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September 2, 2009 - 8:07pm
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DonD

The Right Flour for Baguettes: All Purpose Flour or Bread Flour

I have looked at a lot of recipes for Baguettes and there is no concensus as to whether All Purpose or Bread Flour is the most appropriate. The breakdown is as follows:


Jeffrey Hamelman: BF


Peter Reinhart (Crust & Crumb): AP


Peter Reinhart (BBA): 50% AP & 50 % BF and also either AP or BF


Daniel Leader: AP


Dan DiMuzio: BF


Michel Suas: BF


Joe Ortiz: AP


Richard Bertinet: BF


Personally, being a Libra, I compromise and mix 2 parts AP to 1 part BF and have had good results. I am curious to see how most people feel.


Don


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