How to make FLOUR from ACORNS

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In Part 3 of the Acorn Bread series, we'll be learning how to leach our acorns and grind them into flour! Acorns contain tannins which are not good if consumed in excess and further are bitter and astringent.

Leaching is the process of removing those tannins which will yield acorn flour that will make delicious and healthy bread!

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Premise
0:13 - Introduction
0:45 - Why you need to leach acorns
1:13 - Two methods of leaching
1:30 - Grinding Acorns into flour
2:38 - Leaching process
3:17 - How to know when leaching is done
4:12 - Drying flour
5:50 - Conclusion

🌲 Hope you find the video helpful. Be Feral and Keep Foraging!

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There is actually a third leaching process. The indigenous tribes of California used alternating hot and cold water to more quickly leach out the tannins, without losing the starches in the acorn meal. They'd pour over boiling hot water, and after a few moments, pour over very cold water. They'd do this over and over until it was ready (typically around four hours). I work as a tour guide in Yosemite, and your videos, along with my historical research has really helped me in finding a means of making an authentic food that made up over 85 percent of most native Californian's diets.

thechad

I came here to learn how to make acorn flour for Korean acorn jelly. But now I also want to make the bread!

Rebecca.Elizabeth

this would be a of work especially without the electric equipment, but what an incredible food source for survival in the woods

badgoy

I've collected acorns for a second time. Perfect timing to see this. Hopefully I'll get these processed. Thank you!

dianaflower

That was seriously one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I had no idea you could make bread (and flour) out of acorns! Mind blown!!!

jenheadjen

Thanks for the info. I'm collecting acorns here in SoCal for the first time here we go

kenny

Your videos are awesome! I got a foraging book a few years ago and have been reading through it. Our oak tree dropped acorns this year and I was wanting to try making acorn flour. Did the towel and meat tenderizer trick and it worked!

robreese

I've watch several uploads on how to make acorn flour and this is the best

markadams

This is my first time foraging acorns! I’m excited to have some acorn breads and desserts for thanksgiving

drivingmissmolly

Brilliant, thank you, this was my missing link

jasonmarkson

Nice! i need to collect the acorns in my yard and make this. Have you ever tried making nut milk with hickory nuts? it is so good!

sonofabear

the other day I found an “oak apple” growing on one of my oak tree’s leaves, (an “oak apple” is an overgrowth from the leaf that quite resembles a grape that grows around an egg of a type of whasp). At the time I was unaware of this and I ate the “oak apple”. Afterwards I looked it up 😂 So yeah, I ate a bug egg by mistake. But anyway, the oak apple tasted just like a tart grape.

tTheParakeet

can we use an oven on the lowest setting to dry the acorn flour or do we need a dehydrator?

phillip

Thank you 👍
Great presentation and information.
Thumbs up and a new sub.

StirlingLighthouse

What is the longest the leaching has taken for you? I had a batch that I changed ~5-10 times a day for 6 days and it was still bitter, did it just need more time?

woodswiser