If you don’t have pastry flour or whole wheat pastry flour on hand, simply put the measured amount of all-purpose flour (or 50/50 all-purpose and whole wheat for whole wheat pastry) in the food processor and let wiz for a minute to create a fine, powder, grain that can be used as pastry flour.
Do you have a substitute for wheat flour in a recipe that calls for one cup of wheat and one cup of all purpose? All I have on hand is all purpose, some buckwheat flour and possibly some rice flour. Making a ‘little brown bread’ recipe from 101 Cookbooks to go with a Curried Sweet Potato Soup (it is raining here)…
And I just filed ‘Christmas in a Bowl’ in my recipe album and wanted to let you know that it freezes great! No need to thaw, serve it up about 10 minutes after spooning into bowls, add a little whipped cream on top and dig in! It is wonderful
And a reminder of your challenge for ‘My Birthday in a Bowl’, Chocolate Mousse, Butterscotch Pudding, Brownies! I am not eating sweets for a month to get ready for it!
I’m way late in responding to this. Sorry! You’ve probably already made the bread by now :/ . For the future, I imagine you can sub in the buckwheat flour for the wheat. They both have a grainy dense structure. If you use all all-purpose flour, you may need to add in a bit extra as it doesn’t absorb liquid the same way the wheat does. When I’m experimenting, I usually go one tablespoon at a time. Speaking of butterscotch, have you seen Ashley from Not Without Salt’s latest recipe?! I think I may be trying it this week.
This is a great tip. I can add that I recently made a dessert that called for extra fine sugar but I wanted to use organic, unrefined which has a rougher texture. I didn’t have a processor but I did grind the sugar up fine in a mortar and pestle and it worked very well.
what a great tip! i’ve done something similar with sugar. i don’t like to use white sugar, so when a recipe called for powdered sugar, i just whizzed my turbiando sugar through the foor processor! works like a charm!
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Good morning Mel,
Do you have a substitute for wheat flour in a recipe that calls for one cup of wheat and one cup of all purpose? All I have on hand is all purpose, some buckwheat flour and possibly some rice flour. Making a ‘little brown bread’ recipe from 101 Cookbooks to go with a Curried Sweet Potato Soup (it is raining here)…
And I just filed ‘Christmas in a Bowl’ in my recipe album and wanted to let you know that it freezes great! No need to thaw, serve it up about 10 minutes after spooning into bowls, add a little whipped cream on top and dig in! It is wonderful
And a reminder of your challenge for ‘My Birthday in a Bowl’, Chocolate Mousse, Butterscotch Pudding, Brownies! I am not eating sweets for a month to get ready for it!
Have a great weekend,
Mary Ann
I’m way late in responding to this. Sorry! You’ve probably already made the bread by now :/ . For the future, I imagine you can sub in the buckwheat flour for the wheat. They both have a grainy dense structure. If you use all all-purpose flour, you may need to add in a bit extra as it doesn’t absorb liquid the same way the wheat does. When I’m experimenting, I usually go one tablespoon at a time. Speaking of butterscotch, have you seen Ashley from Not Without Salt’s latest recipe?! I think I may be trying it this week.
I’ve also found for whole wheat pastry flour you can simply use whole wheat flour as is and everything works out fine!
This is a great tip. I can add that I recently made a dessert that called for extra fine sugar but I wanted to use organic, unrefined which has a rougher texture. I didn’t have a processor but I did grind the sugar up fine in a mortar and pestle and it worked very well.
Thanks for sharing my tip – I hope it helps out in your kitchen! xo
Genius tip! Thank YOU for sharing!
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what a great tip! i’ve done something similar with sugar. i don’t like to use white sugar, so when a recipe called for powdered sugar, i just whizzed my turbiando sugar through the foor processor! works like a charm!
Smart, smart, smart. I’m ready to bake.
Who knew?! This will surely come in handy.
Love this! Just shared it in the comments on my site. Thanks!
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Just what I needed, thank you!