Buying and Storing Bread Flour in Bulk
I make ALL the bread for our household with my bread machine. (Really!!) As you might guess, we go through a lot of bread flour. Learn where we buy flour in bulk and how we store it.
Continue reading →Category Archives: Bread Ingredients
Bread is one of the oldest man-made foods. You can make a simple bread with just flour, yeast, water and salt.
However, there are different types of flour and yeast. Which one should you use? Can you substitute honey for sugar in a recipe? And what is this strange thing called vital wheat gluten? (My first thought was that if it was so vital, why hadn’t I heard of it?)
Here are articles about what goes into your bread.
Bread Machine Yeast? Instant Yeast? Active Dry Yeast? What’s the Difference?
Bread machine yeast. Rapid rise yeast. Active dry yeast. Are you wondering what the difference is and what type of yeast to use in your bread machine? This article will help.
Continue reading →Can You Substitute Honey for Sugar in Bread Recipes?
There are differences between the two sweeteners. However, many bread recipes call for such a small amount of sugar that it doesn’t really matter. So for the most part, substitute away! If your recipe has a quarter cup (4 tablespoons) of sugar or more, then see this article.
Continue reading →What is Vital Wheat Gluten?
Do you have a wheat or rye bread recipe that didn’t turn out? Maybe the problem was that the recipe didn’t contain vital wheat gluten.
Continue reading →How Do You Measure Flour?
There are different schools of thought when it comes to the correct way to measure flour or other dry ingredients. I use the scoop and sweep method in my cooking and for all the recipes on the site. Here’s how to do that and information on other measuring techniques.
Continue reading →Bread Flour Versus All-Purpose Flour
What’s the difference between these types of flour? Gluten! Wondering about cake flour, self-rising flour, and pastry flour? I’ve got information about those too.
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