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Welcome to Paula's Bread
Dear Fellow Breadlovers,
March is the month that tends to roar like a lion leaving Oklahoma. Oklahomans
all brace for at least one last snow or ice storm in March. With
that said, a hot bowl of soup and cuddling by the fire are still an
enticing thought. This newsletter I have included more varieties of bread recipes
to go with your soups and some tips on using your L'Equip Nutrimill. Of course, new grains in
your diet is continued. Hope you enjoy this month's issue.
God bless you,
paula :)
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Tips for your Nutrimill!
Tip #1:
When you first grind your wheat the flour will have lots of air much like sifted flour. As it sits, the flour will pack down. So what is the big deal? The same bread recipe may use less flour the next time you make it, if you are using the 'packed' down/older flour. Think of it much like sifted flour verses flour taken straight out of the package. If a recipe has a cup of sifted flour, it is really using less flour than the packed flour. When making bread I watch the sides of the bowl rather than counting the cups of flour. My first batches, with the ariated flour will use more cups of flour than say a batch of bread made the next day with the very same flour.Tip #2:Make sure you push the canister in till you hear a 'click.' If the flour canister is not pushed in all the way, you will have poofs of dust. Tip #3:The cup is to help the air flow during the milling process. The cup and the filter help keep the flour dust from blowing out of the canister.Tip #4:Don't wash the filter. Flour and water make glue! Simply flick the filter periodically to get the flour build up out of the filter.Tip #5:
Just use a dry towel to clean or wipe the excess flour out of the canister. It is really not necessary to wash the canister between grain milling.
Tip #6:
To ease in removing the canister lid, make sure you keep flour 'dust' on the rubber gasket.
If you do not have a Nutrimill Grain Mill, now is the time! You will love the great flavor fresh ground flour gives to all your baked goods. See my web site: www.paulasbread for details about the Nutrimill Grain Grinder! |
New Grains for our Diet! 
In continuing the series on different grains to help keep our bodies from developing food allergies, I will focus on rye. Rye is a staple in Russia, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Rye berries/grain really do not have the taste of the rye bread. It is the herbs added to the bread that give the bread the rye bread flavor. You can actually make a 'rye bread' without having any rye flour in the bread and you will think it is rye bread. See the Mock Rye Bread recipe below.
So, why use rye, if it is not giving you the coveted rye bread taste? Rye berries do have nutritional value and will help in simply adding more variety to your diet. Rye is a soft grain which is high in minerals and B vitamins, especially potassium and riboflavin.
Some Rye Bread names and differences:
Pumpernickel Bread (sometimes called Black Bread)
This is a an old traditional German dark rye bread which uses coarse ground rye flour or meal. It can be ground finer but it the coarseness and heavy dense texture that makes it referred to as Pumpernickel. Most would not like the true traditional pumpernickel bread as it will be very heavy.
Rye Bread:
These breads contain rye flour mixed with wheat flour. Sometimes you will see the label "pumpernickel" but this is only for advertising purposes. Rye bread is usually not that dark but caramel color or cocoa is added to the recipe to darken the bread. Remember, it is the herbs that make the rye flavor.
Rye can be eaten like rolled oats or added to soups. Rye bread is perfect for a Reubin sandwich. You can add fresh ground rye flour to all your recipes to increase grains in your diet. Simply grind the whole rye berry in your Nutrimill.
Rye, whole grain, uncooked
0.33 cup
56.33 grams
188.72 calories | | Nutrient | Amount | DV
(%) | Nutrient
Density | World's Healthiest
Foods Rating |
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| manganese | 1.51 mg | 75.5 | 7.2 | excellent | | dietary fiber | 8.22 g |
32.9 | 3.1 | good | | selenium | 19.89 mcg | 28.4 | 2.7 | good | | tryptophan | 0.09 g | 28.1 | 2.7 | good | | phosphorus | 210.69 mg | 21.1 |
2.0 | good | | magnesium | 68.16 mg | 17.0 | 1.6 | good | | protein |
8.31 g | 16.6 | 1.6 | good |
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Rye Recipes
Swedish Rye Bread
from Shelly's Bread Cookbook
7 cups hot water
1 cup oil or melted butter
1 cup molasses
1 cup dry powdered milk
5 cups freshly milled white spring wheat
4 cups rye flour
3 cups freshly milled red wheat
6 T caraway seeds
2 T anise
2 T salt
2 T dough enhancer
1/3 cups gluten
5-6 T SAF yeast
8-10 cups additional white spring wheat flour
In Bosch bowl, add all the ingredients, with the yeast on top, except last amount of flour. Pulse, until flour is completely moistened. Turn off and spong for 15-20 minutes.
Turn Bosch machine back on to speed 1 while adding additional flour, until bowl cleans the sides of the bowl. Turn to speed 2 and knead 3-5 minutes.
Divide dough into 6 equal parts. Form into ball. Let rise in greased loaf pan. Bake 350 for 30-35 minutes.
Cottage Rye Dill Bread
from Shelly's Bread Cookbook
4.5 cups hot water
3/4 cup oil or melted butter
3/4 cups honey
4.5 cups cottage cheese
6 cups freshly milled white spring wheat
3 cups rye flour
3 cups freshly milled red wheat
1/3 cups dry powdered milk
6 T dill weed
6 T dry onions
6 T dill seed
2 T salt
2 T dough enhancer
1/3 cups gluten
5-6 T SAF yeast
8-10 cups additional white spring wheat flour
In Bosch bowl, add all the ingredients with yeast on top, except last amount of flour. Pulse, until flour is completely moistened. Turn off machine and sponge for 15-20 minutes.Turn Bosch machine back on to speed 1 while adding the additional flour until bowl cleans the sides of bowl. Turn to speed 2 and knead for 3-5 minutes.Divide dough into 6 equal parts. Form into ball. Let rise in greased loaf pan. Bake 350 for 30-35 minutes. Mock Rye BreadFor each loaf of bread, cut in 2 T dill seed and 1 T aniseYou can use the cutter/scraper to cut the ingredients into each loaf. It really does tastes like rye bread but you have no rye grain in the bread recipe. This loaf will be made from 100% whole wheat but have the flavor of rye bread. Incredible! :)
See my blog for step by step usage with the cutter/scraper!
paulasbread blog.
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Customer Corner
I absolutely love the grain mill. Thank you so much for the personal
attention you have given us; it's as if you've been part of the family
on these little surprises. The bread that I'm making is wonderful. In
fact, the bread that I've been giving to friends has been deemed as
"the best homemade bread I've ever eaten!" as quoted by our friends.
I've experimented with cinnamon rolls too and they were great. I want
to try pizza, but every time I think that I will use dough for pizza, I
think of someone who wants a loaf of bread. I feel so privileged to
have the Bosch and Nutrimill. My 4-year old son even loves to help me
grind wheat and make bread. We are having so much fun. Thank you.
Donna V., San Antonio, TX
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Tips for the Harried Woman
We had an exciting unexpected twist of events in our lives this past month. Our new grandson came 4 weeks early. He is a healthy little guy but really turned our world upside down as none of us were prepared for his grand arrival. So how does this fit in tips for the harried woman? Every mom can relate to the sleepless night with a newborn and could wholeheartedly agree that this would be a harried situation. However, I think more of the unexpected throwing our lives upside down falls more into the harried woman for all. When life situations force us to radically change our schedules for the day/week, we have a choice at that point to rejoice knowing God is truly in control or react to the inconvenience. We may yelp when thrown into ice cold water but the continued yelping for our circumstances is showing what was really in our hearts. When making a cup of tea, the hot water brings out what is already in the tea bag. The water didn't create the tea but drew the tea out! We need to CHOOSE to accept the circumstances and acknowledge that God is not surprised and is still in control. With this mindset of Him in control, we will be able to rest in our upside down schedules and circumstances and not live in a harried state.comment on paulasbread blog |
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