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I would recommend that those who can should consider the Nutrimill electric grain grinder. It is manufactured in S.Korea and sold in the USA under the Nutrimill label. It is fast, good quality, and reliable. Buy your wheat in large quality. It will store very well this way. Then grind what you need when you need it. Grinding adds maybe 3 minutes to my loaf preparation. A bread machine with a horizontal pan and 2 paddles will do a decent job with 100% whole grain breads. It costs me $1.75 US$ to drive to the store if I were to buy flour or bread. Everytime I don’t go I save that amount. I would guess that I save the price of the grain mill in gas in the first 2 years. Not to mention how much I saved on the price of the bread, which is even more significant. If a person can find a good local source for wheat, the price of even organic bread can get very cheap. Sometimes during the cold of the winter I go through a period of months where I will make Jim Lahey’s no-knead bread. It is generally superior to bread machine bread; but they are different things. The bread machine tends to make a sandwich style loaf. It is very easy to add things like raisins and walnuts or other extras to bread machine bread. I can make a 1 1/2 lbs loaf with less than 10 minutes of my time, including clean up.
The real trick in bread making is the habit. When it is routine it is easy.

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