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There is no reason you could not make biscuits from bread flour, but they would probably not be quite like old-fashioned Southern biscuits. Southern biscuits get their distinct texture from the fact that they are usually made with "soft" flour, i.e. flour ground from soft wheat (soft wheat is the only type of wheat that grew will in the South's climate so until modern times, soft flour was the only flour readily available in the South). Bread flour is "hard" flour. The biggest difference is protein content. Hard flour has more protein than soft flour.
The reason bread flour is so good for bread is because it makes a lot more gluten than all-purpose flour (a mixture of soft and hard flours). Gluten strands form a mesh through the dough, trap the gas released by yeast, and the dough rises. Soft flour has even less gluten than AP flour. Biscuits made with bread flour will probably taste similar, but have a little puffier texture than those made with soft flour. To minimize gluten formation work the dough as little as possible, pat or press the dough out (do not roll), and get them into the oven as soon as possible after shaping the biscuits.
I have been told that a mixture of 3 parts AP flour and 1 part cake flour can approximate a soft flour for biscuit baking.
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∙ 12y agoNo. Bread flour to use hard wheat with a high gluten content that will make your biscuits tough, it also lacks the leaveners added to self rising flour.
Try using 1 cup all purpose flour plus 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder for every cup you need of self rising flour.
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∙ 12y agoYes. It makes a delicious change. You may have to change your recipe slightly, or add a small amount of sweetener to the biscuit dough itself.
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∙ 14y agoYes.
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∙ 12y agoyes you can
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What can you use instead of baking powder or soda to make biscuits?
flour
How do you make cake thicker?
Use flour
Why use self-raising flour?
you use self-raising flour so that when the cake is cooking it rises and it adds to the mixture you use too make a cake :)
Is it better to use cake flour when making cake mixes?
A cake mix has sugar, baking powder, salt and flavoring already in it. That would make it very hard to use in replace of just the flour in another recipe. If you have a cake mix, make that cake, following the instructions on the package. Although, you can modify most cake mixes by adding nuts, flavorings, fruit, etc. to it.
Can you use wheat flour to bake a cake?
Yes, although it will make the cake more dense.
How do you make cake smoothly?
Use a smooth bottomed cake pan and coat it lightly with flour at the bottom, Regular flour not self rising.
What is the best flour to use for baking a cake?
you need all-purpose flour to make a cake. - not bread flour- that is only for bread!
Can you use blended rice flour with cornflour to make radish cake?
yes
Can you use flour instead of cake mix to make rainbow cupcakes?
Yeah You Can ;)
Do you have to use cake flour in angel food cake?
the best substitute for cake flour is 2 cups minus 2tablespoons flour plus 2 tbs cornstarch.
What kind of flour do you use 2 make a funnel cake?
Funnel cakes are commonly made with all purpose flour.
Can you use cake flour for making carrot cake?
Generally, all-purpose flour is good. You can also use whole wheat -or multigrain flour if you wish.
