Can You Make Bread With All Purpose Flour. Hi Sheila you can definitely use All Purpose Flour to make loaves in your bread machine. Because all-purpose tends to mix up to a softer more slack dough I find lowering the hydration brings strength and makes for a loaf with more rise and a crunchier crust.
If this seems too easy to be true you are probably wondering about the different qualities of. Whole wheat flour is likely going to be a much worse substitute for all-purpose flour than bread flour. You see whole wheat flour has an even higher protein content than bread flour does.
Whether youre looking to make classic sandwich bread heres a good recipe for you or something a little more elaborate this Italian Easter Bread is certainly a stunner youll want to bookmark this collection of all-purpose flour-only bread recipes.
The recipe says to use bread flour for the dough. Because all-purpose tends to mix up to a softer more slack dough I find lowering the hydration brings strength and makes for a loaf with more rise and a crunchier crust. And I was right there is. But when you check your cupboards all you have is all purpose flour.
