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Default How any flours do you stock?

On Dec 29, 1:41*pm, Kalmia > wrote:
> On Dec 29, 2:11*pm, Bryan > wrote:
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> > On Dec 29, 12:51*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:

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> > > I managed fine on a bag of all purpose for years. *

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> > Cheap all purpose. *King Arthur Whole Wheat. *Swan's Down.

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> > > *Then someone talked me into using bread flour for my rolls and
> > > loaves. * * Yup-- even I could see the difference.

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> > No bread flour at the present time.

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> > > I don't bake a cake every year, even- so I never bothered with cake
> > > flour. * *Does it improve a cake much?

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> > Yes.

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> I make my own bread flour - 1 C KA white to 1 T. gluten. *I have never
> costed it out, but it saves on storage space and one less thing to
> watch for depletion.


That way you can even add more gluten for things like bagels or pizza
crust.

--Bryan