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Conference turris::cooks

Title:How to Make them Goodies
Notice:Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski
Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
Total number of notes:31160

3822.0. "FLOUR: substituting wholewheat/white" by MSDOA::GUY (Do you really read this?) Fri Jul 16 1993 16:12

    Can someone tell me what the rules are regarding substituting whole
    wheat flour for white flour in baking recipes i.e. muffins, breads,
    etc???
    
    Specifically I want to make Zucchini Bread/Muffins...
    
    Tthanks,
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3822.1NETRIX::michaudJeff Michaud, DECnet/OSIFri Jul 16 1993 16:495
	My King Author Whole Wheat Flour says it can be substitued
	directly for unbleached all-purpose flour.

	It suggests using a combo of wheat & white, and to begin with
	in the ratio of 1 portion wheat to 3 portions white.
3822.2substitute halfKAOOA::LBEATTIEMon Jul 19 1993 09:3211
    The whole wheat flour I buy here in Canada cannot be substitued
    directly for white flour.
    However, it can be substituted for half.  If my recipe calls for
    2 cups of white...I use I cup white, 1 cup whole wheat.
    
    It always turns out!
    
    Also, there's a new flour up here called Oat & wheat flour.  
    It is all-purpose flour, and looks like white flour.  It can
    be directly substituted for white flour, and is higher in
    fiber than white...but not as high as the pure whole wheat flour.
3822.3Up to 50% no problemCADSYS::HECTOR::RICHARDSONMon Jul 19 1993 13:019
    If you use all whole-wheat flour, especially if it is coarsely ground
    flour (the kind I like), your bread will be pretty heavy.  Half
    whole-wheat is fine.  Or use finely-ground flour.  I like barley flour,
    for example.  I haven't tried the oat-bran flour (probably tastes good
    - I like oats anyhow).  Sometimes I add some ground oatmeal.  Non-wheat
    flours tend to have little or no gluten, so you get real heavy bread if
    you try to use 100% rye flour, say.
    
    /Charlotte
3822.4thanks a million...MSDOA::GUYDo you really read this?Mon Jul 19 1993 18:545
    THANK YOU!!
    
    I appreciate the hints sooooo much...
    
    
3822.5I agreeSUPER::MARSHChocolate - 3 of the 4 necessary food groupsSun Aug 01 1993 23:308
I agree with .2, you can usually substitute half of the regular
flour with whole wheat flour. If you substitute more than that
you can get into 'deep yogurt' ;^)

Since you were looking for Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread/Muffins, I posted
my recipe in 15.16