Attaching Your Grain Mill; Tips For Milling Grain - KitchenAid KGM Instructions

Before attaching the grain mill, turn
off and unplug the stand mixer.
1. Depending on which type of hub
you have, either flip up the hinged
cover or loosen the attachment
knob (A) by turning it
counterclockwise and remove
attachment hub cover.
2. Insert the attachment shaft
housing (B) into the attachment
hub (C), making certain that the
power shaft fits into the square
hub socket. Rotate the attachment
back and forth if necessary. When
the attachment is in proper
position, the pin on the
attachment housing will fit into
the notch on the hub rim.
Flour ground with the grain mill will
have a coarser texture than
commercially ground flour. The
grain mill grinds, and you receive,
all parts of the berry; commercial
grinders sift out some parts of the
berry before marketing the flour.
It is not necessary to press grain
into the grain mill hopper with your
hands or any utensil. The moving
grind worm will feed the grain into
the grinding burrs.
One cup of grain yields between 1
(296 mL) and 1 1 ⁄
2
flour.

Attaching Your Grain Mill

Tips for Milling Grain

(355 mL) cups of
3. Tighten the attachment knob (A)
until the unit is completely
secured to the mixer.
One cup of oats yields
(207 mL) of flour.
If you grind more flour than your
recipe requires, store it in the
refrigerator or freezer to avoid
rancidity, since this product contains
no preservatives.
Do not grind coffee beans in your
grain mill; their high oil content can
damage the grinding mechanism.
Do not grind grains or nuts with a
1 ⁄ high moisture or oil content, such
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as peanuts, sunflower seed, and
soybeans. These can also damage
the grinding mechanism.
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A
C
B
⁄ cup
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