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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Wheatena
When I discovered I could make my own Wheatena cereal I was ecstatic. The results were a million times tastier than the store bought cereal. It's so simple. Place a thin layer of wheat berries on a baking pan. Put them in a 350 degree oven. As they bake take a spatula and redistribute the berries so they get toasted evenly and they don't burn at the edges of the pan. Stick around, they toast fast and they can burn easily. When the wheat berries darken a bit they are toasted. Let them cool off and then grind them coarsely in a hand cranked grain mill. I don't know myself but it might be possible to grind them in a coffee grinder or a food processor. Boil the cereal in water and salt. Enjoy! You can use the toasted wheat berries in bread and soup too. You can cook up the cereal and serve with vegetables as a supper dish or make a Middle Eastern tabouleh!
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We make our own cracked wheat cereal in an old hand-crank coffee grinder, ground fresh each day from raw wheat berries. :o)
Thanks for the great blog!
I love that I found this information! What kind of wheat berries did you use? Do you think Einkorn berries would work?
Thanks for writing. Any kind of wheat berry will work. As far as Einkorn berries, It's worth a try. Let us know how it works out!
I’m very happy to find this post! I loved Wheatena as a kid. I tried it recently by toasting hard red wheat berries then letting them cool down before grinding on a coarse setting in my Mockmill. I forgot how much water to wheat I used but it turned out great!
So happy to hear this Melisa.
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