I'm thinking about bulk purchasing some flour from Bob's Red Mill. Specifically, 25# of White Flour, Spelt Flour, and some odds and ends like Teff, Buckwheat, etc, in smaller quantities.
This means I'd probably be freezing a bunch of it and was wondering what experience anyone had with freezing flour for 6 months or so. Any problems with doing this?
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I buy Bob's redmill flour in
I buy Bob's redmill flour in the bulk section of Winco Foods. It is very fresh, I see them refill it at least once a week. I have very good results with the flours I get there.
The only flour they don't
The only flour they don't have is teff.
You also don't have to buy 25
You also don't have to buy 25 lbs of each different flours and take up freezer space.
My Experience
I've frozen WW pastry flour (local stuff that I know is pretty fresh) for two years in my (really really cold) chest freezer. It started to get a little funky at some point after that, but I got a solid two out of it. I've never kept any other flour around longer than six months, so I can't help you there. Oat flour, however, doesn't keep well for me. And I ground that myself, so I KNOW it was fresh. I give that a limit of 2-3 months. You may find different, but that's just my experience.