vass: Small turtle with green leaf in its mouth (Eat your greens)
Vass ([personal profile] vass) wrote in [community profile] boilingwater2010-07-18 06:27 pm

Another quick bread question

I accidentally bought some self-raising flour instead of plain. I want to use it up. What would happen if I used it in my bread machine? What adjustments, if any, should I make?
miome: (I dunno)

[personal profile] miome 2010-07-18 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
self-rising has baking powder in it. Most bread machine recipes call for yeast rather than baking powder, so you may be out of luck. :( You could use it for quickbreads ( mmm, pancakes ), or just return it to get what you meant. I find when using the breadmachine that it's worth it to get the flour meant specifically for bread machines, since it produces a less crumbly loaf.
frith: Lemur catta (Famished)

[personal profile] frith 2010-07-18 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
In Canada, our All Purpose Flour is all you need. There is also "bread flour" available, but it bakes into bread that is too light and 'spongy'. In the US you are out of luck, you have to buy "bread flour" because your all purpose flour doesn't have enough gluten to trap the bubbles that makes bread rise.
miome: (oic)

[personal profile] miome 2010-07-18 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
That's interesting, I didn't realize it was a regional thing.