pastry flour
Soft wheat grind
Pastry flour is wheat flour with a protein content between all-purpose and cake flour, typically 8-9%.
The moderate gluten development produces tender, flaky results in pie crusts, tarts, biscuits, and cookies without the toughness of bread flour or the delicacy of cake flour.
She swears by pastry flour for her shortbread.
- shortcrustCrumbly, buttery pastry dough
- protein contentAmount of amino acids present
- pie crustBaked outer layer
- flaky textureThin separating layers
- gluten contentWheat protein concentration
pie dough · gluten · cake · crumbly texture · tender · baking · dusted · laminated · butter croissant · tart · soft · wheat · choux · confection · white · rolling pin · dough · milled
- bakingbaking, bread baking, cake decorating, mixing, whisking
- wheat flours
- pastriescroissant, danish, croissants, butter croissant, eclairs
grain type/composition
pastry flourrice flour
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