Looking for a French bread recipe that uses French flour?

Recipes I find on the net use normal flour. I am looking for a recipe that uses French bread flour. This will be cooked in a bread machine using the French bread program.Looking for a French bread recipe that uses French flour?
If you have French flour, such as King Arthur brand French style flour, use in any recipe cup for cup in place of the All Purpose flour, or use the below suggestions for creating a similar French flour, and use it cup for cup in your recipe of choice.

















If you’ve ever tried to bake from a French cookbook, you know you’ve got two challenges: First, finding a metric measuring cup. Second, dealing with the difference between French and American flour (ours is higher in gluten and protein).





American flour is classified by use (bread, cake), while European flour is usually classified by ash content. “The number indicates the amount of ash that is left after the flour has been incinerated in a lab,” says chef Rupert Spies of Cornell University. What’s more, “region, humidity, and temperature all play a role,” says John Kraus of The French Pastry School in Chicago. In other words, flour, like wine, reflects terroir.





So can you bake a croissant with American flour? Yes. Substitute the same amount of the type indicated below. Le Cordon Bleu chef Herve Chabert’s says often chefs blend different American flours—usually bread and pastry flour—for better results.





AMERICAN: Cake %26amp; Pastry


APPROXIMATE FRENCH EQUIVALENT: Type 45





AMERICAN: All-Purpose %26amp; Bread


APPROXIMATE FRENCH EQUIVALENT: Type 55





AMERICAN: High Gluten


APPROXIMATE FRENCH EQUIVALENT: Type 65





AMERICAN: Light Whole Wheat


APPROXIMATE FRENCH EQUIVALENT: Type 80





AMERICAN: Whole Wheat


APPROXIMATE FRENCH EQUIVALENT: Type 110





AMERICAN: Dark Whole Wheat


APPROXIMATE FRENCH EQUIVALENT: Type 150