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Dont send your 9 year old son to buy flour

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In my wisdom (and to give DS a bit of responsibility - doh!) I asked my son to buy plain flour so I can make a malt loaf, yuck, for OH. However, he came back with wholemeal plain flour, instead of "plain" plain flour. He was delighted with himself, and I couldnt burst his bubble.

So,my question is; can I use the wholemeal flour in the breadmaker instead of bread flour? Have only done white bread up til now but am willing to experiment here. Or any other suggestions?
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  • arkonite_babe
    arkonite_babe Posts: 7,375 Forumite
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    Hi Threadhead

    If you check the Mega Index (it's a sticky at the top of the OS board) there's a section on cooking. In that bit you will find a section on breadmakers which should provide the correct information on your flour types. I'm nearly sure that you can use wholemeal plain with no problems, but I don't want to commit myself as I'm not a bread expert!!

    Hopefully someone more qualified on bread will come along and answer your questions ;)
  • Ted_Hutchinson
    Ted_Hutchinson Posts: 7,142 Forumite
    Well I'd give your son a pat on the back. I don't know why anyone ever buys white flour. Not had it in the house certainly for the last 25yrs. However it depends on whether the wholemeal flour "strong" breadmaking flour or not. If it's just plain wholemeal you will have to use it up in pastry, cakes, crumbles and not breadmaking recipes.
    You'll find the health benefits of only eating wholegrainsWheat: description WHF HERE

    There is a recipe here for half wholewheat Malt loaf so I think you would probably get away with splitting the flour in half and use half white and half wholemeal and that will probably be fine. Hopefully it will help to put on the path of healthier eating.
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  • Lillibet_2
    Lillibet_2 Posts: 3,364 Forumite
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    I use regular wholemeal flour in my bread maker, just use half wholemeal & half white. It won't rise quite as much but the taste & texture is fine, if you are worried about the rising thing add a crushed vitamin c tablet to encourage the yeast (I don't bother).
    But why not use the wholemeal flour as originally intended in the meat loaf? I use it for just about everything!

    HTH;)
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  • kiwichick
    kiwichick Posts: 1,857 Forumite
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    I use wm flour in my BM too. Though if used on its own the bread can be heavy, I tend to doa half and half mix with white.
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  • Threadhead
    Threadhead Posts: 443 Forumite
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    Ted_Hutchinson wrote:
    Well I'd give your son a pat on the back. I don't know why anyone ever buys white flour. Not had it in the house certainly for the last 25yrs. ......... Hopefully it will help to put on the path of healthier eating.


    Thanks so much for these words. I wasnt "looking on the bright side" of this, and your words have changed my view. :)
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  • Curry_Queen
    Curry_Queen Posts: 5,589 Forumite
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    I always use a 75:25 mix of wholemeal/white flour for malt loaves in my BM and they come out perfectly fine, and IMO, taste much better as well as being healthier ;)
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  • CharleneUK
    CharleneUK Posts: 3,206 Forumite
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    LOL.

    I sent my 9 year old daughter to buy a tin of sweetcorn and she came back with a tin of chickpeas!

    Good luck with the loaf.
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  • Threadhead
    Threadhead Posts: 443 Forumite
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    All these 50:50 stories are making me wish we hadn't used the last of the plain white to make salt dough chrissy decorations this afternoon. ...... Actually, cancel that - we had a lovely time! :xmassign:
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  • HOLsale
    HOLsale Posts: 1,231 Forumite
    Lillibet wrote:
    I use regular wholemeal flour in my bread maker, just use half wholemeal & half white. It won't rise quite as much but the taste & texture is fine, if you are worried about the rising thing add a crushed vitamin c tablet to encourage the yeast (I don't bother).
    But why not use the wholemeal flour as originally intended in the meat loaf? I use it for just about everything!

    HTH;)


    you can put a bit of orange juice in instead of the vitamin c tablet

    can you use citric acid as an alternative too? easily had from asian shops
    cheap too

    i find when i use wholemeal flour that i need to add more water than usual. i add just a touch more then stand buy when it's rolling the dough into a ball and add a little bit until it is just right
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  • Threadhead
    Threadhead Posts: 443 Forumite
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    Just wanted to add that I have used 50:50 mixes in the breadmaker this week, and the kids cant get ENOUGH of it!!! Also used 25:75 in a malt loaf (didnt feel brave enough for 50:50 LOL) and that went down a treat too.

    Just goes to show that little mistakes can be successful! And I dont know how many times I've told my son what a great thing it was that he bought the "wrong" flour!
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