How much flour does one cup of wheat berries make???....I'll tell ya....

[Lurker]

Ok, so I put out a review of my recently acquired Country Grain Mill. One of the main questions was how much flour does one cup of wheat berries make. Well the consensus was that it was a 1:1 ratio (berries/flour). Today I finally took out some berries and the mill and went to work.

Initially I just filled the hopper and my youngest and I just had some fun with it (more the novelty of it and all). So we did four grindings and ended up with the talcum like flour we have from the store, but better of course. The hopper was about 2/3's full and gave us 4 cups of wonderful flour - but I had no idea how much I put in.

For the second run I measured one cup of hard white spring wheat berries that I picked up from wally world. The first grinding was comparable to a fine corn meal texture and it yielded 1 1/2 cups and probably a teaspoon, but at a minimum a cup and a half. So I put it through two more times to get us very close to commercial grade unbleached flour and remeasured. The third grinding yielded the same 1 1/2 cups with an extra 2 teaspoons or so left over in the catch bin.

So there ya have it; a real world run on the Country Mill. For me 1 cup of wheat berries = 1 1/2 cups of flour, no matter how grainy or fine I'm still getting the same finished yield.

Now I'm going to toss in all the usual internet disclaimers; YMMV, FWIW and IMHO.

I just wanted to pass this along because I wasn't the first to ask or wonder about it. Hopefully this will help someone else.

For the math (in my kitchen anyway...see disclaimers above):

1lb hard white wheat berries = ~2 cups (actually a touch more than 2)
2 cups HWWB = 3 cups of flour (2*1.5)
3 c flour = 1 loaf of bread (in our house)

If you extrapolate that out based on many food calculators for a family of four that state you need 600lbs of wheat berries for a year you get.........drum-roll please.....

600lbs HWWB = 1200 cups
1200 c HWWB = 1800 cups of flour (1200*1.5)
1800 c flour = 600 loaves of bread (1800/3)

OR 1.64 loaves of bread a day.

Hopefully my math is about right.....

Thanks for reading!! Hope this helps ya figure out where you are or whatever!

[dilligaf]

600lbs HWWB = 1200 cups
1200 c HWWB = 1800 cups of flour (1200*1.5)
1800 c flour = 600 loaves of bread (1800/3)

OR 1.64 loaves of bread a day.

Hopefully my math is about right.....

Thanks for reading!! Hope this helps ya figure out where you are or whatever!

except for ya left out the countless other things one uses flour for in the kitchen besides bread making.. wont be near enough to make 600 loaves by the time you account for all that.. plan accordingly..

[Belle]

Thanks for the research, Lurker. That knowledge will come in handy.

[rightsatrisk911]

Yes lurker thanks for that info. Our CGM got here last week and I was so surprised at how pretty it is. I really like the white porcelain type finish on it. And the wheat stem on the sides tops off the whole look. Hubby noticed that right off. Haven't used it yet but plan on it soon.

lurker, how did you mount yours? We're thinking of putting ours on a board but may order the wall mount accesory.

Leslie

[Lurker]

I forgot who posted it but they suggested a 2x12 and clamped to the counter; that's what I did. This way I can remove it to store and it's not out in the open.

I took a new piece of 2x12x36". Mounted the mill about 15" or so from one end and of course centered on the board. I used stainless steel bolts and acorn nuts (to give a finished appearance that also is easy to clean and won't cut your hand if you bump into it). I had to inset the bolts on the back of the board so they wouldn't interfere with the counter, etc. I think the bolts were 2 1/2" x 3/8" - not sure though, they fit the hole perfectly in the mill.

I then purchased two new 6" C clamps (I wanted everything clean and new for this) to hold down to the counter. I'm going over to a friends shop soon and will acquire 4 pieces of plate steel that will be 4"x4". These will go into the corners on the 2x12 where the clamps mount and under the counter-top where the clamps mount. This way the little 3/4" clamp face won't be digging into the particle board of the counter or the 2x12. I'll mount with small flush fitting screws and glue.

Oh - as always, everything was fitted first before final torquing of nuts, etc. but before I attached everything I took a sander with 80 grit paper to the 2x12 to make it smooth, round off corners/edges and knock the first layer of 'stuff' off from the outside; makes me feel like it's clean and OK to work around my food.

I'm going to attach (try to) the pic's. If they're not there it's because W7 didn't strip my personal info out and I removed them or the board just didn't play nice with my pic's again.

Oh - and Mama10Bears.........see the cookies in the bag on the left of the mill!!

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[Mama Ten Bears]

Oh - and Mama10Bears.........see the cookies in the bag on the left of the mill!!

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You're teasing me! I'm gonna tell! No fair! He's got cookies and I don't!

[Mama Ten Bears]

except for ya left out the countless other things one uses flour for in the kitchen besides bread making.. wont be near enough to make 600 loaves by the time you account for all that.. plan accordingly..

Yeah, where are the chocolate chip cookies and brownies?????

[Lurker]

Yeah, where are the chocolate chip cookies and brownies?????

Today....they were cooling right in front of the Country Mill... Yummy too!!

[Lurker]

except for ya left out the countless other things one uses flour for in the kitchen besides bread making.. wont be near enough to make 600 loaves by the time you account for all that.. plan accordingly..

Oh yeah.... I'm going to throw all this into an excel sheet and create the formulas for how much actual baking powder (or is it soda??? Have to ask to the other half), salt, etc. for all this and find out EXACTLY where we stand with everything. THEN figure buns, rolls, whatever and start adding from there.

[Lurker]

Oh - did all this grinding by hand. If I/we do this a few times a week I will have spectacular looking arms and shoulders - it's a great workout!