Make flour

How much grain for the flour you want

Whole-grain milling is nearly 1:1 by weight. Sifting changes the yield. Protein is a percentage of the flour — want more, add vital wheat gluten, or mill a stronger berry. Protein & calorie sources →

Miller’s desk

Grain to flour

Vital wheat gluten booster

Most bags of vital wheat gluten are 75–80% protein. The booster is added on top of the flour, not swapped in.

Buckwheat Groats

Whole-grain flour · No gluten

Whole grain needed
505 g
Flour you’ll get
500 g
Bran left behind
0 g
Protein in that flour
66.5 g · 13.3%
Natural gluten
0%
Add VWG
None needed
After VWG
13.3% protein · 0% gluten

About 3 cups of berries → 4.2 cups of whole-grain flour. Whole-grain milling is essentially 1:1 by weight; sifting is where you lose bran.

How to mill it

Raw groats for flour; toasted kasha if you want blini that taste like a campfire.

Fine. Toasted kasha mills darker and louder in flavor.

Tempering: No.

Everything the berry holds — bran, germ, and endosperm. Mill 1:1 by weight. Use within days, or freeze.

Milling 101 →

Next: bake it

Pick a loaf for this flour

13.3% protein after VWG · Buckwheat Groats whole-grain flour. Sandwich loaf, focaccia, sourdough — the kitchen will scale dough, hydration, and times to this mix.