I only had whole
wheat pastry flour so ours were a little darker and grainier than I remember at the B&B, but still so so yummy!
I don't usually work with whole
wheat pastry flour so definitely intrigued by the extra fluffiness that it brings to the muffins.
I didn't find whole
wheat pastry flour so I used 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour and 1/2 cup of cake flour.
I have to confess though that I didn't have Whole
Wheat Pastry Flour so had to go with All Purpose.
Not exact matches
I love that you used whole
wheat pastry flour — the result looks
so light and tender and that crust is fantastic.
All I know is having a boatload of zucchini, ripe nanners, and Bob's whole
wheat pastry flour on hand made it all just
so meant to be.
I have no idea where to get whole
wheat pastry flour in Australia
so whenever I use regular whole meal
flour in baked goods, even in a smaller quantity than white the texture never comes out right or dry.
And I used whole
wheat pastry flour, which works
so well!
The type of
flour is actually pretty important in breads like this one,
so if you try baking this again I would use whole
wheat pastry flour or white whole
wheat flour (all - purpose
flour will make the bread too moist, as you found!)
Whole
wheat pastry flour is lighter in texture than ordinary whole
wheat,
so it is softer and performs in much the same way as all - purpose
flour does in baked goods, though it does lend a slightly wheatier taste to the finished product.
We simply preferred the texture with the
pastry flour (it has less gluten than the regular whole
wheat flour,
so these are not quite as chewy).
People think whole
wheat and they think heavy - not
so with whole
wheat pastry flour.
The whole
wheat pastry flour works perfectly, with
so many nutritious advantages!
And the whole
wheat pastry flour is
so soft and fine, you almost can't even tell.
I didn't have spelt
flour so subbed 1 cup whole
wheat pastry flour.
And thanks for letting me know that whole
wheat pastry flour worked - I always get questions on
flour substitutions,
so I'm sure that will be helpful for some readers.
1 cup 2 % Greek yogurt, plain 1/2 cup cane sugar 1/2 cup fresh squeezed blood orange juice (I was a little short
so I added more zest) 2 1/2 tablespoons melted coconut oil (or 2 tablespoons canola oil) 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or extract, but paste is preferable) zest of 3 blood oranges (can reduce slightly if you use more juice) 1 vanilla bean, scraped 1 egg 1 egg white 1 cup whole
wheat pastry flour 2/3 cup whole
wheat white
flour 1/3 cup
wheat germ 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon cinnamon - sugar or turbinado for sprinkling on top (optional)
I made it with whole
wheat pastry flour (170g), and after adding 4 tablespoons of ice water the dough already seemed pretty wet,
so I stopped there.
So funny, I also have a variation on honey cornbread on my blog, a gluten - free dairy - free one, but not a basic one with standard ingredients like milk and whole
wheat pastry flour.
Made this recipe for the fourth time tonight and used whole
wheat PASTRY flour instead of all - purpose whole
wheat and the consistency of the dough was
so much better, just like ordinary cookie dough!
I find working with whole
wheat pastry flour creates a nicer consistency, meaning it's not quite
so dense as a regular whole
wheat flour.
I used whole
wheat flour, not
pastry flour...
so maybe that was the problem?
An easy batter is made with either all purpose or white whole
wheat flour (I used whole
wheat pastry flour and nobody even knew it was whole grain), eggs, milk (I used almond milk), boiled cider (I had 1/3 the amount
so subbed some honey for the remainder), brown sugar (I used coconut sugar), vegetable oil, pumpkin pie spices and leavening.
Of course, I had to «health - ify» a standard recipe, and did
so easily by replacing all - purpose
flour with whole
wheat pastry flour, swapping skim milk for whole milk and cutting the butter significantly.
I added some extra
flour (subbed soft
wheat pastry flour for the coconut,
so I could get them by my family) but I had to scoop them out on the baking sheet.
The puff
pastry has been replaced with almond
flour,
so no concerns about
wheat or grains, and the filling is made with no dairy, using only ingredients commonly found in Paleo cooking and baking recipes.
I wanted to keep the crumb tender,
so I used a combination of whole -
wheat pastry flour and oat
flour - but I suspect 100 % ww
pastry would work well too.
We don't have whole
wheat pastry flour in Germany
so I'll try it with all whole
wheat and see if it works.
So you can replace the
flour below with 100 % whole
wheat pastry flour or some combination of the two and still achieve a nice, flaky vegan crust.
I also don't have whole
wheat pastry flour and
so I used regular whole
wheat flour and they were still nice and fluffy.
I also ran out of gluten - free
flour,
so I subbed whole
wheat pastry flour.
(Whole
wheat pastry flour seems to vary quite a bit by brand,
so stick with Bob's if you go this route.)
I'm happy
so long as I have baking basics in my kitchen: a couple of different
flours — whole
wheat,
pastry, all purpose, butter, eggs, milk, spices, some good cocoa powder, chocolate and vanilla extract.
I also didn't have AP
flour so I used Bob's Red Mill Whole Wheat Pastry F
flour so I used Bob's Red Mill Whole
Wheat Pastry FlourFlour.
The two
flours can be used with equal portions
so no need to change quantities — just depends on whether you'd like to use AP
flour or a healthier, unrefined
flour, like whole
wheat pastry flour, whole what
flour, spelt
flour, etc..
I live in the Philippines
so all my coconut ingredients are fresh and I use Whole
Wheat pastry flour and sea salt instead of regular salt.
I did not have
pastry flour,
so I used 3/4 cup plain whole
wheat flour + 1/4 cup all purpose
flour.
My only regret is subbing with whole
wheat pastry flour as I wanted to get rid of it,
so it taste a bit bitter.
Nut & Seed Granola from Feeding the Whole Family: Cooking with Whole Foods by Cynthia Lair (shared with permission) 3 cups rolled oats 1/2 cup sesame seeds 1/2 cup sunflower seeds 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds 1/2 cup almonds, chopped 1 cup whole
wheat pastry flour 1/2 tsp cinnamon pinch sea salt 1/3 cup cold - pressed vegetable oil (we like to use coconut, though all wet ingredients need to be at room temperature to do
so) 1/3 cup brown rice syrup or maple syrup 1/4 cup apple or orange juice (in a pinch, most other juices have worked for us too) 1 tsp vanilla 1/4 tsp almond extract
In Europe most
flour is naturally lower in gluten (about 8 %) than in North America (Canadian is about 13 % and American a little less)
so I treat regular whole
wheat flour like whole
wheat pastry flour, and if I'm making bread or something that benefits from higher gluten content I look for «special» whole
wheat flour, which is higher in gluten, or I add a bit of vital
wheat gluten.
Whole
wheat pastry flour is ground from a lower gluten
flour than regular whole
wheat,
so it's lighter and can be used basically in the same way as all purpose
flour.
I regularly substitute whole
wheat pastry flour for regular all - purpose
flour in muffin recipes, Laura, and they always turn out great...
so I see no reason why the substitution wouldn't work here as well!