If you told me 10 years ago that I would be living in Wisconsin, I probably would’ve thought you were crazy. But now that we live here, I seriously couldn’t see our family living anywhere else right now.
I’m a big believer in things happen for a reason and realize now that everything over the past 10 years really has happened as it was supposed to. Getting married, having children, moving to Washington from Los Angeles, quitting my job, falling in love more with cooking, feeding my family and eating healthy, the farmers markets, fresh produce, learning about CSAs and agriculture and then having to leave Washington to move to Wisconsin, America’s dairyland, and finding myself in the most vibrant small town city, Madison, where farm to table takes on a whole new meaning.
I think it’s so awesome that we are living in a time now where people really care about where their food comes from, how it’s grown, how animals are raised and treated, and what they are fed. From dairy, to beef to chicken to wheat, people care.
People want to know.
You guys, I’m so happy to tell you about White Lily’s new Premium Flour Blends. If you’re from the South, you know White Lily flour. If you’ve baked biscuits, like real Southern biscuits, you’ve heard of White Lily. White Lily is more than just a flour brand, it’s “a Southern institution” and has been around since 1883.
White Lily has teamed up with Shepherd’s Grain® farmers to bring you their first line of premium, Non-GMO Project® Verified flour blends with traceable wheat grown right here in the United States.
First, you select your flour. Then enter the code from the back of your flour into the box below to trace the wheat, meet the farmers, and learn more about where the wheat in your bag of flour was grown.
I seriously think this is the coolest thing ever and love what White Lily and Shepard’s Grain are doing.
The farmers who grew the wheat from my bags of flour are from Reardan and Colfax, Washington. And some history from one of the farmers who grew the wheat: his grandparents came from the Ukraine to South Dakota in 1874. Started a colony farm at Picher Creek, Alberta Canada and then, in 1960, they moved to Reardan, WA and started the Spokane Hutterian Brethren farm with their families. They believe in being a sustainable food producer and have been in the farming business for over 50 years in the USA.
Amazing!
The first thing I baked with my flour, and I baked with my White Grape Seed flour first, was biscuits. Come on, we’re talking White Lily flour here remember?
These biscuits were amazing! Flavorful, flaky and delicious!
I used this recipe and again, used my White Lily White Grape Seed flour.
For me, the true test of a great tasting flour is bread. This time, I made a quick bread . . because it’s summer and we always need a loaf for the mornings. Slather on some butter and your favorite strawberry preserves or eat with bread with fresh berries.
It’s divine!
And this time, I used my White Lily Wheat flour.
This bread is slightly sweet and packed with almonds. I loved it so much.
I hope you give White Lily flour and this bread a try!
- 2 cups White Lily Wheat flour
- 1 cup firmly packaged light brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup almond milk
- 2 eggs
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup sliced almonds
- Preheat an oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a standard sized loaf pan and line with parchment paper.
- Using a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Using a separate medium sized mixing bowl, mix together the almond milk, eggs, butter and vanilla. Slowly add the almond milk mixture to the flour mixture and, using a rubber spatula, stir until just combined. Do not over mix. Add the sliced almonds and gently mix one more time.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 60 minutes, or until golden brown and a tester inserted comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool for at least 10 to 15 minutes before slicing. Enjoy!
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I am honored to be a White Lily Brand Ambassador for this upcoming year and to help spread the word about their new line of premium flours. All opinions expressed here are 100% my own. Thank you so much for supporting me in partnering with the brands that I use and love.
looks yummy!
This bread look so delicious!!!
I’m so glad you love Madison!! The mid west is a great place to live and raise a family in this country. Living up north here I’ve never heard of white lily flour but now I must try to get my hands on it! Quality baking ingredients are just a must for this baker. Love this bread and how simple yet hearty it looks!!
You lived in Washington as in, DC? Or as in the state? Because I live in DC, and if you ever lived here, that means we were here at the same time!
These flours look amazing. I want someone to buy me flours!
And this bread looks even better. Almond is one of my favorites ever, so it’s going on my list!
Hey Mir!! Washington state! Sorry I should have specified that!!! 🙂 Thanks so much!!
This looks so delicious and healthy at the same time, Alice! Yummm!
Isn’t it neat to look back and see where life has taken you? This bread sounds amazing, Alice! I definitely don’t make it as much as I should, so I’m loving the almond flavor. Sounds so comforting and delicious!
My Paul is from Wisconsin. Having lived in Minnesota for way too many winters, I can’t say I miss either, BUT it is a great state, I agree! So is this bread…has so many of my favorite things. And no yeast needed. Win!
Thanks so much Amy!!! We both have Pauls 🙂
It is funny how things work out, so glad you love living in Madison now 🙂 I love living in a small town now that we have kids too. Love how hearty and wholesome this bread is. White Lily flour sounds amazing and I can just imagine how fantastic this bread tastes!
That is so cool that you can trace your bag of flour and learn more about the farmers who helped to grow the wheat. This bread looks incredible! I wish I had a slice right now for breakfast!
This bread sounds so good, Alice. I don’t make bread that’s good for me nearly enough. I seriously need to change that!
This is so cool, Alice! Coming myself for a family of farmers, I love the idea that people can track exactly where their product came from and learn about the families that produce it. So neat! This bread looks so awesome.
I’d never heard about this brand before so I’m so glad I read this post and learned about them, this sounds awesome! And this almond-wheat-bread… omg I love it!
These new flour blends sound amazing! I definitely will need to try to find them because this bread is sounding like breakfast! Pinning!
Gorgeous bread! I love that you can so easily “meet the farmer”.
That bread looks so good, Alice!
What a gorgeous loaf! Alice I love what White Lily is doing too. Makes you feel so much more connected to the food you’re eating and to the world, really. Great products you can really feel good about buying!
I would love to live in a small town like that, it literally sounds like my dream. Also, a dream of mine is bread like this. So perfect with a bowl of tomato soup.
Love how hearty and packed with flavor this bread is! I’d love a piece toasted, right now! Pinned!
This bread looks fabulous! Loving that the flour is non-gmo and this looks so delicious. Pinning!
This wheat bread is sure to make any morning brighter! Love the flavour!
those biscuits look incredible! i’ve never heard of this kind of flour before, but will look into it! being able to trace it back is such a neat idea, technology really has come so far.
Thanks for the visit Beverley!! I know, right?! I love it and love that White Lily is doing this!
Alice – You always think of such delicious recipes. I love the sliced almonds as a topper on this bread. YUM!
This bread looks amazing! I have tried the new White Lily flours and they are super amazing! 🙂
All I need is a nice thick slice of this bread with some homemade strawberry jam – yum!
I’m so with you- everything in life happens for a reason. Sometimes those reasons are hard to see or understand, but given some time the reason always seems to come to light. Or at least make sense. I’m so glad you are happy and have clarity in your life, Alice. Thats such a blessing.
Anyways. White Lily rocks the house and you totally did those fine folks their due justice with this post! SO cool what they are doing with the code and how you can “meet” the famers!! Love that! And I especially love this almond bread- from your photos it looks packed with almonds and seriously delicious! Can’t wait to give this a try! Pinned ♡
I am always so impressed by homemade bread!!
I love all these different White Lily flours you tried Alice – I didn’t know they made any other flours. So fun and everything looks delicious!
How exciting! I would love to try these flours! Love the bread! Will make it pretty soon, because I’m not doing enough baking lately!
Let’s keep the message going, there is still much to do in terms of getting people to fully be aware of what they are eating. For sure consumers are more demanding. But we need to do more. The majority of what is sold is still form not-so-clean sources.
Thanks for talking about it and to suggest a product that is on the right side 🙂
What a beautiful loaf of bread! Wish I had a slice for breakfast!
I love the idea of entering a code to learn more about the farm and farmers. I like knowing where my food comes from and am glad to see that White Lily provides this information. I feel the same way as you. Never in a million years did I ever think I would move to Florida, but I can’t imagine myself anywhere else. I really wish my morning started with a slice of this bread!
Oh, gosh. I am seriously wishing a slice of this gorgeous bread would just POOF, appear in front of my coffee right now. I love how extra-healthy it looks and yet, it still looks totally indulgent! Pinned.
Your biscuits look absolutely perfect my dear. I think you might have a bit of Southern blood running in those veins.
Love this, Alice! These biscuits couldn’t look better. I’ve got to look into White Lilly- they sound fantastic!
I love homemade bread…and wheat flour. And I love this almond wheat bread!
I would like to substitute honey for the brown sugar. Any idea how much, I don’t think it’s the same amount when you substitute honey for sugar. I’m going to check the web to see if I can find it too.
Thanks!
Vicky
This looks delicious! Where in Madison can you buy White Lily Flour? I have never seen it. Thanks!
well yes life is strange that way. If someone would had told me that I would have a food blog one day, 5 years back I would have thought that person was crazy and totally out of his mind. But here we are! But yes whatever happens, happens for good..at least I believe in that 🙂 I’m glad you love the place where you live! The bread looks really good and I need to look out for White Lily flour!
Oh, boy, does your almond bread look divine! Fingers crossed I can find those WL flours—I’m such a fan. And I totally agree with you about the Midwest. I grew up in Iowa and raised a family in Indiana and love the kind and loving people that influenced both me and my children. Now if we could just warm up the winters a few degrees 🙂
Loved reading and learning about White Lily brand flours. We’ll have to include them on our app!
So nice that some people care about what they put in their bodies! Love this gorgeous bread!
Anxious to make this yummy looking bread. Thinking of substituting coconut oil for the stick of unsalted butter. Any thoughts on that?
Hi Betty! You can certainly try it! not 100% sure what the results will be (texture, consistency. .) but you can try it! Let me know if you do!! 🙂
I decided to use 4 tablespoons of each – butter and coconut oil. The bread was slightly dry. Not sure if the change of fat was the colprit or all the wheat flour. It baked the same and the batter was very workable. I did add 1/2 cup dried cranberries which were a great combination with the almonds.
Betty, Sorry to hear the bread turned out dry for you!! It obviously isn’t supposed to be dry (which you know) but moist (not overly moist but moist) and slightly sweet.
This almond bread sounds amazing! I could just dive right in. I’m a sucker for anything with almonds in it! Pinned to try!
Thank you so much, Allison!!! Happy Sunday!