August 1, 2016 - 3:07pm
Potato Starch
Has anyone tried potato starch in a white bread recipe? I'm thinking of trying 3 cups Bread flour with either a 1/4 or 1/2 cup potato starch.
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Has anyone tried potato starch in a white bread recipe? I'm thinking of trying 3 cups Bread flour with either a 1/4 or 1/2 cup potato starch.
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No. I have read good stuff about using potato flakes or mashed potatoes or potato water. I don't use AP for white. I use bread flour. Just wondering if anyone used the starch. The Gluten free recipes might.
I've started adding a tablespoon of potato flour (not potato starch) into my 40% whole wheat sandwich bread. This is a loaf that has no dairy, fat or sweetener but the potato flour makes it more soft and moist, and also adds flavour. I prefer this to potato starch (which I use in some of my gluten free bread) because it contains the whole potato rather than just extracted pure starch.
baking you can certainly do it and might actually like it. It will make for a more moist and tender crumb - perfect for white bread. Amylase will break it down into sugars for the wee beasties to eat too. I use it, actually sweet potato starch, to thicken sauces since it is more stable at higher temperatures than corn flour and works better.