How versitile is this flour? Can it be used for cakes and cookies? Sauce thickning? This companies regular wheat flour did not get the best reviews
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Hi, as an experienced baker, I would advise this way. You can not use bread flour for everything. It is only for bread/bagels etc. Anything that needs high protein/high gluten which equals chew. I imagine you could use it for sauces, but I don't. I use Wondra for sauces. I use GREAT RIVER MILLING's whole wheat pastry flour for baked goods such as cookies, cakes, nut breads and it works BEAUTIFULLY, you can not even tell it is WW flour. If you have kids, they will never know any different. I don't think I've used their regular wheat. I did buy some WW Bread flour that I did not realize had part of the bran removed, but I will not buy again as my customers want Whole Wheat. Hi, as an experienced baker, I would advise this way. You can not use bread flour for everything. It is only for bread/bagels etc. Anything that needs high protein/high gluten which equals chew. I imagine you could use it for sauces, but I don't. I use Wondra for sauces. I use GREAT RIVER MILLING's whole wheat pastry flour for baked goods such as cookies, cakes, nut breads and it works BEAUTIFULLY, you can not even tell it is WW flour. If you have kids, they will never know any different. I don't think I've used their regular wheat. I did buy some WW Bread flour that I did not realize had... » Read More Hi, as an experienced baker, I would advise this way. You can not use bread flour for everything. It is only for bread/bagels etc. Anything that needs high protein/high gluten which equals chew. I imagine you could use it for sauces, but I don't. I use Wondra for sauces. I use GREAT RIVER MILLING's whole wheat pastry flour for baked goods such as cookies, cakes, nut breads and it works BEAUTIFULLY, you can not even tell it is WW flour. If you have kids, they will never know any different. I don't think I've used their regular wheat. I did buy some WW Bread flour that I did not realize had part of the bran removed, but I will not buy again as my customers want Whole Wheat. « Show Less
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This type of flour is best suited for making loaves of bread. Bread flour is usually denser than say pastry flour. But I have made vegan chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and cakes with this whole wheat bread flour and they came out very well. I wouldn't use bread flour for sauce thickening, nor cakes. The batter/dough would come out a little too dense. I hope my answer helps.
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I use this flour only to bake hard bread or country bread. I have never used it to make cakes or cookies.
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I don't know about reviews but I love this flour. I get the organic whole wheat. I use it to make dog treats, bread, bread sticks, pizza crust , veggie burger buns and other stuff. It could be used to make cupcakes and cookies. It's just flour and really nice flour. Thanks
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No knowledgeable baker uses bread flour for pastries. If you want whole-wheat pastries, buy whole-wheat pastry flour.
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You can use it for anything you would use flour for. It is just a lot denser than regular flour so you must use it sparingly.
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I like the taste and texture better than red whole wheat flour. It will make a good bread alone, but I prefer to mix it about half and half with a white bread or all purpose flour to get a lighter texture. I use a honey-wheat recipe and substitute the seven grain for whole wheat.
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I have, with great results. I would suggest using a little less flour than the recipe calls for because this flour is pretty dense.
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I use as an all purpose flour and works great in quick breads and yeast breads. It is a finely ground flour.
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This Flour must be mixed with other ingredients in order to make any type of GF flour based recipe. I am a big fan of Annalise G. Roberts. Hers was the first GF Baking Classics Cookbook I bought. You must realize that GF flour mixtures are very delicate and I have found it best to buy ready made Pastas. However if you are an adventurous soul, go for it and good luck.
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How do you mean? I use the Perfect Flour blend with my pizza crust recipe and it is delicious. I also use this in my pancake and waffle recipes, and they (both) are phenomenal. Years ago, I began using the Namaste Foods Pancake and Waffle mix, which was the best and tastiest one I'd tried. Used that for several years, then braved my own recipes with the Perfect Flour Blend- I'll never use the package mixes again! In my current experience comparing home-made vs. just add oil and egg, there is a world of difference in taste, texture and appearance. Also, in converting one waffle recipe to gluten free, I found I had to add more flour to get it to cook through.
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I've used this flour in muffins, pancakes, brownies, etc. As I write this, there is a pot of chicken and dumplings on the stove, and the dumplings are made, in part, with Great River whole wheat pastry flour. I like King Arthur flours, but I find Great River to have a better product overall.
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I have had much success using this flour for baking bread, I use a traditional recipe and oven bake my bread. I do not use a bread machine.
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The pastry flour is great for baking. I use it in place of AP flour in cookies, cakes, crackers, etc and it is wonderful. Whole wheat AP flour made baked goods a bit dense and heavy for my liking. I haven't used it for making bread so I can't give any input there. I use Great River whole wheat bread flour and oat flour with great results. No bricks of bread since I switched a couple years ago. I have yet to use one of their flours that I wasn't happy with. I hope I was able to help some! :-)Edited to say: I had never thought of mixing the pastry flour in with my bread flour. I think that might help make a lighter bread so I may experiment with that. Thanks for the idea! The pastry flour is great for baking. I use it in place of AP flour in cookies, cakes, crackers, etc and it is wonderful. Whole wheat AP flour made baked goods a bit dense and heavy for my liking. I haven't used it for making bread so I can't give any input there. I use Great River whole wheat bread flour and oat flour with great results. No bricks of bread since I switched a couple years ago. I have yet to use one of their flours that I wasn't happy with. I hope I was able to help some! :-)Edited to say: I had never thought of mixing the pastry flour in with my bread flour. I... » Read More The pastry flour is great for baking. I use it in place of AP flour in cookies, cakes, crackers, etc and it is wonderful. Whole wheat AP flour made baked goods a bit dense and heavy for my liking. I haven't used it for making bread so I can't give any input there. I use Great River whole wheat bread flour and oat flour with great results. No bricks of bread since I switched a couple years ago. I have yet to use one of their flours that I wasn't happy with. I hope I was able to help some! :-)Edited to say: I had never thought of mixing the pastry flour in with my bread flour. I think that might help make a lighter bread so I may experiment with that. Thanks for the idea! « Show Less
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I'm sorry Vonda, I'm not much help here ... I personally think this blend of "Artisan Flour" is useless. The only thing that it makes well is a roux. Though I must admit, your question has me intrigued to try it again since I still have a whole bag sitting in my pantry which I said I would not use again, after wasting the other whole bag on recipes of which none turn out. We have been gluten free for over 12 yrs so I'm in no way a novice to GF cooking or baking. I just don't like this mix. If you do make them let us know here how they turned out.
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You mean like "chunky" cookie dough, for like oatmeal cookies? Or do you mean pizza dough? B/c I haven't tried it with the latter but it fared pretty well w/ cookie dough -- the only thing you need to keep in mind is that it IS only 4 cups, so it would probably only hold about 2 1/2 cups flour & 1 stick of butter in order to have space to chunk it up :)
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This flour is to fine and has a high protein count. It's good for pasta and pizza that's it really and more importantly very hot brick wood fired pizza ovens. It dos not brown in a standard oven so I could imagine that it will be the worst possible flour for flaky pie dough
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I think it is great for pasta. I tried it mixed with all purpose flour for pizza crust, but the texture was too tough. The texture is not as fine as regular flour..
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Any bread recipe will work - I use this flour just like any flour. Pancakes and muffins are light and fluffy (unlike some whole wheat flours, which are heavy and/or crunchy). Great stuff, and good for you!
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It is the same flour. I checked and there was a post discussing this issue. They call it (the Pizzeria flour) Chef's Flour for marketing purposes depending on who the reseller is. MUCH!!! better than all purpose.
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It is not as heavy as regular whole wheat flour so it rises better. You can read the details of how they make it so on the Great River Organic Milling website. The flour has wonderful flavor and makes great bread. I usually substitute a couple tablespoons of gluten for an equal amount of the flour when I use it in 100% whole wheat bread to insure a good rise.