free flours produce when you bake.
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I know that answered your ? but there is more to say about recipes in using Buck wheat . you can use it make bake good . I find if I add a little more baking power extra 1/2 to a teaspoon it will help rise better . Also it doesn't make very good bread I found in my experimenting it just comes out too heavy . When making a cake I follow a Chocolate cake recipe just substitute buckwheat for the flower. Play around with it and make it to your liking . Itook me a few trys.You may want to try Bob's Red mills gluten free flour. It makes great pancakes I have a good recipe . Let me know if this has helped you . I know that answered your ? but there is more to say about recipes in using Buck wheat . you can use it make bake good . I find if I add a little more baking power extra 1/2 to a teaspoon it will help rise better . Also it doesn't make very good bread I found in my experimenting it just comes out too heavy . When making a cake I follow a Chocolate cake recipe just substitute buckwheat for the flower. Play around with it and make it to your liking . Itook me a few trys.You may want to try Bob's Red mills gluten free flour. It makes great pancakes I have a good recipe . Let me know if... » Read More I know that answered your ? but there is more to say about recipes in using Buck wheat . you can use it make bake good . I find if I add a little more baking power extra 1/2 to a teaspoon it will help rise better . Also it doesn't make very good bread I found in my experimenting it just comes out too heavy . When making a cake I follow a Chocolate cake recipe just substitute buckwheat for the flower. Play around with it and make it to your liking . Itook me a few trys.You may want to try Bob's Red mills gluten free flour. It makes great pancakes I have a good recipe . Let me know if this has helped you . « Show Less
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I am wondering the same thing about this product. Did you ever hear back from them? Did you buy it anyway? I need to order soon, but won't have much use for anything but white spelt flour.
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Hi! Thanks for your inquiry. I did a bit of research and found nothing that specifically said that it can be used to grind quinoa or millet into flour. In the description it says - "Grinds coffee beans for the freshest cup of coffee. Powerful quiet motor with high speed blade that grinds beans, spices and herbs quickly and uniformly." I ship al my items through Amazon so I can not read any detailed instructions from the product information it contains. Thanks. Please contact us if you have further questions. Cheryl
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Thanks Melanie for taking the time to find out. I was really hoping the flour was white spelt. Thanks again!
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Yes, I would think so. I have never tried other grains or seeds, but I grind wheat into a very fine flour, and rice is a similar grain. I have trouble telling the difference between flour ground on the coarse setting and flour ground on the fine setting. This mill will not make grits!