Thursday, March 6, 2008
flour 101: gluten additives
For the longest time, I couldn’t find bread flour anywhere. And I live in New York City, which is not exactly a place one expects to have trouble finding pantry staples! The one good thing that came out of this was my discovery of Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Flour. This stuff is a godsend. To make bread flour, add one tablespoon of it to each cup of all-purpose flour. Think of all the cabinet space you’ll save!
Wow - THAT was a lot easier than I thought! I have been trying to figure out what exactly bread flour was (I can cook… but baking is an entirely different story) because something has come over me and made me want to bake bread. I think I’ve see that Gluten Flour around but I wasn’t sure where that fit in. Thank you for the information!