Central Milling Company - Logan, Utah
Mar 18th, 2008 by admin
My friend Jen and I have purchased 50 Lbs. of Organic Whole Wheat Flour and 50 Lbs. of Organic White Flour from the Central Milling Company. It is a bit of a drive from Salt Lake but Jen had a friend on the B.L.M. that drives there regularly so he was able to pick it up for us. It was worth the effort because we are buying from a local milling company that gets their grains locally plus, it is a heck of a lot cheaper than Wild Foods or Whole Oats, whatever they are calling themselves these days.
I am really excited to start using this new flour v.s. the old kind. I think my first day of baking will just be some basic bread loaves but after that who knows. The following is my new fav sandwich bread recipe. You can also switch it up and make cinnamon bread by rolling it out into a square. Sprinkling some Organic Sucanat and cinnamon on it, rolling it back up and letting it rise.
Yummy, easy bread recipe:
1 Pkg. dry yeast
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp. Salt
5 tsp. Sucanat (or sugar)
5 tsp. Butter - melted
2 1/2 - 3 1/2 Cups flour ( white, wheat, rye, mix it up, whatever)
Dissolve yeast in 1 cup of warm water - let grow a few minutes. Add sugar, butter, salt and milk. Stir it up or use a mixer and mix it up slowly. Add 2 Cups flour. Knead it in. Continue adding flour till you get a nice tacky dough. About 10 min. of kneading will reach this. Or use the kneader on your blender.
Put this dough ball into a buttered warm bowl in a warm dark place covered with a towel for about 1 hour or until doubles in size. Roll it out approximately twice the width and once the length of what you are cooking it in. Roll it up, fold ends under. Let rise another hour, same as before.
Bake at 400 degrees for 30 min.
Anyways, the Central Milling Company located at 122 East Center Street in Logan, Utah has been around since 1867. They have all organic flours and produce it the old fashioned way. The only way to get some is to take a drive to Logan.
