Resources & Equipment

More Supplies You Might Need!

Mixer!

Many will tell you that a Kitchen Aid stand mixer will easily burn out when kneading bread dough made with freshly milled flour. I used my little Artist Kitchen Aid just fine for single batches of bread for a few months! But I did decide to get a different one since I started wanting to do double and triple batches. I got an Ankarsrum, which I had never heard about before! I thought I was going to get rid of my Kitchen Aid but I find that I use both! I’ve had times when I have cookie dough in the Kitchen Aid at the same time as I have bread kneading in the Ank! I named my Ank, Sven. 😉 According to many folks in the Facebook groups, Bosch and NutriMill Artiste are mixers that work well too!

Scale!

I never used to use a scale for baking but I find it incredibly helpful when using fresh flour and I prefer recipes that show grams of flour. But if they don’t, I use about 128g per cup.

Bowls!

If you plan to make big batches, make sure you have a big bowl for bread to rise!

Dough Whisk!

I’d never seen one of these but I use it all the time now and I love it! I have this one.

Bread Pans!

I tried out a few types and decided on plain stainless pans! I do have some other covered baking dishes for sourdough as well. I talk more about pans below.

Pasta Maker!

You will love fresh flour so much that you might want to make pasta some day! I have a Philips pasta extruder which makes it very easy (admittedly, I don’t use it as often as I should)!

More about Bread Pans

I feel like I have hunted for the perfect pans that will do everything I need but really, it’s nice to have a variety!

  • Emile Henry– I have their “bread loaf baker” which is the red one in this photo. I love the lid! It’s great for sourdough and no-knead breads. It’s refractory ceramic and can go from extreme cold to extreme heat.
  • Plain stainless steel pans– I use these all the time, the shiny one in the photo. I got six for $24 and they all fit in my oven at the same time! No non-stick coating, etc. These ones are a little long and I am slowly hunting for some that are shorter and have a lip rather than a curled edge.
  • USA Pans– In the bread groups, these are THE go-to pans. They do have a silicone non-stick coating so beware. I personally like them but I don’t love them. My biggest issue us the folded metal on the ends, water seeps into the crease and can be a nuisance. I have the 1.5 lb pans which means you put 1.5 lbs of dough in them. 
  • Finally, I don’t think a link is needed, I have several Pyrex loaf pans I use for quick breads and when I was first making yeast bread, these pans worked just fine. 
  • There are also lots of options for Dutch Ovens if you are into sourdough rounds!
bread pans
grain books

Recipe Resources for Fresh Milled Flour

Am I the only one who loves to hold a book but then looks online for recipes so the book just sits there looking pretty? lol! I will be adding to this list as I discover new books and websites that have excellent recipes! I would say that if you are going to pick just one book, it should be Sue Becker’s The Essential Home-Ground Flour book. But know that she doesn’t weigh her flour and if you try using cups, you WILL have some disappointments. Her recipes are delicious and I use 128 grams of flour per cup when I use them. 

Online Recipe Resources

I have other resources listed in the Buying & Storing section if you are looking for buckets and jars and such! But here is a consolidated list of recipe sites! I don’t prefer to sift my flour because the nutrients truly are in the bran and germ. So I avoid recipe sites that typically sift or use a combo of fresh-milled and store-bought flours. 


Many of these bloggers also have YouTube channels!

  • Grains In Small Places– I’ve yet to try a recipe that I don’t like!
  • Michal Grappe– Michal has some amazing recipes. 
  • Elly’s Everyday– Elly makes soap and sourdough! She SAVED my sanity with her easy approach to starting and maintaining a sourdough starter as well as making sourdough with whole grains!
  • Fresh Milled Mama– Some delicious recipes here, like Olive Garden Breadsticks!!!
  • Grains & Grit– For anyone who wants some southern recipes!
  • Bread Beckers– I linked directly to the basic bread recipe as it’s so versatile and I struggle finding what I need on the site. 😉 Just grab her book I mentioned above lol.  
  • Breadtopia– They have some great recipes even though some call for sifting, which I don’t do. They also sell grains but they are too expensive for me so they aren’t on my list. 😉
  • I will keep adding as I find good sites that don’t combine all-purpose flour or sifted flour!