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Whole Wheat Bread

Grind 9-10 cups of wheat berries (can be red or white or both), Set flour aside.
½ cup of olive oil (cold pressed virgin) or you may use ½ cup of applesauce in it's place
½ cup of honey (raw and local if possible)
½ cup of molasses
3 Tbls. of instant yeast
1-2 Tbls. of salt
4 ½ cups of water (You can use 5 eggs, 2 cups of goats milk and 1 ½ cups of in it's place). Make this very warm.

Put the oil (or applesauce), honey and molasses in a bowl. Add very hot water to bring the total to 4 cups. Stir this well to mix in the honey and molasses. Then add room temperature water to bring the total liquid up to 6 cups. Put in about 4 cups of flour and then add the liquid mixing it all together. Start adding more flour and mixing it in until you have the right consistency. I like to leave it a bit sticky as this is worked out in the kneading. Once you have the right consistency, add the salt. (I never count how many cups of flour that I use. The average measure is for every cup of wheat berries, you get 1 ½ cups of flour. I usually grind 10 cups of berries. Sometimes, I use all the flour and sometimes there is over a cup left. It depends on the humidity, etc.) Knead thoroughly and divide into loaves. 5-6 medium loaves, or 4 big loaves. Shape and put into pans. Let rise until double and then bake for 30 mins. at 350°. You can use this dough for bread, dinner rolls, pizza dough, cinnamon rolls, turnovers...whatever you wish. It is very versatile. You can also add sunflower seeds and whole millet to your bread to add a bit of crunch to it. That is my father's favorite way of eating it.

To make cinnamon rolls with this, roll out dough that would equal one loaf of bread. I roll mine into a long rectangle. Then melt some good farm fresh butter (about 2 Tbls). Spread this evenly over the dough. Then I sprinkle with sucanat (you can use brown sugar) and then sprinkle the cinnamon on. Starting with one of the long sides, roll up the dough into a log and pinch the ends closed. I cut mine into 9 cinnamon rolls and place in a greased 8" square baking dish. Let them rise until they look like they are coming out of the dish. Bake in a 350° for 15 mins. I make icing for mine. Our favorite is cream cheese with real maple syrup. YUMMY!!!

Homemade Pasta

4 lg. eggs
2 Tbls. milk
3 ½ cups of freshly ground flour (I sometimes use Durum and sometimes white)

Mix well and then knead thoroughly. You know it is ready when the dough springs back when you dent it. Let is sit under a damp towel for 15 mins. Then you can roll it out and cut your noodles or put it through a pasta machine. Cook for about 7 mins. in boiling water.

Alfredo Sauce

¼ cup melted butter
¼ cup parmesian cheese
2 Tbls.half-n-half or cream
¼ tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper

Don't start the sauce until the pasta is cooking. Melt butter and add cheese, salt and pepper. Stir well. After it is warmed up, add the cream. Put pasta in the bowl and then pour the sauce over it and mix well. Serve!!

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