Irina
Whole wheat flour is gaining popularity among home bakers. You no longer need to order it from special stores for bakers - unprocessed wheat flour is now on the shelves of most supermarkets. Whole grain flour is not only very healthy, it is pleasant to work with. It is soft to the touch, gives the dough a creamy color and a nutty aroma, and the finished baked goods have a slightly sour taste. If you have never tried it before, but want to bake a pie or bread from whole grain flour, then first take one half-kilogram bag for experimentation. I tried different ones and didn’t like all of them. It turned out that it is not enough to simply replace some of the white flour with sulfur to get a good result. Whole grain flour requires the selection of ingredients, like any other product with a pronounced taste. So far I've settled on these five recipes.
No one will argue that pizza is delicious food. But is it healthy? Answer unequivocally “Yes!” you can if you try pizza made with whole wheat flour. Not only is each bite packed with healthy fiber, but it also contains magnesium, zinc, folic acid and chromium.
Sometimes you look whole wheat flour recipes and I can’t believe that you can bake something delicious with them. But if you are lucky and choose a really successful recipe, the results will be extremely surprising. Such was the case with this unusual vegan cupcake. It was a discovery for me that in this kind of sweet baked goods you can add vegetable oil instead of butter - without compromising the taste of the cake at all. Do I need to clarify that instead of milk, water is poured into the dough?
For those who prefer homemade bread to store-bought. One would like to call bread made from whole grain flour “good”. Delicious aroma, crispy crust - this bread is usually eaten hot, piece by piece, as if it were not bread, but a sweet pie or cake. It is enough just to spread a thin layer of oil on the top. But you can do without it - the bread is very tasty on its own. And you still have the feeling that you are eating something really healthy. Which is actually true.
Kids love these quick and easy to make flatbreads. While crunching the delicious crust, kids have no idea how many nutrients they are consuming at that moment.
My favorite among whole wheat flour recipes. The chopped dough on it turns out simply wonderful and is perfect for quiche with savory filling. The taste of an open pie becomes more noble and “homemade”. Whole grain flour, broccoli, lean turkey meat are an excellent set of products for a healthy and tasty pie.
Really delicious pancake recipe. And not loose, plump or tender, but thin, elastic, convenient for stuffing. Children really like it. They have a noble taste of whole grain bread. Not a gram of premium bleached flour. Regular starch is used as an additional “binding” element in the dough. Try it, you won't regret it.
The benefits of whole grain flour have been mentioned more and more often lately. The product that is obtained after grinding wheat grains once, unlike flour of a higher grade, retains a maximum of nutrients, vitamins, minerals and microelements. Whole grain flour helps improve intestinal motility, stops the absorption of cholesterol and fermentation processes in the body. At home, not only healthy bread is prepared from it, but also cookies, which can easily replace traditional
Dietary cookies made from whole grain flour
The calorie content of these dietary, low-calorie cookies is almost one and a half times lower than traditional confectionery products. This is one of the options since the dough for the products is prepared from a mixture of whole grain and oat flour, which have a positive effect on intestinal function.
Cookies made from whole grain flour are prepared in the following step-by-step sequence:
- First, a handful of raisins are doused with boiling water, dried and crushed. Then add a tablespoon of sugar and butter, cinnamon and vanillin (½ teaspoon each).
- The remaining ingredients include oatmeal (40 g) and whole grain flour (110 g).
- Soda is dissolved in 4 tablespoons of boiling water and then added to the dough.
- Lastly, add a tablespoon of any fruit puree.
- The kneaded dough is divided into 10 parts, after which products are formed from them by hand.
- The cookies are baked for 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.
This amount of products yields 10 whole grain flour products.
Recipe for cookies made from whole grain flour with cottage cheese
These cookies can easily be classified as healthy baked goods. When preparing it, only whole grain flour is used, a minimum of fat and sugar, but a lot of such a healthy product as cottage cheese.
Step by step, whole grain flour cookies are prepared as follows:
- Using a mixer, beat 200 g of low-fat cottage cheese and 1 egg.
- Melt the butter (180 g), add sugar (80 g), a tablespoon of honey, baking powder (1 teaspoon) and the zest of 1 orange.
- Combine the curd part of the dough with the cream part, add whole grain flour (200 g).
- Knead the dough, roll it out on the table and cut out the product using molds.
- Bake cookies for 20 minutes at 175 degrees.
Roll out the cookies to a dough thickness of 5 mm. The products rise well and are quite soft and very tasty.
Healthy oatmeal cookies with whole grain flour
Low-calorie cookies with coarse flour are prepared in the following sequence:
- In one bowl, mix oatmeal (1.5 tbsp) and a glass of whole grain flour. Sugar (0.5 tbsp), baking powder and cinnamon (1 teaspoon each) are added to the dry ingredients.
- In another bowl, mix yogurt (60 ml), a handful of raisins, an egg and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- Dry ingredients are combined with wet ingredients to form a slightly sticky dough.
- With wet hands, shape the dough into pieces (about 40 pieces) and place them on a baking sheet.
- Cookies are baked from whole grain flour with oatmeal for 12 minutes at 190 degrees. The calorie content of one such product is 50 kcal.
Flavored cookies made from whole grain flour with cumin
These cookies can well be called dietary. To prepare it, low-calorie ingredients, a minimal amount of sugar and aromatic cumin are used. The result is tasty and healthy
The cooking recipe is as follows:
- Combine all the dry ingredients for cookies in one bowl: whole grain flour (220 g), baking powder (½ teaspoon), a pinch of salt, brown sugar or powdered sugar (50 g), cumin (1 teaspoon).
- Add olive oil (70 ml) to dry ingredients. Using a fork, mix everything well to obtain crumbs.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg with milk (1 tablespoon) and add it to the rest of the ingredients.
- Now you need to knead a thick dough, roll it out on the table and use the cutouts to form the products.
- Place the baking sheet with cookies in the oven for 10 minutes and bake the products at 200 degrees.
Whole Wheat Chocolate Cookies Recipe
The highlight of this easy-to-prepare cookie is the whole grain flour. Thanks to this ingredient, baked goods are not only tasty, but also healthy.
Cookies made from whole grain flour are prepared in the following sequence:
- First of all, using a mixer, beat soft butter (100 g) with the same amount of sugar.
- After a couple of minutes, 1 egg is driven into the creamy mass.
- In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients: whole grain flour (200 g), baking powder (1.5 teaspoons), a little salt and pieces of dark chocolate (100 g).
- Dry ingredients are added to the egg-butter mixture. A soft dough is kneaded and placed in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- Small balls (20 pieces) are formed from the dough, placed on a baking sheet and flattened with the palm of your hand.
- Cookies are baked in a preheated oven for 20 minutes at 170 degrees.
Remove the cooled cookies from the baking sheet and store in a sealed container for up to two weeks.
It is no secret that recently many, even moderately picky, consumers are dissatisfied with the quality of the offered bread products, which are sold in supermarkets and specialty stores. Not to mention the one offered at the bazaar, which, as a rule, has unknown composition and origin. In addition, some of us are beginning to monitor our own health more and more. But, according to some nutritionists and practitioners of traditional medicine, finely ground wheat flour, and even with various additions, poses some harm to the human body. What to do in this case if you want, as they say, to eat more healthily? Of course, there is a way out of this situation. And if a person does not want to consume, in his opinion, a not entirely healthy product, then whole grain flour deserves his attention, from which he can produce (including on his own) tasty and healthy baked goods. This article explains how to do this correctly.
Let's define it in terms
First of all, you need to figure out what whole grain flour is and what it is eaten with, so to speak. There is a concept in cooking called “one-time grain grinding”. So, whole grain flour is obtained precisely as a result of such a process. Cereal grains (or seeds of other edible crops) are crushed once, not sifted, but used as is, entirely. Single-grind whole grain flour consists of large, grain-like particles and in appearance resembles, for example, semolina. The particle size reaches 1.5 millimeters, but they are generally smaller, approximately 0.5-0.7 millimeters.
Main differences
Of course, the differences between such flour and other members of the family are obvious. Fine wheat flour, for example, is ground several times and sifted to separate particles of different sizes. And this flour, used by housewives for baking, looks like white purified powder. But another flour - coarse flour, which is also quite actively used in cooking, is often confused with single grinding (whole grain).
A little history
In ancient times, people, having learned to grow cereals and use their grains for food, produced just such whole grain flour for food. This was done using various devices based on the effect of friction: mortars and grain grinders of various calibers. The resulting product was immediately used for food without sifting: they cooked porridge, baked bread from it, without using any additives. Probably, every people who were engaged in agriculture in ancient times had their own recipes and devices, called differently. But the essence remained the same: to obtain coarsely ground grain and use it for food, boiled or baked.
In Russia
It is interesting that in Russia, some mills used coarse grinding of grains right up to the 19th century, without further sifting. And the division of flour into varieties was already carried out in bakeries and bakeries. However, mills usually still selected the bran (the outer covering of grains), and coarse grinding was considered "poor man's flour." Traditionally, by the way, single-grind flour was used for distilling alcohol from grain and preparing stillage - mash from ground grains.
Modernity
There is a completely different attitude towards such a product in the modern world. Whole grain flour is placed on a worthy pedestal by many followers of proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. It is widely used by naturopaths, raw foodists, and vegans. Porridge is made from it according to old recipes, and bread is baked without additives (fortunately, homemade bread machines are quite common now). And many try to make a similar product on their own using small home mills, which can also be bought, or can be built from improvised means (following the example of our ancestors).
Homemade whole grain flour
How to make it yourself? And it’s quite easy to produce this healthy raw material in your kitchen if you have the desire. Of course, the ideal and fastest option is a home mill for grains and legumes with nuts. But we are not looking for easy ways! So, if you don’t have the money to purchase an electric mill, don’t rush to get upset. A special attachment for a mixer or blender already on the farm will help. By the way, if the blender is really powerful, then it can quite professionally grind all grains and legumes, as well as nuts, into single-grind flour. In the end, a regular coffee grinder will do (just charge a little at a time, in small portions) or an electric food processor. Well, for those who like “sunset by hand,” there are mortars, millstones, and hand coffee grinders. Here, with appropriate efforts, you can feel yourself in the role of an ancient farmer.
Whole grain flour. Dish recipes
And finally, here are a couple of recipes from a similar product you just prepared. It's the best in terms of healthy eating. In general, there are a lot of such recipes - both modern and ancient.
- Bread. This is the first thing that comes to mind when you want to make baked goods with whole grain flour. We will need (for 2 loaves): a glass of warm purified water, a packet of quick yeast, a glass of milk, a third of a glass of honey, a little vegetable oil, a little less than a kilo of whole grain flour, a spoonful of salt. Mix yeast with warm water. When they become active, add honey, milk, and butter. Add flour, stirring, salt. Knead the dough first with a mixer (to break up lumps), then with your hands. When it stops sticking to your hands, it’s ready. Let the dough rise in the bowl for an hour and a half (it will approximately double in size). Bake in the traditional way in the oven or bread maker. Whole grain rye flour can also be used to make bread. It contains even more useful substances.
- Porridge. You can make a tasty and healthy porridge from the main product. You just have to cook it a little longer than usual. And it’s better not to even cook, but to simmer in the oven (imitating a Russian oven) or in a steam bath. This way you will retain the maximum benefit contained in the flour. The recipe is the same as for regular porridge. You can add a spoonful of ghee to the finished one for taste. It will turn out to be a very healthy dish!
Everyone in my family loves baking and I’m glad that by switching to proper nutrition, I not only didn’t have to part with it, but managed to make it even more tasty and healthy.
I make pies from whole grain flour, mostly not sweet, and in addition to green onions and eggs, I use a variety of fillings - finely chopped chicken breast and onions; grated cheese or feta cheese with herbs; ; cabbage with mushrooms or eggs; lean minced meat; cottage cheese and greens.
Baked pies with onions and eggs are a great option for a snack at work, on the road, or on a picnic. We love this kind of baking, try it too.
How to cook pies with onions and eggs
made from whole grain flour
Ingredients:
for test
- whole grain flour - 130 gr.,
- rye flour - 120 gr.,
- vegetable oil or olive oil - 50 ml.,
- salt - ½ tsp,
- water - 125 ml
For filling
- chicken eggs - 5 pcs.,
- green onions - to taste,
- salt, sesame and pepper - to taste,
- egg yolk for brushing pies
Preparation:
— sift the flour into a bowl, add salt, olive oil and water. Knead soft elastic dough. Roll the finished dough into a ball, wrap it in cling film and leave to “rest” for 30 minutes.
- boil chicken eggs, cool under cold water, peel and finely chop
- chop the green onion feathers, add some salt and simmer lightly in a heated frying pan, adding a little olive oil
- mix both ingredients, not forgetting to taste with salt and black pepper
- the dough has “rested”, the filling is ready - we begin to form the pies. Roll out the dough as thin as possible and cut out circles with a bowl (the diameter of the bowl I used is 12 cm)
The dough turned out to be soft and elastic, it does not tear during shaping and does not burst when baking, so it is easy and convenient to make tarts or pies of any shape from it.
- spoon out the filling and wrap the dough like a cigarette. You can make pies the traditional way - just pinch the edges
- Place the pies on a baking sheet. Brush the top with beaten yolk and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Place in a preheated oven at 180°C for 25-30 minutes
Delicious, piping hot, whole grain flour pies with onions and eggs are ready!
Mmmm-mm-mm... The crust is thin and crispy, and the filling is moderately juicy and aromatic.
Bon appetit!
The benefits of whole grain flour have been mentioned more and more often lately. The product that is obtained after grinding wheat grains once, unlike flour of a higher grade, retains a maximum of nutrients, vitamins, minerals and microelements. Whole grain flour helps improve intestinal motility, stops the absorption of cholesterol and fermentation processes in the body. At home, not only healthy bread is prepared from it, but also cookies, which can easily replace traditional sweet pastries.
The calorie content of these dietary, low-calorie cookies is almost one and a half times lower than traditional confectionery products. This is one of the options for healthy baking, since the dough for the products is prepared from a mixture of whole grain and oat flour, which have a positive effect on intestinal function.
Cookies made from whole grain flour are prepared in the following step-by-step sequence:
- First, a handful of raisins are doused with boiling water, dried and crushed. Then add a tablespoon of sugar and butter, cinnamon and vanillin (½ teaspoon each).
- The remaining ingredients include oatmeal (40 g) and whole grain flour (110 g).
- Soda is dissolved in 4 tablespoons of boiling water and then added to the dough.
- Lastly, add a tablespoon of any fruit puree.
- The kneaded dough is divided into 10 parts, after which products are formed from them by hand.
- The cookies are baked for 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.
This amount of products yields 10 whole grain flour products.
Recipe for cookies made from whole grain flour with cottage cheese
These cookies can easily be classified as healthy baked goods. When preparing it, only whole grain flour is used, a minimum of fat and sugar, but a lot of such a healthy product as cottage cheese.
Step by step, whole grain flour cookies are prepared as follows:
- Using a mixer, beat 200 g of low-fat cottage cheese and 1 egg.
- Melt the butter (180 g), add sugar (80 g), a tablespoon of honey, baking powder (1 teaspoon) and the zest of 1 orange.
- Combine the curd part of the dough with the cream part, add whole grain flour (200 g).
- Knead the dough, roll it out on the table and cut out the product using molds.
- Bake cookies for 20 minutes at 175 degrees.
Roll out the cookies to a dough thickness of 5 mm. The products rise well and are quite soft and very tasty.
Healthy oatmeal cookies with whole grain flour
Low-calorie cookies made from oatmeal with coarse flour are prepared in the following sequence:
- In one bowl, mix oatmeal (1.5 tbsp) and a glass of whole grain flour. Sugar (0.5 tbsp), baking powder and cinnamon (1 teaspoon each) are added to the dry ingredients.
- In another bowl, mix yogurt (60 ml), a handful of raisins, an egg and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- Dry ingredients are combined with wet ingredients to form a slightly sticky dough.
- With wet hands, shape the dough into pieces (about 40 pieces) and place them on a baking sheet.
- Cookies are baked from whole grain flour with oatmeal for 12 minutes at 190 degrees. The calorie content of one such product is 50 kcal.
Flavored cookies made from whole grain flour with cumin
These cookies can well be called dietary. To prepare it, low-calorie ingredients, a minimal amount of sugar and aromatic cumin are used. The result is delicious and healthy cookies made from whole grain flour.
The cooking recipe is as follows:
- Combine all the dry ingredients for cookies in one bowl: whole grain flour (220 g), baking powder (½ teaspoon), a pinch of salt, brown sugar or powdered sugar (50 g), cumin (1 teaspoon).
- Add olive oil (70 ml) to dry ingredients. Using a fork, mix everything well to obtain crumbs.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg with milk (1 tablespoon) and add it to the rest of the ingredients.
- Now you need to knead a thick dough, roll it out on the table and use the cutouts to form the products.
- Place the baking sheet with cookies in the oven for 10 minutes and bake the products at 200 degrees.
Whole Wheat Chocolate Cookies Recipe
The highlight of this easy-to-prepare cookie is the whole grain flour. Thanks to this ingredient, baked goods are not only tasty, but also healthy.
Cookies made from whole grain flour are prepared in the following sequence:
- First of all, using a mixer, beat soft butter (100 g) with the same amount of sugar.
- After a couple of minutes, 1 egg is driven into the creamy mass.
- In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients: whole grain flour (200 g), baking powder (1.5 teaspoons), a little salt and pieces of dark chocolate (100 g).
- Dry ingredients are added to the egg-butter mixture. A soft dough is kneaded and placed in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- Small balls (20 pieces) are formed from the dough, placed on a baking sheet and flattened with the palm of your hand.
- Cookies are baked in a preheated oven for 20 minutes at 170 degrees.
Remove the cooled cookies from the baking sheet and store in a sealed container for up to two weeks.