Definitely not. No thanks. All ancient grains, these flours are becoming more available, and can be used like regular white flour – but watch the liquid content as they’ll will need different levels of hydration when baking (bread especially), and do expect a slightly different texture (and fairly distinct flavours). This spelt gnocchi will take care of your pasta cravings and our impressive coffee cake uses white spelt flour to give it a lighter texture. Assuming 00 refers to protein content is a mistake.

Check here for latest If you have cornflour, this can help to lighten it, so take 1-2tbsp of bread flour out of the recipe and replace it with the same amount of cornflour. Wheat flour for biscuits is *just* as good as all-purpose.

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Often you need less liquid, but you may also have to add binders and thickeners like eggs, xantham gum, grated mozzarella cheese or psyllium husk to mimic the gluten that they’re missing. On the other hand, self-raising flour cake recipes typically don’t demand baking powder as the flour comes readymade with raising agents. You're also going to get something that keeps its structure — again, something you want when you're loading your pizza up with toppings galore. The following applies: one quarter of the regular flour used can be replaced by coconut flour.

First, they say there's the Blue 00 flour. This Ultimate Gingerbread is Better Than Banana Bread. Ahh – a little self-raising to get you over the line is *fine*. Self-raising flour can technically be used in place of plain flour wherever it is called for. The holes will be all different sizes, and it'll look a little... misshapen inside. Beyond that, millers will then combine different wheat varieties to make flour to suit different purposes. If you use too little water, you'll end up with a dry, dense crust. It's a good sort of all-purpose pizza flour, so you can't go wrong.

Follow Good Housekeeping's guide to use help up those random bags of alternative flour that you have in the cupboard…, Video: Slow cooker carrot cake (Delish UK), Cheesy Crock-Pot Chicken Casserole = Your New Go-To Fall Dinner, This Cheesy Ham & Potato Casserole Is SO Much Better Than Scalloped Potatoes. Hallo Lindsey. I'm wondering how using 00 flour will affect a cake recipe that calls for regular flour? I suspect because it is fine a cup will be heavier, but that's just a guess.

In savoury breads, the crumb of a loaf made with plain flour will be finer and the bread will have a bit less chew. Around 80 percent of pizzerias in Naples use Caputo flour, and really? Hydration level is measured by ratios, so say you have 100 grams of flour, and add 65 grams of water. The same applies to the flour. If you're going to try to use your favorite pizza dough recipe but swap in 00 flour, doing a straightforward substitution is going to cause some problems. (& more urgent flour qs).

It’s important to understand that you’ll never replicate a wheat-based dish with non-wheat ingredients, but you can get close, and hopefully enjoy the creations you make in their own right. Subbing in flours is the sign of a baker who likes to do things on the fly.