Seeking Flour Recommendation-NOT KA

[Mosca]

I know it’s not local to you, but I use Wegman’s store brand. I’d try the store brand before anything else, see how it works for you.

[hoovarmin]

Good words, for sure.

[RichardCullip]

If you want to go stone ground and heritage varieties check out Barton Springs - https://bartonspringsmill.com/

[Donw]

I’ve bought from Barton Springs before. Some nice unique flours.

[Wedunne]

I need to take a break from this site for a bit.

[DavidNorcross]

I think mrteddyprincess is starting to grind his own. That is surely on my bucket list.

[mrteddyprincess]

hoovarmin it is true I mill my own wheat, but the commercial products are another level when it comes to refining wheat products. I'm only learning and I don't have much to offer. I like the wheat and rye products I've produced milling my own wheat, but I can't compete with the flours at the grocery store (yet).

[jfmorris]

Oh boy. I already mill malted barley that I buy in 55# sacks for brewing beer. Now you got me thinking I need to mill wheat too! Totally different kind of mill needed though. For brewing, its a roller mill that just crushes the barley to open up the husks. Not grinding it into flour like you need for bread...

[J-Melt]

I use Aldi for All Purpose flour and I'm currently trying Gold Medal Bread Flour and store brand Whole Wheat flour from Mariano's.

[J-Melt]

Update, I’m actually using Pilsberry Brad flour.

[jfmorris]

I used a bag of Aldi AP recently for sourdough bread and like the results.

[gboss]

😂🤣 😂

[hoovarmin]

"Yeah, well, you know, that's just like your opinion, man."

[mnavarre]

A friend likes this for her four tortillas:



I need to order some to see how it is for baking, but it made great tortillas.

[Smoker_Boy]

What if she makes five??

[WI Bubba]

You've gotten some good recommendations, so just grab a Bud Light, sit down and think it over.All will be well in the end.

[urbomb]

Don't think it makes too much difference what the brand is, as long as you use a flour with appropriate protein content. Where I live, I can't even buy bread flour, it is all AP. I got a bag of vital wheat gluten, and "spike" the AP flour with extra gluten. 1 Tablespoon per cup of AP gets you in the range of bread flour. High gluten 14-15%; Whole wheat 14%; Bread 12-14%; All Purpose 9-12%; Self rising 9-11%; Pastry 8-9%; Cake 5-8%. Notice that you can blend bread and cake 50:50 and get close to pastry. I think the vital wheat gluten is about 70-80%.

[texastweeter]

It's also a big help with whole wheat breads as well.

[Attjack]

Around here Bob's Red Mill is well regarded.

[jfmorris]

Someone above mentioned spiking the gluten in AP, and it recalled to mind that I made a pizza dough recipe from the AHA (American Homebrewers Association) that used some dried barley malt extract in the dough. I also see other recipes call for diastatic malt powder. Supposedly helps the rise, and I was certainly happy with the sourdough pizza recipe that used it.

[MJG99]

hoovarmin At Costco here in N Florida the AP Flour they carry is from central milling flour co. Its extremely high grade organic flour and they sell it in packs of 2 10lb bags for .90c a lb!! My wife makes sourdough multiple times a week and we keep about 100-150lbs of different flours on hand in 5gal buckets. We get a lot of the hard to find expensive varieties from Azure Standard (an online marketplace) who also sells in bulk. Spelt flour and Einkorn are some of our favorites, lmk if you’re looking for anything specific we have price checked everything.

[hoovarmin]

Thanks! I'll be going to Costco soon and I'll check it out!

[MJG99]

hoovarmin For bread flour that site Azure Standard has incredible bread flour that is very high protein, it is really good for sourdough

https://www.azurestandard.com/shop/product/food/flour/whole-wheat/hard-white/bread-flour-100-whole-white-wheat-unifine-organic/8434?package=FL034

[hoovarmin]

MJG99 this is golden intel. Thank you so much!

[N227GB]

Bob's Red Mill is a great brand. If you don't see it at your regular Publix, try a nearby one. Each store has slight variations in what they carry.

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[bbqLuv]

Ditto--Bob's Red Mill, an Oregon Company