Five Flours

  1. Baker’s Patent/Bread Flours
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    2. Produced from hard spring or hard winter wheats
    3. Granular to the touch and high in protein. Used for commercial breadmaking, as it is too difficult for homecooking. One would not use this kind of flour for making pastries, it is too dense.
    4. http://www.canadianmillers.ca/productspecs.php 
  2. Bakers Clears/High Gluten
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    2. Produced from hard red wheat
    3. Used for hearty breads and rolls, would not be used for cake or pastries.
    4. http://www.canadianmillers.ca/productspecs.php
  3. Pastry/Cake Flour
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    2. Made from soft wheat and finely milled.
    3. Can be used for cakes, pastries, but not for bread.
    4. http://www.canadianmillers.ca/productspecs.php
  4. Macaroni Pasta Flours
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    2. Made of endosperm of durum wheat kernel
    3. Used to make pasta, could not be used to make pastries
    4. http://www.canadianmillers.ca/productspecs.php
  5. Whole Wheat Flours
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    2. Made by grinding the entire wheat kernal (ie whole wheat)
    3. Used to make bread, cannot be used to make cake
    4. http://www.canadianmillers.ca/productspecs.php

One thought on “Five Flours

  1. Good work, Megan. I would have preferred a bit more expansion on your points (perhaps paragraph form would have aided you a bit more in developing your answers).

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