Yes, you read that right – oak smoked flour from Bacheldre Watermill – and with that great packaging, how could I resist?
Actually it’s oak smoked stoneground strong malted blend flour and as I don’t share the English predilection for malty bits in my bread I thought my first loaf rather ho-hum. The smokiness was enjoyable though, and quite a bit cheaper than setting up a wood-fired oven.
Possible solution: I sifted out those malty bits and fed them to the birds then made a fresh batch of dough, but the resultant loaf was still too worthy, in a knitted oatmeal kind of way, albeit with a crust to stop traffic (literally).
My solution: blend it with regular flour at a 1:5 ratio. Result: a whiff of wood smoke and wheatiness with an excellent rise. Better than saving up for a wood-fired oven any day.
£2.85 for 1.5kg from Waitrose
Gastroplod 
i just bought this flour and planning to bake with it. So you think I shouldnt use all oak smoked flour?
Hi ninaki – I found my loaf made with all oak smoked flour on the heavy side, so I suggest you take into account how much you enjoy a granary loaf, as the result was a fairly wholemeal-biased wood-fired version of that, and maybe blend in some white flour in a 1:5 ratio to begin with and see how well you like that. Hard to say as there’s no right answer, but I hope this helps – and your loaf is what you’re hoping for!
Sorry if the above is unclear – when I say 1:5 ratio, I mean 1-part white flour to 5-parts oak smoked, rather than my original post’s recommendation (5-parts white to 1-oak smoked for a white loaf with artisan texture and wood-fired flavour)
Where can I buy smoked flour. I live in Minnesota I can not find a store that sells it. Do you know of any online stores. I want to bake cookies with the smoked flour. Alder wood or oak wood smoked flour or any suggestion you have
Thank you
Sorry Galen, but living in the UK I don’t have any dealings with online stores in the US. If you can’t buy it, maybe make it with a home smoking kit? Good luck!