can be used for making bread with large size and better inner fiber. Bread flour is the
most important ingredient of making bread.
2. Plain flour
Flour that contains no baking powder, it is applicable for making express bread.
3. Whole-wheat flour
Whole-wheat flour is ground from grain. It contains wheat skin and gluten.
Whole-wheat flour is heavier and more nutrient than common flour. The bread made
by whole-wheat flour is usually small in size. So many recipes usually combine the
whole -wheat flour or bread flour to achieve the best result.
4. Black wheat flour
Black wheat flour, also named as“rough flour”, it is a kind of high fiber flour, and it is
similar with whole-wheat flour. To obtain the large size after rising, it must be used in
combination with high proportion of bread flour.
5. Self-rising flour
A type of flour that contains baking powder, it is used for making cakes specially.
6. Corn flour and oatmeal flour
Corn flour and oatmeal flour are ground from corn and oatmeal separately. They are
the additive ingredients of making rough bread, which are used for enhancing the
flavor and texture.
7. Sugar
Sugar is very important ingredient to increase sweet taste and color of bread. And it is
also considered as nourishment in the yeast bread. White sugar is largely used. Brown
sugar, powder sugar or cotton sugar may be called by special requirement.
8. Yeast
After yeasting process, the yeast will produce carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide will
expand bread and make the inner fiber soften. However, yeast fast breeding needs
carbohydrate in sugar and flour as nourishment.
1 tsp. active dry yeast =3/4 tsp. instant yeast
1.5 tsp. active dry yeast =1 tsp. instant yeast
2 tsp. active dry yeast =1.5 tsp. instant yeast
Yeast must be stored in the refrigerator, as the fungus in it will be killed at high
temperature, before using, check the production date and storage life of your yeast.
Store it back to the refrigerator as soon as possible after each use. Usually the failure
of bread rising is caused by the bad yeast.
The ways described below will check whether your yeast is fresh and active.
(1) Pour 1/2 cup warm water (45-50
0
C) into a measuring cup.
(2) Put 1 tsp. white sugar into the cup and stir, then sprinkle 2 tsp. yeast over the water.
(3) Place the measuring cup in a warm place for about 10min. Do not stir the water.
(4) The froth should be up to 1 cup. Otherwise the yeast is dead or inactive.
9. Salt
