Hey, there! Log in / Register
High-gluten flour and malt powder
By adamg on Sat, 12/07/2013 - 12:30pm
Rebecca Binder asks:
Trying to find unbleached high-gluten flour (not bread flour) and malt powder in Boston. Any ideas?
Neighborhoods:
Topics:
Ad:
Support Universal Hub
Help keep Universal Hub going. If you like what we're up to and want to help out, please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution.
Comments
An answer via Twitter
Prairie Rose Clayton says:
Robert Paul says:
MBTAinfo.com says:
"Unbleached Forever!"
For a general purpose unbleached flour for my sourdough bread, I like the Heckers brand. According to the website, it is also high in gluten. It's sold at Shop&Stop, and is usually a good value (less expensive than King Arthur). The bag has the curious slogan "Unbleached Forever!" and a picture of a kid about to slice his hand open with a bread knife:
Hecker's
I believe I've been seeing this at Stop & Shop or BMS Paper in JP.
BMS Paper is a good place to try.
Also, strange as it may sound, Ocean State Job Lot has a lot of unusual flours.
And Market Basket is worth a look.
Malt powder can be found at
Malt powder can be found at homebrew stores, as dry malt extract. Modern Homebrew Emporium in North Cambridge (77 bus, easy walk from Davis) will have it for sure.
Modern Homebrew Emporium does indeed have dry malt
Can confirm that. I'm not sure what "yeast cake" is, but they also have a refrigerator full of various yeast strains, liquid and dry, mostly aimed towards brewing beer, cider, and wine.
King Arthur?
Years ago, King Arthur flour always boasted that it was high in gluten, before there was much public awareness of gluten. But the package I bought last week now says that it's 100% organic, with no mention of gluten.
Malt Extract?
Whole Foods carries Malt Extract, which work really well if you are making bagels.
Two kinds of malt powder
As someone who likes to try new bread recipes for fun (& food), I came to learn there are two types of malt powder: diastatic & non-diastatic. Diastatic helps your bread dough rise better. Non-Diastatic is called for when making bagels. This form of the powder lacks the enzymes of the other which aid in rising. It's there mainly for flavor. I have found both types of powder at Whole Foods, but you can also order them from the King Arthur website. Just type malt powder into the search field:
http://www.kingarthurflour.com
They also sell high gluten flour, organic or regular, in 3 lb. bags.
NB-- Neither of these malt powders are the same as malted milk powder. So don't use for bread what you would for a milk shake!