What is the best all purpose flour for a bread recipe?

The resipe calls for all purpose flour - If I go to the baking aisle of my grocer, I'll be faced with umpteen choices, and don't have a clue..





What are some of the best brands of flour?What is the best all purpose flour for a bread recipe?
Buy the generic version. They are all the same. When you are talking about all purpose flour there is an industry standard which levels the playing field. There will be no drop off in quality or results. Only a higher price paid by you for an advertising campaign:)What is the best all purpose flour for a bread recipe?
You are welcome. I guess when your question came up on other computer screens it translated into Russian:) Report Abuse

if you are making yeast bread use bread flour. there in not much difference between flour brands. there is a difference in flour types though





Bread Flour vs. All-Purpose Flour


Bread flour is a high-gluten flour that has very small amounts of malted barley flour and vitamin C or potassium bromate added. The barley flour helps the yeast work, and the other additive increases the elasticity of the gluten and its ability to retain gas as the dough rises and bakes. Bread flour is called for in many bread and pizza crust recipes where you want the loftiness or chewiness that the extra gluten provides. It is especially useful as a component in rye, barley and other mixed-grain breads, where the added lift of the bread flour is necessary to boost the other grains.





All-purpose flour is made from a blend of high- and low-gluten wheats, and has a bit less protein than bread flour 鈥?11% or 12% vs. 13% or 14%. You can always substitute all-purpose flour for bread flour, although your results may not be as glorious as you had hoped. There are many recipes, however, where the use of bread flour in place of all-purpose will produce a tough, chewy, disappointing result. Cakes, for instance, are often made with all-purpose flour, but would not be nearly as good made with bread flour.
If you are making your bread right from scratch then I recommend a bread flour. If you are going to use a bread making machine, they have flour specifically for the bread machine