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labonnevie
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cooking with whole wheat flour
i have never been successful in baking recipes when just swaping regular flour for whole wheat flour. it always seems dry. does anyone have any suggestions?
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Posted 6/8/11 11:29 AM  |
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
I've had the same problem.
I heard using whole wheat pastry flour works better. (Still haven't tried it through.)
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| Posted 6/8/11 11:35 AM |
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Ophelia
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
doing half and half or a little less works well for me.
ie. if the recipe calls for 1 3/4 cups flower, I do one cup white and 3/4 cup whole wheat.
I have also heard pastry flour works better, but I haven't tried it yet.
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| Posted 6/8/11 11:38 AM |
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FelAndJon
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
Posted by Ophelia
doing half and half or a little less works well for me.
ie. if the recipe calls for 1 3/4 cups flower, I do one cup white and 3/4 cup whole wheat.
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This is what I do as well with pretty good results.
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| Posted 6/8/11 6:49 PM |
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Shelleybean11
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
I use whole wheat pastry flour when baking. Sometimes white whole wheat works well too.
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| Posted 6/8/11 8:25 PM |
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
Posted by FelAndJon
Posted by Ophelia
doing half and half or a little less works well for me.
ie. if the recipe calls for 1 3/4 cups flower, I do one cup white and 3/4 cup whole wheat.
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This is what I do as well with pretty good results.
ditto
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| Posted 6/9/11 8:41 PM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
We're trying to cut out white flour so I have been trying out recipes with all WW flour.
Is there a specific recipe you are looking for?
So far I have made 100% whole wheat blueberry muffins, banana pancakes, banana bread, cinnamon raisin bread and regular sandwich bread.
The cookie recipes I have seen use a mixture of whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour and I haven't been able to find the WW pastry flour anywhere yet (only tried Wild by Nature and Stop&Shop)
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| Posted 6/10/11 8:04 PM |
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OrganicMama
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
Posted by maybeamommy
We're trying to cut out white flour so I have been trying out recipes with all WW flour.
Is there a specific recipe you are looking for?
So far I have made 100% whole wheat blueberry muffins, banana pancakes, banana bread, cinnamon raisin bread and regular sandwich bread.
The cookie recipes I have seen use a mixture of whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour and I haven't been able to find the WW pastry flour anywhere yet (only tried Wild by Nature and Stop&Shop)
Whole Foods has Bob's Red Mill WW pastry flour. I've used it for muffins, cupcakes & a cake. The muffins were a little dry, but the cake & cupcakes turned out great! Possibly because I sifted the flour 
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| Posted 6/10/11 11:36 PM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
Posted by OrganicMama
Posted by maybeamommy
We're trying to cut out white flour so I have been trying out recipes with all WW flour.
Is there a specific recipe you are looking for?
So far I have made 100% whole wheat blueberry muffins, banana pancakes, banana bread, cinnamon raisin bread and regular sandwich bread.
The cookie recipes I have seen use a mixture of whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour and I haven't been able to find the WW pastry flour anywhere yet (only tried Wild by Nature and Stop&Shop)
Whole Foods has Bob's Red Mill WW pastry flour. I've used it for muffins, cupcakes & a cake. The muffins were a little dry, but the cake & cupcakes turned out great! Possibly because I sifted the flour
Thanks!
I don't have any whole foods near me though!
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| Posted 6/11/11 8:06 AM |
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OrganicMama
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
Posted by maybeamommy
Posted by OrganicMama
Posted by maybeamommy
We're trying to cut out white flour so I have been trying out recipes with all WW flour.
Is there a specific recipe you are looking for?
So far I have made 100% whole wheat blueberry muffins, banana pancakes, banana bread, cinnamon raisin bread and regular sandwich bread.
The cookie recipes I have seen use a mixture of whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour and I haven't been able to find the WW pastry flour anywhere yet (only tried Wild by Nature and Stop&Shop)
Whole Foods has Bob's Red Mill WW pastry flour. I've used it for muffins, cupcakes & a cake. The muffins were a little dry, but the cake & cupcakes turned out great! Possibly because I sifted the flour
Thanks!
I don't have any whole foods near me though!
That stinks, WF is awesome! Does WBN carry any Bob's Red Mill products? I'm sure they could order it for you. Also, if you have a health food store near you that sells food products they could probably get it in if they don't have it already. I'm surprised S&S doesn't carry it in their natural foods section, some locations have started carrying a lot of specialty items that I can only find at WF.
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| Posted 6/12/11 12:06 AM |
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OrganicMama
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
Posted by maybeamommy
Posted by OrganicMama
Posted by maybeamommy
We're trying to cut out white flour so I have been trying out recipes with all WW flour.
Is there a specific recipe you are looking for?
So far I have made 100% whole wheat blueberry muffins, banana pancakes, banana bread, cinnamon raisin bread and regular sandwich bread.
The cookie recipes I have seen use a mixture of whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour and I haven't been able to find the WW pastry flour anywhere yet (only tried Wild by Nature and Stop&Shop)
Whole Foods has Bob's Red Mill WW pastry flour. I've used it for muffins, cupcakes & a cake. The muffins were a little dry, but the cake & cupcakes turned out great! Possibly because I sifted the flour
Thanks!
I don't have any whole foods near me though!
That stinks, WF is awesome! Does WBN carry any Bob's Red Mill products? I'm sure they could order it for you. Also, if you have a health food store near you that sells food products they could probably get it in if they don't have it already. I'm surprised S&S doesn't carry it in their natural foods section, some locations have started carrying a lot of specialty items that I can only find at WF.
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| Posted 6/12/11 12:06 AM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
It's so funny because I called WBN to see if they sold WW pastry flour and they said unfortunately they didn't. When we went there yesterday, I checked the Bob's products and they DID have it!!
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| Posted 6/12/11 9:55 AM |
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Shelleybean11
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
Yes, I get my WW pastry flour at WBN.
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| Posted 6/12/11 9:27 PM |
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labonnevie
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Re: cooking with whole wheat flour
Posted by maybeamommy
We're trying to cut out white flour so I have been trying out recipes with all WW flour.
Is there a specific recipe you are looking for?
So far I have made 100% whole wheat blueberry muffins, banana pancakes, banana bread, cinnamon raisin bread and regular sandwich bread.
The cookie recipes I have seen use a mixture of whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour and I haven't been able to find the WW pastry flour anywhere yet (only tried Wild by Nature and Stop&Shop)
the same items that you've listed, but i would really like some bakery items too like cakes & cookies.
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| Posted 6/12/11 9:28 PM |
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