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How much gluten is in wheat bread?
Cake flour has less gluten than bread flour, but it does contain a significant amount of gluten. While these estimates should not be taken as authoritative, cake flour contains roughly 6 - 8% protein (gluten) compared to about 11% in all-purpose flour, and about 14% in bread flour.
Can you use cake and pastry flour in the bread machine?
Yes you can but the result will be a rather flat loaf as pastry and cake flour do not contain as much gluten as bread flour. Gluten which is developed by kneading the bread dough is essential to a well structured bread.
What is hard flour?
Wheat flour is rated as hard or soft depending on the gluten content. If your recipe calls for hard flour, you should use what is called "bread flour". It is much higher in gluten than all-purpose flour.
Can you use cake flour for bread making and why?
No, because cake flour will make baked goods much more dense and heavier.A bit more:While cake flour makes cakes very light and tender, it doesn't have enough gluten in it to make bread, which has to have a much higher gluten content to achieve the right texture, and to aid in rising.
What is the difference between plain white flour and strong plain flour?
"Strong flour" is the British term for high gluten flour made from "duram" wheat, literally, "strong" wheat. In the U.S., this is known as bread flour. It is used for baking yeast breads, where a chewy texture is desirable. Bread flour has a higher percentage of protein, which forms the elastic, chewy, texture of gluten.
How much gluten do you add to plain flour to make strong flour?
2Tb gluten to how much flour?
Can you substitute all purpose flour for bread flour?
If you add wheat gluten to your recipe, maybe a tbsp or so (depending on how much flour? tbsp per 1 or 2 cups of flour?), that will serve as a substitute. Most often you can get good results with the substitution. Bread flour has more gluten and thus holds more CO2 from the yeast to make fluffier breads.
Do you use the same amount of bread flour as all purpose flour in cookie recipes?
Yes. Pretty much. The difference in the two flours is the ability to form gluten. Bread flour is ground from a different variety of wheat, and produces more gluten when kneaded and so is of greater value when making bread. As you do not knead cookie dough, it doesn't come into play, and for the the most part cookie recipes are not that critical. Do not use bread flour for making cakes when cake flour is called for. Cakes are different animals altogether and proper ingredients are critical, and you cannot substitute a hard wheat flour for the soft cake flour, (which produces almost no gluten.)
Why is it important to use strong white flour when making bread?
Hi, strong plain flour is used to make bread as it contains more gluten than normal plain flour and this helps to make the bread expand and rise as it is being baked. hope ive helped you.
Is there a difference between baking flour and plain flour?
Plain flour is most likely all purpose flour. It will work just fine for bread, but bread flour is specifically blended for bread making. It has more gluten which is what forms the bubbles in bread and helps it rise better. Plain flour is milled, blended and produced slightly differently than that for bread flour. Bread flour is much more of a stronger flour, whilst plain white flour is not. Both flours (whilst bread flour being the best to use for bread), need raising agents, since the flours are heavy. The most commonly used agent is yeast, in small amounts depending on size of loaf. Better results are achieved with using bread flour. So if you want to make bread then best use bread flour for better results and much tastier well balanced bread.
Is it just normal plain flour you use when making bread?
Pretty much. There are different types of flour, and bread flour is considered the best for making it, but you can bake bread with just about any type of flour.
What causes homemade bread to crumble when slicing it?
You may not have mixed it enough, or gotten a good enough gluten. My bread used to fall apart. Tasted good, but I couldn't make a sandwich. When I learned to put half the flour in at first, and mix it on high for a longer amount of time, then slowly add the rest of the flour and water, my bread turned out much nicer and firmer. You could also add VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, which has protein, helps get a good chewy consistency, and helps with the shelf life of your homemade bread. Ground wheat, or wheat flour also has to be mixed longer than all white to get a good gluten as well. Hope that helps good luck!
