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Our story
Palouse Brand is a 5th generation, family-owned and vertically-integrated farm that grows, cleans, processes, packages, and ships premium legumes and grains directly to customers around the world.
We take pride in quality and transparency. We grow our own products in eastern Washington and provide customers with, field location, photos, and harvest dates. We try to include our customers in every aspect of the process from farm to table.
Beyond our passion for farming, we value helping people live healthier. We strive to support our customer's pursuit of health by providing premium nutrient-rich products, transparency, recipes, guides, and five-star customer service.
Product Description
We use our amazing wheat berries and our stone mill to make amazing fresh whole wheat flour. We offer two different kinds of whole wheat flour, multi-purpose (soft white wheat flour) and white bread flour (hard white wheat flour) as well as whole wheat flour (hard red winter wheat flour) and whole wheat bread flour (hard red spring wheat flour). Our flour is unbleached, un-bromated, non-irritated with no additives.
Flour is typically a blend of red and white wheat as well as hard and soft wheat that ranges in protein from 8-13% and usually only utilizes the endosperm of the wheat kernel. We are able to provide a whole wheat flour that has the same qualities as all-purpose but gives you the nutrients from every part of the whole grain. Our soft white wheat berries have a protein of 11% which creates one of the best multi-purpose or all-purpose flours. Our hard white wheat berries have a protein content of 13% which produces an amazing bread flour. Our white wheat flour is unbleached and is free if of potassium bromate.
We grind our hard red winter berries into spectacular whole wheat bread flour. Hard red wheat berries have a higher protein content than soft types of wheat, making them perfect for bread flour. Hard red winter wheat berries also have more protein than their soft counterparts, but they also have a robust and nutty flavor and a beautiful deep color people love in whole wheat baked goods. Whole grain nutrition with the traditional robust taste of whole wheat bread flour. Due to the high-protein content of whole wheat bread flour is best suited for baked goods that utilize yeast.
From Our Family to Yours
The Mader family grows, cleans, packages and ships all of our products directly from us to you. Our cleaning plant was designed for quality not quantity and has cleaned legumes and grains for the international market and domestic consumption. Our flour is appealing to our consumers because of its nutrition, aesthetics, and trace-ability to our farm fields. We care for our crops from beginning to end and care for our customers. We practice the most sustainable farming practices available. We are happy to answer any questions you may have - that is why we are here to promote farm to table at it’s finest and to allow you to really know how your food is produced.
About the Soft White Wheat Berries
In order to field trace your food we keep detailed records of all our products on seed date, conditions, farming practices, and harvest date.
Our farm is vertically integrated: we control the entire supply chain. Once the seed is planted and harvested we transport the crop to our cleaning facility, Palouse Trading, where we store each truckload that is delivered. Details of the truckloads are also carefully logged so we can tell you which field the finished product was grown in.
We package the product at Palouse Trading then ship directly to you - each package comes with a QR code and/or Lot code affixed to the package so that you can use your Smartphone to scan the code and be directed to the exact field we grew your product in.
Wheat Berry Recipes
Sourdough Bread
- 500 grams milled whole wheat bread flour
- 2 teaspoons table salt
- ¼ cup warm water
- 250 grams active starter (about a cup)
- 1 ¼ cups warm water
Hearty Wheat Berry Bread
- 3 cups water
- ¾ cup wheat
- 1 package fast rising yeast
- 1 cup milk
- 2 T maple syrup
- 2 ½ t salt
- 1 cups multi-purpose flour
- 5 cups white bread flour
- Coconut oil cooking spray
- 2 T wheat bran
Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas
- 4 cups milled whole wheat bread flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp shortening
- 1 ½ cups water
Our flour is milled to order just for you. We use our amazing wheat berries and our stone mill to make amazing fresh whole wheat flour. We offer two different kinds of whole wheat flour, whole wheat flour (hard red winter wheat flour) and whole wheat bread flour (hard red spring wheat flour). Our flour is unbleached, un-bromated, non-irradiated with no additives.
- 3 lb bag (approximately 11 cups)
- For the freshest taste, store in the freezer (though a cool, dry place works, too).
- Hard Red Winter Wheat Flour - Whole Wheat Flour
- Hard Red Spring Wheat Flour - Whole Wheat Bread Flour
What is Whole Wheat Flour
Flour made from hard red spring or winter wheat is called whole wheat flour. All three layers of the wheat berries are ground — the bran, germ, and endosperm — to result in a bold, wholesome flour. Our flour contains the bran, endosperm, and germ, most store bought flours remove one or all of these parts of the wheat berry to make flour. Since our flour contains all three parts it has a delicious nutty flavor rich with bran and fiber.
Whole-wheat flour can be used interchangeably for white whole-wheat flour called for in a recipe, or it can be substituted for half the amount of all-purpose flour in a recipe.
Whole Wheat Flour from Hard Red Winter Wheat
We grind our winter wheat berries into the most amazing multi-purpose whole wheat flour. Soft white wheat has a moderate protein content as well as a mild, sweet flavor. Multi-purpose white flour is best suited for recipes with a tender crumb. A good rule of thumb is you can substitute this flour for any recipe calling for all-purpose flour that uses baking soda, baking powder or both as a leavening agent. The whole wheat all-purpose flour also has the added bonus of being whole wheat, providing you with all the nutrition from the bran, germ, and endosperm. Where traditional all-purpose flour is typically just comprised of the endosperm.
Whole Wheat Bread Flour from Hard Red Spring Wheat
We grind our hard red wheat berries into spectacular whole wheat bread flour. Hard white wheat berries have a higher protein content than soft types of wheat, making them perfect for bread flour. Hard white wheat berries also have more protein than their soft counterparts, but they also have a mild, sweet taste and the beautiful golden color people love in baked goods. Whole grain nutrition without any of the traditional somewhat bitter and robust taste of traditional whole wheat bread flour. Due to the high protein content of white whole wheat bread flour is best suited for baked goods that utilize yeast.
Fresh Milled Whole Wheat Flour In the Kitchen
This flour is perfect for cakes, cookies, muffins, quick bread pancakes and more. It has a lower gluten content than flours made with hard wheat berries providing that tender crumb. Our flour contains no preservatives, so the shelf is one year. Since this flour is whole grain, it uses the bran and germ. Which are high in nutrients and oils, which can go rancid faster than flours non-whole grain counterparts. Storing your whole grain flours in the freezer or fridge in an airtight container is a great way to help make them last longer. Make sure you allow your flour to come to room temperature before baking, otherwise the cold temperature of flour can affect how your recipe turns out.
We have been milling our flour for years and have loved using this flour in our kitchen. We have posted some of our best recipes on the blog, to help you get off to a great start using this flour in your kitchen. One of our favorites is the All-Purpose Baking Mix and the shortcake and pancaked recipes that go with it.
What Makes Palouse Brand Products Special?
The grows, cleans, packages and ships all of our products direct from us to you. Our flour is milled individually for each customer after their order is placed. The cleaning plant was designed for quality, not quantity. Our stone mill is brand and we are excited to be hand milling your flour. We care for our crops and products from beginning to end and care for our customers. Our farm practices the most sustainable environmentally friendly practices available. We are happy to answer any questions that you have - we are here to promote farm to table at its finest with the freshest products possible and to allow you to really know how your food is produced.
