July 4, 2008 - 7:11am
I'm impatient
Hi. I'm looking for a flour around here the equivalent of KA Sir Lancelot, nothing seems to be sold around here. Instead of waiting for it in the mail, can I add vital wheat gluten to KA AP flour to get the same results? I'm looking to make bagels and pizza dough.
TIA,
Patrick
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It might help if you mentioned where "here" is.
Mountain Earth Whole Foods Grocery in Crested Butte, CO carries a very nice high gluten flour in their bulk bins. As does Gunnison Vitamin in Gunnison, CO.
I don't recommend trying to supercharge flour with vital wheat gluten. You are adding one component to the flour, but I think there are many differences between the grades.
If you have no choice, start with a bread flour rather than an all purpose flour. All purpose flour is a mix of hard and soft wheat and about 10% protein. Bread flour is all hard wheat and about 12% protein. High protein flour is all hard wheat and about 14% protein.
Mike
Here is between Boston & the Cape.