When you're taking on a baking project, there are many different types of flour at your disposal. But how can you tell which ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This is the most versatile of them all. Made from hard or soft wheat or a combination of both, the ...

A few weeks ago, I decided to turn over bread-mixing duties to my 12-year-old daughter for a day. She was a little reluctant, but after nine years as my assistant baker, I figured she was ready. When ...

As a home baker, I've experimented widely with different types of flour, using knowledge I've learned over almost two decades in the restaurant industry. I wouldn't consider myself a world-class baker ...

People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of that baking history, bread was made with a sourdough culture that contained a wide variety of microbes, including bacteria and ...

Isolated at home during the covid lockdown, many people reenacted an over 14,000-year-old ritual in their kitchens. 1 By simply combining flour and water in jars, bakers awakened the dormant yeast and ...

Workflow to study and measure a sourdough starter for 14 days.Step 1: Mix two tablespoons flour and two tablespoons water in a clean jar. Step 2: Cover and let sit 24 h at room temperature. Step 3: ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many of these flours can be substituted for one other, but here's a list of the most common types of ...

A new study of the microbial ecosystem in sourdough finds that using different types of flour fosters distinct bacterial communities, and that these differences contribute to the variation of ...

2) Bread Flour Like all-purpose flour, bread flour is one of the types of flour made with only wheat's endosperm. However, compared to all-purpose flour, it has as very high protein (gluten) content, ...