Bread Machine....Flour questions

mommytotwo

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The recipes that I have are asking for bread flour. All I have is all purpose flour, self rising flour, and whole wheat.

Is there a way to make bread flour? Or a subsitute?

Does anyone have good bread machine recipes that calls for the above type of flours that I have?
 
I have interchanged and had no problems, but I had to give you a better reason than that so...

I googled and got his answer from ochef.com:

Bread flour is a high-gluten flour that has very small amounts of malted barley flour and vitamin C or potassium bromate added. The barley flour helps the yeast work, and the other additive increases the elasticity of the gluten and its ability to retain gas as the dough rises and bakes. Bread flour is called for in many bread and pizza crust recipes where you want the loftiness or chewiness that the extra gluten provides. It is especially useful as a component in rye, barley and other mixed-grain breads, where the added lift of the bread flour is necessary to boost the other grains.

All-purpose flour is made from a blend of high- and low-gluten wheats, and has a bit less protein than bread flour — 11% or 12% vs. 13% or 14%. You can always substitute all-purpose flour for bread flour, although your results may not be as glorious as you had hoped. There are many recipes, however, where the use of bread flour in place of all-purpose will produce a tough, chewy, disappointing result. Cakes, for instance, are often made with all-purpose flour, but would not be nearly as good made with bread flour.
 
You can use all purpose, but it won't come out as nice. From my experience, all purpose makes the bread tough and chewy and the crust too dark. Bread flour really does make a difference to me.
 














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