Fresh is key. Enjoy a taste of oat flakes heaven with Wolfgang’s muesli or search “Bircher Muesli” on Youtube for awesome snack recipes. Good ‘ol granola and hot oatmeal cereal can’t be beat with freshly flaked oats. Try oatmeal raisin cookies and oatmeal muffins made from your own rolled oats. Need more ideas? – check out 50 Things to Make with Oats from the Food Network. Flakers are commonly used for turning oat groats into oat flakes, but most varieties of wheat can also be flaked. See below for what can and can’t be flaked or ground.

USEFUL INFO: Oat groats are naturally soft and flake nicely as they come. Other grains may be prone to crumbling without a little help. If necessary, do this before flaking – put the quantity of oats or grain you want to flake into a zip-lock bag with a little water in the ratio of 1 teaspoon per cup of grain, seal the bag and shake it up to disperse the water. Then let it sit for a few hours to overnight. The added moisture softens the grain just enough to produce a nicer flake. Resist the temptation to add more water than suggested. Too moist and the grain might clog the metal flaking wheels.

What ingredients can be flaked?
While flaking whole oat groats is the most common use for flakers, most wheat varieties (spelt, rye, einkorn, emmer) can be flaked when properly hydrated. A mix of flaked wheat varieties is wunderbar for Muesli. Some pseudo-cereals such as buckwheat and quinoa can be flaked but often don’t flake well due to size and/or crop variations.

And which ones CANNOT be flaked?
Corn (too big), pumpkin seeds (too big), nuts like almonds, peanuts, cashews (too oily), coffee, legumes (too big). 

Rice and millet are more likely to be powdered (as they are very dry). And probably everything else not on the what can be flaked list. 

Breadtopia Flaker Attachment for KitchenAid by Wolfgang Mock Features:

• Rollers: stainless steel (wear and corrosion resistant)
• Output: About 1 cup of oat flakes per minute on medium speed
• Reasonably quiet
• Flakers are commonly used for turning oat groats into oat flakes, but most varieties of wheat can also be flaked
• Good ‘ol granola and hot oatmeal cereal can’t be beat with freshly flaked oats
• Compatible with KitchenAid Stand Mixers 
• Color: White
• Hopper Capacity: 3.5 Cups
• Made in Germany
• 3 Years Manufacturer's Warranty for non Commercial use

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