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whole wheat vs whole wheat bread flour

mickeyk44's picture
mickeyk44

whole wheat vs whole wheat bread flour

what is the difference in the sour dough bread I  make

 I have been using ww but now my supermarket also has ww bread flour 

the  ww has 15 gm protien the ww bread flour  has 16 gm

 how would that effect the raise and the crumb

clazar123's picture
clazar123

Generally, the more gluten, the chewier the bread.

Mini Oven's picture
Mini Oven

working window to bulk raise the dough.  Could go thru multiple rises before it softens up for a final shaping.  More intricate shapes perhaps?

mickeyk44's picture
mickeyk44

so there is less chance to over proof with the bread flour

 I will try some next time I buy flour in a few weeks

is this over proofed

Mini Oven's picture
Mini Oven

Looks like the Great state of Tennessee.  During a long hot summer.  Even the cedar trees are brown!

Higher protein doesn't mean more gluten, it might not mean anything at all, if fact if more bran is included, it would raise the protein count and ferment even faster.  It might just be a sales gimmick.  What did you find online?  Got any brand names to look up?

This thread http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/7075/bread-flour-vs-whole-wheat-bread-flour

seems to indicate that whole wheat bread flour is made from hard wheat as opposed to soft wheat.

embth's picture
embth

Is the bread pictured made from 100% whole wheat flour and no white flour?

mickeyk44's picture
mickeyk44

I doubled this and used whole wheat instead of ap

77g starter 26g rye 193g white 4-5g oil 4-5g salt 150g water  and the starter was converted to whole wheat, the ww is 15gm protien per cup