Comments on: Challah http://www.cookiemadness.net/2007/02/challah/ A Batch of Cookies Almost Every Day Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:21:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna http://www.cookiemadness.net/2007/02/challah/comment-page-1/#comment-3382 Anna Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:39:54 +0000 http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=718#comment-3382 Here's the best explanation I found. Bread Flour Bread flour is unbleached, high-gluten flour that typically contains 99.9 % hard wheat flour with malted barley added to increase the yeast activity, making it ideal for bread making. The high gluten content is necessary in order for bread to rise effectively. The use of bread flour results in larger bread loaves with a lighter and less crumbly texture. Bread flour is most often used in the commercial baking industry and is often confused with gluten flour, which has a higher gluten content than bread flour. Bread flour is also referred to as unbleached flour. From here.... http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--1026/types-of-wheat-flour.asp Here’s the best explanation I found.

Bread Flour

Bread flour is unbleached, high-gluten flour that typically contains 99.9 % hard wheat flour with malted barley added to increase the yeast activity, making it ideal for bread making. The high gluten content is necessary in order for bread to rise effectively. The use of bread flour results in larger bread loaves with a lighter and less crumbly texture. Bread flour is most often used in the commercial baking industry and is often confused with gluten flour, which has a higher gluten content than bread flour. Bread flour is also referred to as unbleached flour.

From here….

http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t–1026/types-of-wheat-flour.asp

]]> By: Debbi http://www.cookiemadness.net/2007/02/challah/comment-page-1/#comment-3381 Debbi Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:53:16 +0000 http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=718#comment-3381 Any clue how bread flour is different from all purpose?? Any clue how bread flour is different from all purpose??

]]> By: schuh http://www.cookiemadness.net/2007/02/challah/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 schuh Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:14:30 +0000 http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=718#comment-3380 Gorgeous challah, Anna. I love baking challah bread, too, but haven't in a few years. Now you've given me a craving. If you don't use it all for the bread pudding, it makes awesome french toast. When I do mine, I do one braid, like yours. In the stores around here, it's two braids, a smaller one on top of a larger one. Funny. Gorgeous challah, Anna.

I love baking challah bread, too, but haven’t in a few years. Now you’ve given me a craving. If you don’t use it all for the bread pudding, it makes awesome french toast.

When I do mine, I do one braid, like yours. In the stores around here, it’s two braids, a smaller one on top of a larger one. Funny.

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