Making your own buckwheat flour at home is really very simple. In this post, I’ll teach you how to make buckwheat flour with just 5 minutes and a blender. Once you see how easy and cheap it is to make, you’ll never go back to buying it again! Gluten-free and vegan.
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- What is Buckwheat?
- Is Buckwheat Gluten-Free?
- Why Make Your Own Buckwheat Flour
- Ingredients You’ll Need: Buckwheat Groats
- How to Make Buckwheat Flour
- Dish by Dish Tips/Tricks:
- Buckwheat Flour Recipes
- Other Homemade Flour Recipes You’ll Love:
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- 5-Minute Homemade Buckwheat Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
What is Buckwheat?
Buckwheat (also known as “common buckwheat”) is a plant that is grown for its edible grain-like seeds.
While it is technically a seed, buckwheat is often referred to as a pseudocereal, because of the seed’s composition of complex carbohydrates, and the fact that it can be cooked in the same way as many cereals.
Buckwheat is also a great source of potassium, fiber, protein, iron and vitamin B6, which makes it a great alternative to grains such as rice, or wheat.
Is Buckwheat Gluten-Free?
While there is the word “wheat” in “buckwheat”, the buckwheat plant is not closely related to wheat since it is not a grass. In fact, buckwheat is totally gluten-free and is safe for Celiacs and those with gluten intolerances.
Why Make Your Own Buckwheat Flour
Buckwheat flour is basically ground buckwheat groats (hulled buckwheat seeds), and while you can easily buy it at the supermarket or online, it’s really way cheaper (almost half the price) to make your own at home, and all you need is just 5 minutes and a blender or grinder!
Ingredients You’ll Need: Buckwheat Groats
The only ingredient you need to make your own homemade buckwheat flour is buckwheat groats.
How to Make Buckwheat Flour
1. Place Groats in Blender.
Place 1/2 cup of buckwheat groats in your blender at at time.
2. Blend Until Super Fine
Blend until you get a super fine flour (approximately 45 seconds) and transfer the ground buckwheat flour to a jar or bowl. Repeat with the remaining groats until all the buckwheat groats are used up.
Dish by Dish Tips/Tricks:
- Blender: I use a high-speed blender, which is possibly the kitchen appliance that I use the most. If you don’t own a blender, you can also use a coffee grinder which will work just as well.
- Storing: To store the ground buckwheat flour, store in an airtight container at room temperature until ready to use.
- Color of Flour: The color of the ground flour will depend on the type of buckwheat groats you use. In this case, I used hulled buckwheat groats which produce a lighter-colored flour. If you use unhulled buckwheat groats, the flour will be slighter darker in color.
Buckwheat Flour Recipes
Now that you’ve got buckwheat flour ground and ready to use, what do you make with it? I highly recommend these easy buckwheat cookies that you’re bound to love!
I’m also about to post a recipe for soft, fluffy buckwheat bread, so be sure to watch out for that!
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5-Minute Homemade Buckwheat Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups of buckwheat flour 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Making your own buckwheat flour at home is really very simple. In this post, I’ll teach you how to make buckwheat flour with just 5 minutes and a blender. Once you see how easy and cheap it is to make, you’ll never go back to buying it again! Gluten-free and vegan.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups raw hulled buckwheat groats
Instructions
- Place Groats in Blender: Place 1/2 cup of buckwheat groats in your blender at at time.
- Blend Until Super Fine: Blend until you get a super fine flour (approximately 45 seconds) and transfer the ground buckwheat flour to a jar or bowl.
- Repeat: Repeat with the remaining groats until all the buckwheat groats are used up.
Notes
Blender: I use a high-speed blender, which is possibly the kitchen appliance that I use the most. If you don’t own a blender, you can also use a coffee grinder which will work just as well.
Storing: You can store the ground buckwheat flour in an airtight container at room temperature until ready to use.
Color of Flour: The color of your ground buckwheat flour will depend on the type of buckwheat groats you use. In this case, I used hulled buckwheat groats which result in a lighter-colored flour. If you were to use unhulled buckwheat groats instead, just bear in mind that the flour will be darker in color.
- Category: Basics
- Method: Blender
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: homemade buckwheat flour, how to make buckwheat flour
Just got a bag of buckwheat. Do I need to wash and dry first!??
Hi Michelle!
I usually just grind it directly. Unless you want your buckwheat flour to have a toasted flavor (in that case you can toast the buckwheat in a skillet over medium heat for a few minutes, tossing the groats occasionally so it doesn’t burn) and then grind the toasted buckwheat groats.
Enjoy!!
Felicia thank you so very much. My fiancee Dannielle was recently diagnosed with gluten intolerance. We are in the process of finding foods that both of us like. It has been a daunting task. I love buckwheat hotcakes. Dannielle told me her dad who is gluten intolerant likes buckwheat hotcakes too. I did what I do best. YouTube college and Google Univers6 led me to you. I am a junk food junkie. I live farming wheat. Wheat is killing my fiancee. Wheat pays the bills. So I will continue growing wheat, with the understanding that she and I will need to quit eating wheat. I can do that.
You showed me that I can grind buckwheat into flour. We do love our milk and eggs. Like I said, I am a junk food junkie.
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Hi Bill! Very nice to meet you! Sorry to hear that Dannielle has been diagnosed as gluten-intolerant, it’s definitely not an easy journey adjusting to it, especially since it’s so much easier to eat anything with wheat (and like you said, in this case wheat pays your bills since you farm it for a living). My husband Juan was diagnosed as Celiac in 2015, and it’s been a learning journey, but it gets easier over time. Socially it can be difficult, since it’s always safer to prepare food at home, but your family and friends will start to understand after a while. Btw, those buckwheat hotcakes sound delicious!! 🙂 I have a recipe for buckwheat cookies (https://www.dishbydish.net/gluten-free-buckwheat-cookies/) and buckwheat bread (https://www.dishbydish.net/soft-fluffy-buckwheat-bread/) on the blog if you are interested!
I’ve been looking for buckwheat flour to make pancakes but couldn’t find it anywhere until I went to a health foods store where I only found the buckwheat groats. I thought maybe I might be able to make flour from it but just in case I couldn’t I bought just a little bit. I found your info how how to make the flour and am happy now that the pancakes can be made. Thank uo7.
Hi Kathy, so happy that you were able to make buckwheat flour (and hence pancakes) – buckwheat pancakes sound delicious indeed! Isn’t it crazy how easy it is to grind your own flour at home! I grind my own almond flour, cashew flour, and will be trying rice flour, millet flour and amaranth flour too!
Good morning Felicia,
Thank you for this wonderful post.
This is so helpful in understanding everything about “buckwheat” especially its nutritional properties.
I appreciate you!
God Bless!
Mum
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Hi Mummy!
Maybe now you can try baking with buckwheat too 🙂