Key Points

Since most people get confused with ways to use wheat I focus heavily on using wheat in your recipes (its healthier, cheaper, and easy to use!). (For more information on other grains, scroll to the bottom of this post for more helpful tips on planning for and buying all types of storable grains)

• There are two varieties of hard winter wheat that is possible to store for 30 years.  Nutritionally they are the same but in color and taste they are different.
  • Hard Red Wheat has a stronger “nuttier” flavor that can be harder to disguise in your everyday cooking but can make delicious “hearty” tasting bread and is darker in color.
  • Hard White Wheat has a lighter flavor and color and is easier to disguise in your everyday cooking. (Personally, I store more hard white wheat than the red variety)
• Remember that ground wheat is simply FLOUR and you can use whole wheat flour in any recipe calling for flour.  Tips for finding recipes that will work well with your wheat flour are:
  • Any recipe with oats will mask the wheat because the oats already give a “hearty” feel to the cookies
  • Brown sugar in the recipe will mask any extra brown coloring from the wheat and help make the cookie more chewie. So a recipe that calls for all brown sugar would be ideal.
  • Chocolate is a strong flavor that will mask even the pickiest eaters taste buds.
  • You don’t have to start out replacing all the all-purpose flour with wheat flour. Start out doing 1/2 all-purpose and 1/2 whole wheat and work your way up to all wheat flour.
  • Use white wheat. White wheat doesn’t have the strong taste that red wheat has and is much easier hidden in things like cookies.
  • Don’t warn your family before they try it. They will assume that the cookie is how you always make it.

Helpful Recipes for using Wheat Flour:

• Blender Wheat Pancakes- Includes a How To Video on how to use your whole grain wheat to make whole wheat pancakes in your blender-no wheat grinder required!
• Low-Fat Banana Bread- A delicious recipe that showcases a perfect recipe for using whole wheat because it has spices, brown sugar, and a fruit to make it ultra-moist!
• Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies- No joke, this is the BEST chocolate chip cookie recipe ever and is perfect for disguising wheat.

Other useful posts on using Wheat:

• Cracked Wheat Post- This is a helpful post that features a how-to video of how to crack wheat in your blender along with a recipe to try.
• How to Make Homemade Bread Post (without a bread maker)- A WONDERFUL post including a how-to video of the step-by-step process of how to make your own homemade bread.
• Tips for Making Delicious Bread with a Bread Maker Post- Great tips for overcoming the downfalls of bread maker bread (thick crusts, over cooked, etc.)
• Dough Enhancers Post- Features a how-to video discussing how and WHY to use dough enhancers when making whole wheat bread.

Other Resources about Whole Grains:

• Wheat Handout: A great handout for use when teaching classes about whole wheat.
• Full List of Grains and Common Uses: Visit my sister site Food Storage Made Easy.NET’s comprehensive list of grains and common uses.
• Wheat Grinder Video: View my sister site Food Storage Made Easy.NET’s, great video on wheat grinders PLUS they also offer the lowest price available on WonderMill Wheat Grinders.
• Coming Soon! Grain Cost Analysis: Visit my sister site The Food Storage Shopper.NET for information on where to purchase grains and to compare prices.