Vital Wheat Glutens.

[troymeister]

RonB Richard Chrz And anyone else who may know.

Is adding vital wheat gluten to AP flour as good as buying bread flour? It seems bread flour is getting expensive. Adding vital wheat glutens seems like a big savings. That's if it really works.

Has anyone tried this? If so what were your results?

Thanks, Troy

[RonB]

I have only added VWG to WW flour. If ya want to try it without buying it, PM me your addy and I'll send ya some.

[troymeister]

RonB Thanks so much. I ordered some from Amazon this morning. But I am indeed curious if anyone else has attempted this experiment.

[RonB]

Here's another idea. King Arthur Flour has a baker's hotline that answers baking questions 9AM to 9PM ET M-F, (shorter hours weekends):

(855) 371-2253

They should be able to help.

[RonB]

Or you could just read this article:

https://breadbythehour.com/how-to-turn-all-purpose-flour-into-bread-flour/

[bbqLuv]

Very interesting,
Me no bake bread, but thanks for the information.
We learn so many good and interesting things here on Amazing Ribs.

[Skip]

I've read quite a bit about VWG on King Arthur website, etc. I usually add it to White Wheat Flour. It would be good to learn more about it. Good Post troymeister.

[IowaGirl]

Mixing AP flour with vital wheat gluten isn't quite the same thing as bread flour, but it works fairly well if bread flour is expensive or not available and you want the benefits of a higher protein flour.

Serious Eats tested the AP flour + VWG hack -- https://www.seriouseats.com/vital-wh...ead-flour-hack

[Robermax]

In bread machine I found that I could use AP flour plus added gluten t but it seemed to not work as well for my sourdough. I resisted getting bread flour for years but it works much better for my sourdough.