Journal (2026-10-19) - Bread mixer and milling wheat

I've been wanting to get back into bread baking again, but haven't had much time for it since I would make it all by hand. The recipe I've used before was for a sifted white flour, which kneading by hand isn't so bad, but it can still be time consuming. Today I'm interested in making whole wheat bread, which includes everything of the wheat berry. I attempted this once before about five years ago and ended up with a dense loaf of bread that wasn't good for much, but this was because I didn't change the recipe and didn't knead it long enough. Apparently whole wheat flour requires a whole lot more kneading than the typical sifted white flour, which personally I'm not all that thrilled about. So I bought a bread mixer! This is the NutriMill Artiste stand mixer, and I got it with the bakers set and juicer attachment. Since I'm frequently making cookies, pizza dough, banana bread, and soon to be whole wheat bread, I figured it's time to just get a mixer because I spend a lot of time doing…