Sifting whole wheat flour?

Executive Member Joined: Jul 03 2008 Posts: 406

Whenever I bake challah (or cookies, etc.) I obviously sift the flour. But now I would like to bake whole wheat challah. I just sifted the flour and found out that all the rye (or whatever the wheat is called) remains behind in the sieve and only the fine flour goes through. So I guess the whole wheat effect is gone.

How should one check whole wheat flour, without loosing the grains inside the mixture?

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 07 2007 Posts: 10429

You don't lose all the bran, only part of it. Try King Arthur flour, which is finer than Pillsbury or Gold Medal.Unfortunately also more expesnsive.

Silver Member Joined: Feb 07 2008 Posts: 977

The Kosher sifter comes with a special attachment you can purchase especially for ww flour that has larger holes.

Posted: Tue, Mar 10 2009, 5:26 pm Post subject: re: Sifting whole wheat flour?

I was told to either a. Sift the flour and then check the bran by hand or b. Sift the whole package in a wide-holed sieve, and if I find anything problematic, to throw the whole package out.