Cracked Wheat Cereal

Cracked Wheat Cereal
3 parts water to 1 part cracked wheat. Add salt to water if desired.  Heat water to boiling and add cracked wheat.  Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
Toast the wheat before cracking for the best flavor.

Cracked Wheat Cereal for one female and one hungry male.
3 cups water
1/8 teas salt
1 cup cracked wheat
Bring water and salt to boil.  Add cracked wheat.  Cover pan and reduce heat to simmer.  Simmer 30 minutes.  Stir occasionally if needed.
I needed to stir the wheat back into the water, because it rose and stuck to the sides of the pan until it stopped boiling.

Go here for pictures of toasting and grinding the wheat and the cooked cereal pictures.

Whole Wheat Bread

Red text is updates added 12/23/15

Basic Whole Wheat Bread

2 teaspoons active dry yeast (1 packet) Some bulk yeast packages have 2 1/4 teas = 1 packet

½ cup warm water

6 cups whole wheat flour (freshly ground wheat will be fluffier, so lightly tap it down into the cup)

2 teaspoons salt

2 ¼ cups warm water

2 Tablespoons honey

2 Tablespoons oil

2 Tablespoons Dough Enhancer

¼ teaspoon ginger

Making in a Kitchen Aid

Dissolve yeast in ½ cup of warm water.  Add yeast water and all other ingredients into Kitchen Aid mixer and mix until dough forms on hook.  Continue mixing for several more minutes.  Dough will be sticky.  Remove bowl from mixer and cover with a towel.  Let dough rise until double in size.  Punch dough down and shape into loaves with wet hands.  Put dough into two greased bread pans.  Cover and let rise again until double in size. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

Making by hand

Dissolve yeast in ½ cup of warm water. In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients together.  Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients. Stir the liquid mixture into the flour, beginning in the center and working outward so that you first make a smooth batter, then gradually mix in the rest of the flour to make a soft dough.  Dough will be sticky.  Knead the dough until it is soft and stretchy.  Knead with damp hands.  Do not add more flour to your dough.  Cover with a towel.  Let dough rise until double in size.  Punch dough down and shape into loaves with wet hands.  Put dough into two greased bread pans.  Cover and let rise again until double in size. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

Making by hand without the Dough Enhancer and or ginger

The dough will need a lot more mixing/kneading without these ingredients.  Plan to mix in a Kitchen Aid for 8 to 15 minutes.  Plan to knead by hand for 30 to 45 minutes.  When the dough has been mixed enough you can take a handful of dough and stretch it into a paper thin sheet of dough that will not break.

Caution

Do not add too many things to make your bread rise or you will find that it will fall while in the oven cooking.

Chocolate Waffles

Chocolate Waffles
1 egg beaten
1/3 cup buckwheat flour
1/3 cup coconut flour
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
4 Tbsp powdered buttermilk
1 to 1/3 cups water
1/2 teas baking soda
1 teas baking powder
1/4 teas salt
3 Tbsp oil
chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients together pour batter into hot waffle iron and sprinkle on chocolate chips.and cook until done.  I found that they needed to cook longer than plain waffles.

I have a nonstick Belgium waffle iron that has to be sprayed before using.  I sprayed it with olive oil, poured in the batter, added chocolate chips and cooked until the waffle beeps that it is done. Then I had to wait almost another minute for the waffles to hold together. The waffles were so incredibly light and fluffy that they fell apart.  The kids love them!

I bought coconut and buckwheat flour in the bins at Winco.  I grind my own wheat.  I mixed about 1 1/2 cups each of the 3 types of flour into a container and scooped out 1 cup for the recipe above.

My neighbor added coco powder to the mix also.  Since I don't like chocolate I can't tell you how much to add.  Give it a try and tell me.

Survival Bars

Homemade 72 hour Survival Foods

Survival Bars – This recipe came out in WWII from the American Red Cross

3 cups cereal (oatmeal, wheat flakes, etc)

2 ½ cups powdered milk

5 Tbsp. water

3 Tbsp. honey

1 cup white sugar

1/4 pkg. citrus flavored gelatin 

Place dry ingredients except gelatin in a mixing bowl.  Add 3 Tbsp. water to honey and bring to a boil.  Dissolve gelatin in honey water mixture.  Add to dry ingredients.  Mix well, add remaining water 1 tsp. at a time until mixture is barely moist and can be molded. This recipe makes 2 bars about the size of a kitchen match box.  Each bar will provide about 1000 calories and is sufficient food for one day.  It can be dried under a very low heat in the oven, wrapped in foil and stored indefinitely.

Microwave Granola Bars – Source unknown

1/2 cup margarine or butter

1/4 cup honey

1/2 tsp. salt

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup water

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Combine; cook about 8 minutes on high.

Add:

3 cups oats

1 cup sunflower seeds

1 cup wheat germ

Any of the following as desired, coconut, bran flakes, nuts, etc. Microwave 8 to 10 minutes on medium.  Stir 1/2 way through.  Remove; add raisins, dried fruits, etc.  For bars put into 9 X 12 buttered pan.  Cut into desired size bars.  Not for long term storage.

Survival bars – Various internet sites (All show the same ingredients)

2 cups oatmeal

2 1/2 cups powdered milk

3 Tbsp. water

3 Tbsp. honey

1 cup white sugar

1 3oz pkg. citrus flavored gelatin

Place dry ingredients except gelatin in a mixing bowl.  Add water to honey and bring to a boil.  Dissolve gelatin in honey water mixture.  Add to dry ingredients.  Mix well, add additional water 1 tsp. at a time until mixture is barely moist and can be molded. This recipe makes 2 bars.  Each bar will provide about 1000 calories.  Dry in oven on very low heat. The drier they are the longer they keep.  Dried on too high of heat will cause the sugar and gelatin to melt and make a sticky mess.  Can be eaten as is or cooked.  To cook add one bar to 3/4 cup water.