"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:08:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>My CSA had this on sale so I bought a small bag but now I can't find a
>>single recipe that calls for it! All of the recipes that take bread flour
>>use regular bread flour and then if they are a whole wheat bread,
>>additional
>>whole wheat flour. Does anyone have any recipes that use this? I would
>>even be willing to make something with eggs and milk in it for my husband
>>and daughter if it would use up the flour. I could use the cupboard
>>space!
>>Thanks!
>
> Very common. There are not that many recipes for whole wheat bread
> that are made solely with whole wheat bread flour. A recipe for
> whole wheat bread that uses only whole wheat bread flour tends to be
> very dense and sticky/tricky to knead.. Recipes will call for a
> combination of whole wheat bread flour and white bread flour to
> overcome the problems. Also, most people do not care for the taste of
> bread made only with whole wheat flour. You can find recipes for
> oatmeal, rye bread and others that also use whole wheat flour in
> combination.
> When talking about baking bread, it is understood that you mean whole
> wheat bread flour.
> It would not be a good idea to try to make cookies or similar with
> whole wheat bread flour as it will make them tough. It is understood
> that when making something other than bread, you are going to use
> whole wheat PASTRY flour. Check Winco bulk bins and you will see both
> are available there. I believe that the supplier for the bulk bins is
> Bob's Red Mill.
> Janet US

I actually haven't found *any* recipes that call for whole wheat bread
flour. Only whole wheat flour and bread flour. I know about whole wheat
pastry flour. I used it up and don't intend to buy more. We just don't eat
much in the way of sweets here.