Good flour
I recently purchased a 50 lb. sack of ConAgra Mills Harvest Bread Flour, white and bleached (!) from Costco because it was WAY cheaper than the last time I bought my favorite flour and considering the economy I had to give it a try. A couple of weeks into using it I am pretty certain I will never buy it again. It seems to be noticeably higher in protein than the other bread flour I use. I would never choose bleached flour over un- for bread purposes but it was cheap...
So I go looking on their website for analysis but they don't even own up to the 'Harvest' name so I guess I will have to call them up next week.
Bottom line is it makes tougher bread, soaks up more moisture and 'tightens' up faster when kneading than the other flour. Oddly, it won't hold structure as well when over-proofed. Go figure.
So if anyone else is tempted, I would not endorse it. BTW, I normally use Pendleton Mills MorBread.
I just made a sour-dough pizza dough with this ConAgra flour. I may post the results later if there is anything betterĀ than disappointment.
That's my sad story, and I'm stuck with it.
Lee