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How To Make Vegan Puff Pastry
Vegan Pastry Recipes
Written by Mattie    
Hey Mattie, this looks great and I'm excited to try it! Why do you use bread flour and all-purpose rather than pastry flour? I thought bread flour was high gluten and you want low gluten content for flakiness in pastries. Thanks!
karp505 Reviewed by karp505 August 12, 2013
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Bread flour?

Hey Mattie, this looks great and I'm excited to try it! Why do you use bread flour and all-purpose rather than pastry flour? I thought bread flour was high gluten and you want low gluten content for flakiness in pastries. Thanks!

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Thanks karp505! It's my understanding that medium-high gluten is required for puff pastry; just enough to develop a strong sheet that will act as a layer between the fats but not so tough that it gets in the way of dough stretchability and elasticity. If the flour had a gluten content that was too low, it wouldn't develop the pliable sheet and it would break apart, allowing the fats to join, reducing layers, flakiness and rise.

But I could be wrong. Someday soon I want to start experimenting with gluten-free puff pastry so I hope I am!

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