My Fresh Milled Kitchen

10/21/2026

🌾 Wellness Wednesday: There’s More to a Wheat Berry Than You Think

That tiny wheat berry holds more than most of us realize!

Here’s a quick look at its three parts:

🌾 Bran: The outer layer, which provides fiber and other nutrients.

🌱 Germ: The part that can sprout into a new wheat plant. It contains natural fats, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.

🌾 Endosperm: The largest part of the kernel, made mostly of starch and containing protein.

When whole wheat berries are milled into whole-grain flour, all three parts remain.

When flour is refined, much of the bran and germ is removed. Some nutrients are added back to enriched flour, but that doesn’t restore all the original fiber and other components.

This is why I love starting with the whole berry. We’re not adding something extra to the grain. We’re keeping the parts that were already there.

A little reminder that sometimes the simplest ingredients have a lot to offer.

Did you know a wheat berry had three distinct parts? 🌾

10/14/2026

🌾 Wellness Wednesday: Let’s Talk About Whole Grains

What if one small change in your kitchen could help your family eat more of the grain the way it was meant to be eaten?

Let’s start with the basics.

A wheat kernel has three parts: the bran, the germ, and the endosperm. Each has a role to play, and together they make up the whole grain.

When wheat is refined into traditional white flour, the bran and germ are removed. When we mill the whole wheat berry at home, we keep all three parts in our flour.

That’s one of the reasons I love fresh-milled flour. It’s a simple way to bring whole grains back into everyday foods my family already loves — bread, muffins, pancakes, biscuits, and even brownies.

Wellness doesn’t have to mean overhauling your entire kitchen overnight. Sometimes it starts with understanding what’s in your food.

🌾 This week’s little step: Look at the ingredient list on your family’s bread. Is whole wheat or another whole grain listed?

Tell me: Have you ever baked with fresh-milled flour, or is this all new to you?

10/09/2026

Pumpkin season calls for a fresh batch of scones! 🎃🍫

These Soft Fresh Milled Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Scones are buttery, tender, full of warm fall spices, and made with freshly milled flour. I finish them with a sprinkle of coarse sugar for that little bakery-style crunch on top.

They’re soft and delicious without being overly sweet, and the chocolate chips add just the right amount of sweetness. No frosting needed!

If you have fresh-milled wheat berries sitting in your pantry, this is a fun fall recipe to try. ❤️

🍂 Get the recipe here: https://myfreshmilledkitchen.com/fresh-milled-pumpkin-chocolate-chip-scones/

Have you started baking with pumpkin yet this fall?

Soft, buttery pumpkin scones made with fresh-milled flour, warm cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice, and just the right amount of chocolate chips. Finished with coarse sugar for a delicious bakery-style crunch, these easy fall scones are tender, flavorful, and not overly sweet.

09/23/2026

🌾 FRESH MILLED FLOUR TIP TUESDAY 🌾

Not all wheat is created equal!

If you’re new to fresh-milled flour, looking at all the wheat berry types can feel a bit overwhelming. 😅

Hard white? Hard red? Soft white? Spelt? Einkorn? Kamut?

Which one do you actually use?! 🌾

The good news is you don’t need to memorize everything! Here is a simple guide:

HARD = Yeasted Breads

🍞 HARD WHITE WHEAT
A wonderful everyday wheat for yeast breads, sandwich bread, dinner rolls, pizza dough and sourdough. It has a mild flavor and lighter color than hard red wheat.

🌾 HARD RED WHEAT
Heartier and more robust, with that classic nutty whole-wheat flavor. Great for hearty breads and recipes where you want a stronger wheat flavor.

SOFT = Tender Treats

🧁 SOFT WHITE WHEAT
This is one of my favorites for muffins, pancakes, biscuits, cookies, cakes and other quick breads. It has less protein than hard wheat, which helps create a softer texture.

🌱 ANCIENT GRAINS
Spelt, Einkorn, Kamut/Khorasan and other ancient grains each bring their own unique flavor, texture and baking characteristics. They can be wonderful on their own or blended with other wheats. (Beginners don’t need these.)

And here’s the biggest thing I want you to remember:

👉 The goal isn’t to find one “best” wheat berry. It’s learning which grain works best for what you’re baking.

Once you understand your wheat, fresh-milled baking starts to make SO much more sense. 🤍

Next time you reach for your grain jar, ask yourself:

“What am I baking and which wheat will help me get there?” 🌾

Have you tried more than one kind of wheat berry yet?

👇 Tell me your favorite—or the one you’re most curious about!

09/18/2026

🎃 Fresh Milled Flour Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies are here! 🍂

Pumpkin season has officially made its way into the cookie jar, and these are the perfect fall treat! These are soft, chewy, warmly spiced, and coated in that irresistible cinnamon-sugar goodness.

They’re everything I want in a pumpkin cookie and are perfect with a cup of tea or a cold glass of milk. 🤎

Let me know what you think of my latest creation in the comments at

Soft, warmly spiced pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies made with fresh milled flour and real pumpkin. A cozy homemade fall treat the whole family will love!

08/31/2026

Another Nebraska State Fair ribbon with a My Fresh Milled Kitchen recipe! 🏅🎡

Not too bad for an 8-year-old competing alongside teenagers!

This Second Place Youth ribbon was earned with peanut butter cookies made with sourdough discard, fresh-milled flour, and peanut butter chips,and I couldn’t be more proud!

I think next year we’ll definitely have to enter a few more categories! 😉

Thank you to everyone who has supported My Fresh Milled Kitchen Bakery and encouraged us on this journey. It means so much to share our love of fresh-milled baking and watch the next generation discover the joy of creating in the kitchen. ❤️🌾🍪

08/31/2026

🏆 FIRST PLACE! 🏆

Honey + fresh-milled flour = a winning combination! 🍯🌾

I am so excited to announce that my entry took 1st Place at the Nebraska fair! 🥇

There’s something extra special about putting wholesome and homegrown ingredients to work and seeing them recognized at the fair. From the honey to the fresh-milled flour, this one truly represents what we love about making food from scratch.

So proud of this one! ❤️

08/18/2026

🥒🍫 A fresh-milled treat perfect for lunchboxes & after-school snacking!

Back-to-school season is right around the corner, and these Fresh-Milled Einkorn Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins are exactly the kind of recipe I love having ready to go.

They’re soft, tender, lightly sweet, and packed with chocolate chips, with fresh zucchini and freshly milled einkorn flour baked right in. 🌾

They’re perfect for:
🎒 Lunchboxes
🍎 After-school snacks
☀️ Quick breakfasts
❄️ Making ahead and freezing

And if you have more zucchini than you know what to do with, you can bake the same batter as a zucchini chocolate chip loaf!

It’s one of those recipes where the kids see chocolate chip muffins… and you get to smile because there’s zucchini and freshly milled whole grain goodness hiding inside. 😉

👉 Get the recipe here: https://myfreshmilledkitchen.com/fresh-milled-einkorn-zucchini-chocolate-chip-muffins/

Soft, tender, and packed with chocolate chips, these Fresh-Milled Einkorn Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins are a delicious way to use up garden zucchini. Made with freshly milled einkorn wheat, warm cinnamon, vanilla, and plenty of chocolate chips, they’re perfect for breakfast, snacks, and lunchbo...

07/04/2026

🇺🇸✨ A 4th of July Tradition: Red, White & Blue Sourdough Fresh Milled Dutch Baby ✨🇺🇸

Every year, the morning of the 4th of July feels a little slower in the best way.

Coffee on the counter, kids running barefoot, and the oven warming the kitchen while we wait for fireworks and family time later that night.

This year’s tradition is our Fresh Milled Sourdough Dutch Baby — golden, puffed, and straight from the skillet — topped with all the red, white, and blue summer favorites.

Fresh milled flour gives it a deep, nutty richness, and the sourdough adds just the right amount of tang and lift. It’s the kind of breakfast that feels special but still simple enough for a holiday morning.

Once it comes out of the oven, we load it up with white powdered sugar.

It puffs up dramatically in the oven, then slowly settles into the perfect soft, custardy center with crisp, buttery edges. The kind of breakfast that disappears fast.

🇺🇸 Simple ingredients. Summer berries. A skillet full of tradition.

If you’ve never tried a sourdough or fresh milled Dutch baby before, this might be the year to start a new tradition of your own.

Adapted to add blueberries & strawberries to this recipe: https://myfreshmilledkitchen.com/easy-fresh-milled-sourdough-blender-dutch-baby-oven-pancake/

Happy 4th of July ❤️🤍💙
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This fresh milled Dutch baby version takes the classic recipe and gives it a nourishing twist using freshly milled soft white wheat.

06/26/2026

🍫 NEW RECIPE ALERT 🍫

If you've been looking for the perfect brownie recipe made with fresh milled flour, this is it!

These Fudgy Fresh Milled Flour Sourdough Brownies are rich, chewy, intensely chocolatey, and have that shiny crackly top we all love. Plus, they're a delicious way to use up sourdough discard while adding the goodness of freshly milled whole grains.

Who says whole grain baking can't be decadent? 😉

Grab the recipe below and let me know if you try them!

How my “brownie queen” era turned into my signature fresh-milled recipe If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s this: I’ve been serious about brownies for a long time. Like… brownies for breakfast in high school kind of serious. The Brownie Queen Origin Story Back in high sch...