How can you make "All Purpose Flour" using home ground wheat?
We grind our wheat at home. Many recipes call for "All Purpose Flour" and we have been trying to find how to make our own "All Purpose Flour".
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Typical all purpose flour does not include the germ of the wheat, so if you would like to mimic the stuff from the store, you need to grind wheat without the germ (source).
By using hard white wheat and a very fine grind, I have for years made a flour that operates very like whole wheat pastry flour, which can often be substituted for all purpose flour in recipes. To make this same flour suitable for bread I add vital wheat gluten.
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How do you make all-purpose flour from home milled flour?
Grind 1 cup of whole grain berries on the finest setting of your grain mill. If you don't have a grain mill, you can grind your own flour using an inexpensive coffee grinder and food processor. Sifting Round One.How do you make all-purpose flour from wheat flour?
Just remember the flavor could vary. When baking, experiment with your ratio of whole wheat to all-purpose. Start by swapping one-third of the amount of flour in your recipe for whole wheat (if your recipe calls for 1 cup flour, use \u2153 cup whole wheat and \u2154 cup all-purpose).How do you turn wheat into dough?
Steps for Dough RecipeCan I substitute wheat flour for all-purpose flour?
The greater percentage of whole wheat flour you substitute in your white flour recipe, the more pronounced its effect will be. Substitute just 25% whole wheat, you probably won't notice any difference at all in flavor, color, or texture.More answers regarding how can you make "All Purpose Flour" using home ground wheat?
Answer 2
All purpose flour is flour that has been milled to achieve a "medium" protein content. So, you need to blend a high protein wheat with a low protein wheat to get flour with a protein content of ~ 9 - 12 %.
It's "all purpose" because you can use it for a variety of recipes. Bread flour is made from high protein wheat and say, cake flour is made from low protein wheat. So, "all purpose" is a middle ground and can be used to make either bread or cake. In general, a hard wheat is high protein and a soft wheat is low protein; so blend the two and you control the protein content.
Anyway the defining factor is the protein content. So if you do this on your own, I would assume that you'd wind up with a whole grain all purpose flour.
Answer 3
For millennia people have made white flour from some ground whole wheat flour. After grinding the wheat blend you choose, you simply use a type of sieve and sift the flour so that only the fine flour falls through leaving the bran in the sieve. This needs to be used right away or properly aged as it will otherwise go rancid. Hope this helps!
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