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

[Summerthyme]

Good job! And yes, it's VERY handy to know about how much you have on hand, in terms of what it will make in "finished food" terms.

One thing... that's why commercial bakers or even serious cooks WEIGHT their flour, sugar, etc (but especially flour) when making bread, cakes, etc. Because 1 cup of flour may weigh up to 20% more or less depending on the humidity at the time. So 1 cup of "damp" flour will work differently than 1 cup of "dry" (light) flour in a bread recipe.

Recipes make up for that by saying "4-5 cups of flour" and then "add flour until dough is workable or no longer sticks to the side of the pan". But most commercial bakers don't have time to fiddle with that... they need to dump in the right amount of flour every time. Hence... they weigh it. And all their recipes are in pounds and ounces (or kilos and grams)...

Summerthyme

[Mama Ten Bears]

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.

Will ya share when you're done? BTW, I'm on my way over for the cookies you've got cooling.

[Lurker]

Will ya share when you're done? BTW, I'm on my way over for the cookies you've got cooling.

Yeah, sure - if you're interested I'll post back to here. I'll see if I can post the ss, if not a PM will get things done.

It'll be a basic spreadsheet but it'll be a good start.

Mmm......warm, homemade cookies with chocolate milk......tasty! (And the Mrs. makes incredible chocolate chip cookies - not the junk from the stores...she has a secret weapon - just awesome).

[jazzyfizzle]

Wonderful post, thank you. As I read along I was hoping for a photo!