That $150 heritage grain mill almost ruined my wedding cookies

I dropped $150 on an antique stone grain mill off Facebook Marketplace because grandma always swore by fresh-ground flour for her sugar cookies. Took me two full days to clean the thing and figure out the tension, and the flour came out so coarse it turned my first batch into little rocks. Ended up rushing to the store for all-purpose flour at 10pm the night before the wedding, and the cookies came out fine. Anyone else get burned by a family recipe 'upgrade' that just made things harder?

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jordan1844mo ago

Gotta disagree here - that mill was a learning tool, not a failure. First try on ANY old equipment is going to be rough, but now you KNOW the tension and feel for it. Store flour can't touch the flavor and nutrition you'd get once you dial that thing in - your grandma didn't swear by it for nothing.

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markl754mo ago

Is grinding your own flour really that life changing?

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