Anyone use high gluten flour? Messed up and bought some...

[kbarrett]

I shop at a local store that packages their own cooking/ baking supplies. I grabbed a bag of flour off the All Purpose shelf and didn't check the label...it's High Gluten flour instead of AP. Does anyone use it and what for? I googled it and it seems many pizza crusts require it but that's not something I usually make. The intended purpose was Christmas cookies but I was afraid to use it.
Thanks!

 

[BettyR]

It is mostly used for making yeast breads but Alton Brown uses it to make his cookies. He says that the high gluten flour makes chewer cookies. I use it when I'm making my chocolate chip cookies.

 

[AHappychick]

yep yeast breads as t is considered a bread flour. I have a very easy yummy crusty french bread recipe I can post if you like. I usually make a cheesy garlic bread out oif it but you can do a plain one.

Never tried cookies with it, actually I use regular organic flour and add glutten to it to make my flour high gluten but same difference.

I am sure you can make cookies with it just fine.

 

[kbarrett]

Thanks for the replies!

I think I'll try choc. chip cookies with it, what the heck I have over 5lbs of it.

I would love the recipe for your crusty french bread! Just make sure you're very specific in directions... I'm not that experienced with yeast breads. I can make the sticky buns and I recently tried a dinner roll recipe that turned out well. I have a bread machine which I use to mix dough but my stand mixer is a combo cordless one that doesn't have the power to mix dough.

Thanks again