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Default Whole Wheat Bread Flour


"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:47:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:02:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:59:50 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> 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/

>>
>>That lists bread flour. Not whole wheat bread flour.
>>
>>> and then here
>>> http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recip...s-bread-recipe
>>>

>>I don't see your point. That calls for unbleached bread flour. Then
>>whole
>>wheat flour, organic preferred. Since King Arthur seems not to make a
>>whole
>>wheat bread flour, they couldn't possibly put it in any of their recipes.
>>cshenk is in my FK. And I thought she did gluten free?

>
> Whole wheat flour is your whole wheat bread flour. your whole wheat
> bread flour is what is called whole wheat flour. It is only recently
> that some companies are identifying their whole wheat flour as whole
> wheat bread flour because some people new to bread baking couldn't
> figure it out.
> The people I referred you to are experienced bread bakers. You can
> probably add Gordon to the list.
> Here's another recipe
> http://www.breadworld.com/recipes/Ho...le-Wheat-Bread
> recipes call for whole wheat flour -- they don't call for whole wheat
> bread flour. We know what it is. We know we are baking bread.
> Janet US


No, Janet. It isn't. I *did* find a recipe that calls for the whole wheat
bread flour. Here it is again:

http://www.greatrivermilling.com/rec...s_main/show/36