On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:02:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:59:50 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>>>news >>>> On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:08:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>My CSA had this on sale so I bought a small bag but now I can't find a
>>>>>single recipe that calls for it! All of the recipes that take bread
>>>>>flour
>>>>>use regular bread flour and then if they are a whole wheat bread,
>>>>>additional
>>>>>whole wheat flour. Does anyone have any recipes that use this? I would
>>>>>even be willing to make something with eggs and milk in it for my
>>>>>husband
>>>>>and daughter if it would use up the flour. I could use the cupboard
>>>>>space!
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Very common. There are not that many recipes for whole wheat bread
>>>> that are made solely with whole wheat bread flour. A recipe for
>>>> whole wheat bread that uses only whole wheat bread flour tends to be
>>>> very dense and sticky/tricky to knead.. Recipes will call for a
>>>> combination of whole wheat bread flour and white bread flour to
>>>> overcome the problems. Also, most people do not care for the taste of
>>>> bread made only with whole wheat flour. You can find recipes for
>>>> oatmeal, rye bread and others that also use whole wheat flour in
>>>> combination.
>>>> When talking about baking bread, it is understood that you mean whole
>>>> wheat bread flour.
>>>> It would not be a good idea to try to make cookies or similar with
>>>> whole wheat bread flour as it will make them tough. It is understood
>>>> that when making something other than bread, you are going to use
>>>> whole wheat PASTRY flour. Check Winco bulk bins and you will see both
>>>> are available there. I believe that the supplier for the bulk bins is
>>>> Bob's Red Mill.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>>I actually haven't found *any* recipes that call for whole wheat bread
>>>flour. Only whole wheat flour and bread flour. I know about whole wheat
>>>pastry flour. I used it up and don't intend to buy more. We just don't
>>>eat
>>>much in the way of sweets here.
>>
>> "Only whole wheat flour and bread flour" is whole wheat bread flour
>> and white bread flour.
>> Whole wheat flour in a bread recipe is understood to be whole wheat
>> bread flour. The only other option for whole wheat is whole wheat
>> pastry flour. . Recipes do not specifically call for Whole Wheat Bread
>> Flour because it is expected that everyone will know that it means the
>> stuff that isn't pastry flour. Whole wheat flour that isn't whole
>> wheat pastry flour is bread flour,.
>> Read it all again, slowly.
>> Janet US
>
>No! The recipes that I see call for regular bread flour and whole wheat
>flour. And it is not understood to be that because other people are asking
>the same question. If they meant whole wheat bread flour and whole wheat
>white flour then it would say that. The recipe I have been using
>specifically calls for bread flour *and* whole wheat flour. Not the same
>thing. And yes, I know that it isn't pastry flour. And neither is whole
>wheat flour. Methinks you don't know what you are talking about. Whole
>Wheat Pastry flour is not the same as Whole Wheat flour which also isn't the
>same as Whole Wheat Bread flour.

Look here
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/flours/
and then here
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recip...s-bread-recipe

yes, I understand the bread flour and whole wheat flour thing. I know
they are not the same thing. I can't help if you are reading comments
from others who don't understand. I'm telling you how it is. Ask
Ophelia or Graham or cshenk. You are reading what I have said
incorrectly.