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My coworker told me my bread tasted like "cardboard with ambition" so I switched from all-purpose to bread flour
That was about 8 months ago at a potluck. I had been using the same all-purpose flour for years and thought my loaves were fine. But she was right, they were dense and had zero chew. Swapped to King Arthur bread flour and the difference was night and day. Crust got crunchier, crumb got softer. It cost like 2 bucks more per bag. Anyone else get a reality check from a blunt coworker like that?
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hannah3204d agoMost Upvoted
Oh man, that's brutal but she was totally right huh? I had the exact same wake up call when a neighbor tried my banana bread and said "it's not bad, just kinda... flat." Switched to bread flour and suddenly my baking actually had structure!
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dixon.james4d ago
Wait, you were using all-purpose flour for bread the whole time?
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