I have a flour question..please answer only if you know.

My experience has been that it works alright to do that. I believe bread flour just has more gluten, and is ground from a particular type of wheat. When I am out of all purpose flour, I think nothing of using a little of the bread flour. Maybe finer, professional cooks would notice the difference. I am just a down home, seat of the pants cook, and I have had good luck so far. I will keep an eye out and see what other people have to tell you. I may learn a thing or two.

http://grainblog.wheatfoods.org/?p=9 This will tell you the difference. You can use regular flour instead however the absolutel best results will be with the proper flour. Of course what did people do in the old days? Be careful with bread products and your hubbies condition!! Take care!

Margie-- You may find that the texture of your baked good is different when you use bread flour as it is finer ground that all-purpose flour. Think of it as super-sifted all-purpose flour. It will lead to denser cookies and other baked products and might slightly effect your cooking times, but not enough to notice or even worry about.

Yes it can I have done it before and both ways! I have substituted all purpose flour while making bread.

I haven't made homemade bread in years...mmm...might start again, as I love that wonderful yeasty smell as bread rises...I never used bread flour...don't know why....but I was just curious myself as to the differences...and came up with this link http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/equivalents_substitutions.asp?index=B&tid=1839 It seems bread flour has a higher gluten content which makes bread rise better...other than than it's the same..and maybe being the higher gluten content...who knows? Might be healthier in the long run--do you use it also say for muffins, pies??

I'm not sure if a replacment for flour is bread, bread has yeast, sugar, salt, milk, and eggs. could that affect your recipe having all those ingredients. Peace, Totty

I am almost positive that bread flour and all purpose are the same thing, my stepmom uses the both of them. The only one that is different to my knowledge is self rising. Hope this helps.