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That’s rice flour, my friend. Ground in my very own kitchen! My MIL got me this cool hand crank grinder for Christmas. I wouldn’t recommend handcranking enough for a fat loaf of bread, but for a few cups here and there, it’s perfect.
I just clamp it to my kitchen table and turn the kids loose on it.
I have it as fine as it will go and the result is something akin to cornmeal. Not as fine as all purpose flour, but plenty fine for cream of rice and pancakes!
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Awesome. Wow…
I actually got this same grinder for Christmas. I use it to make 3 loaves of bread a week. I never thought about rice. That’s genius!
So do you just put regular rice in it? I’ve always wondered if you can make rice flour by just grinding rice or if it needs something special done to it.
Dara…yep, just regular brown rice is what I use.
Sold! Thanks, I didn’t know I wanted one until now! Wish you had posted before my birthday, though.
Oh well, now I know what to ask for next Christmas.
So could you re-mill the rice flour to get a finer product? Since you have a little sweat shop (LOL jk), mill on Monday and re-mill on Tuesday to get flour for your fat loaf of bread. Just a thought.
You might want to consider double grinding your flour. I have a similar grinder and I double grind all my flour. It should work for your rice flour.
Betty
Shannon–the commenter above you think so. I tried it, but I didn’t really notice a difference. I should do it again and pay attention.
You are so wholesome! Cool grinder.
cool grinder and I like the RICE Flour !! I have a hand grinder too (got mine from Lehman’s Amish Catalog) and can adjust the fineness of the grind. I usually grind whole wheat or spelt then add other cracked grains. Ground grains don’t keep well , even in the fridge, for more than about a week so only grind as much as you can use in a week. Happy grinding and baking !!!
Oooooh. Neat. I didn’t know anything like it existed. I’ve just added it to my wish list.
Fantastic. I’m still new at the gluten free thing and a friend of mine mentioned “Grinding your own stuff” to make flours instead of buying them. I’ll give this a try!
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