A variety of flours can be used to make bread. As you will often see, some recipes may call for the use of "Bakers Flour or Bread Flour". This flour is recommended because of it's higher protein content - approx. 11-12%, versus ordinary plain flour or all purpose flour, which will have a lower protein content, usually below 10%. The amount of gluten, often referred to, as the "protein in flour" is crucial in bread making.

A blend of both hard and soft wheat flour. Most of the white flour is bleached to increase the whiteness and enriched to replace a few of the nutrients removed during milling process. Preferable use Unbleached flour which closely resembles India's Maida though you can use Bleached or Unbleached All-purpose flour interchangeably. See similar questions...

Coconut flour is excellent as well. You can make many foods with it but avoid using any recipes with yeast in them. See similar questions...

Chuckwagon's Best, All Purpose Flour is great for all your favorite recipes - cakes, pies and baking needs. Using only select grains, our All Purpose Flour is milled the Old Fashioned way, using a full roller process that ensures consistency and texture. See similar questions...

Bleached flour is a term for whitened of flour. The creamy to yellow colour in wheat flour is due to the presence of pigments and adding bleaching agents such as benzoyl peroxide will whiten the flour. See similar questions...

Wheat flour is a product derived from dry milling of wheat grain. It is basically the endosperm or the dry reserve from wheat germ. It consists mainly of starch and protein. Extensibility of dough refers to the power of dough to stretch when pulled and is directly dependent on the power of its gluten to stretch. The extensibility of dough can be measured by dough testing machines such as extensograph. See similar questions...

Different companies call hemp flour different things. Sometimes it’s called hemp fibre, hemp powder, or hemp-seed cake. They’re all the same. Hemp protein can be substituted. It’s a bit lighter and less fibrous. Manitoba Harvest is a good brand. They do have hemp oil at Capers and Whole Foods. It will be in the refrigerated department with the flax oil and other cold-pressed oils. See similar questions...

A finely ground, unbleached flour obtained from durum wheat. Durum wheat is the hardest of all wheats and is not whole wheat. See similar questions...

Y'all, the only difference between all-purpose and self-rising flour is this: self-rising flour has a leavening agent, such as baking powder added to it, along with salt. See similar questions...

Not if you weigh it. Sifting makes it easier to measure consistently. It does not, however, evenly incorporate dry ingredients. Whisking them together by hand, beating them in a mixing bowl, or whirling them for a few seconds in a food processor does a far better job of mixing. See similar questions...

All purpose flour is fine as long as it is unbleached as bleaching weakens the protein which is needed to give a good texture or crumb to the bread. Bread flour has higher protein and will make a chewier bread. Regional flours may be lower in protein than ones available nationally such as Gold Medal, or Pillsbury. See similar questions...

By tradition, some loaves are always dusted with flour. Aesthetics plays a large part in this tradition. See similar questions...

Yes. All of our starters are made with organic flour. Our multigrain bread is made exclusively with organic flour. Organic flours tend to react very well in the starter phase. We strive to balance different kinds of flours on order to achieve a good flavor and texture balance. Traditionally, pugliese (poul yay zay) loaves have a rustic, flat shape which gives them their second name "ciabatta" (che bah ah) which means slipper in Italian. See similar questions...

Chuckwagon's Best Flours are "bleached" resulting in pearly white grain. After flour has been ground and blended to the desired mix of particles. Bleaching removes the light yellow color caused by xanthophylls, a variety of carotenoid also found in potatoes and onions. The color has no practical or nutritional significance and is oxidized simply to obtain a uniform whiteness preferred my many bakers. Bleaching is a process used to age or "improve" the flour. See similar questions...

Inspect the flour gate valve for proper operation weekly. Old dough can build up on the moving parts of the gate and cause it to malfunction. See similar questions...

Answer: It depends on the Refinement degree of the flour. The optimal dosis of salt is between 40 and 60 grams per litre of water or 2-3% of the flour quantity. See similar questions...

Generally, the following three main characteristics of wheat flour are considered in determining its suitability for bread making. Protein Quality & Quantity : The protein quality and protein quantity required for bread making is usually measured in terms of loaf volume, satisfactory crust and crumb characteristics obtained under optimum conditions of processing and formula. If two types of flour of the same protein content give different quality. See similar questions...

The GI of a food is determined by testing on real people, who have to eat the food being tested so that their blood glucose levels can be monitored. It is therefore virtually impossible for the researchers to test the GI of a food that is not normally eaten in that form (e.g. flour on its own, or other uncooked recipe ingredients). Back to top See similar questions...

There is a big difference in the weight or amount of flour. 1 cup flour, sifted means you put the flour into the cup and then sift it. 1 cup sifted flour means to set the cup on a counter and sift the flour into the cup until it mounds above the top. Then, with a metal spatula or knife, level it off. Be sure to use a cup with an unbroken rim, referred to as a dry measure as opposed to a liquid measure which has a spout. See similar questions...