Are white whole wheat & whole wheat pastry flour the sam

Platinum Member Joined: Nov 17 2008 Posts: 5050

Are white whole wheat & whole wheat pastry flour the same or is there a difference between them? If different, what should each kind be used for?

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Pastry flour is finer than the white whole wheat flour. Pastry flour is finely ground, white whole wheat (unless it is pastry flour) is regular flour made from a light colored wheat. I love the white whole wheat flour for cakies, cookies, challah, anything that I would otherwise use white flour for. It has a nice flavor and a relatively light texture too.
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Platinum Member Joined: Nov 17 2008 Posts: 5050

Pastry and things you would use pastry flour for. I have a SIL who uses it for challah and it works. I have never tried it since it costs more and we are happy with the regular, non pastry flour.

Gold Member Joined: May 09 2010 Posts: 2122

Pastry flour is usually lower in gluten than regular flour (including regular whole wheat), so it's good for things like cookies and cake as opposed to bread/challah. If I have pastry flour when I want to bake bread, I add gluten to help the dough get the right consistency (think about the difference between cookie dough and bread dough - activated gluten is what makes that difference). If I was using regular white whole wheat for the purpose, it wouldn't be as much of a concern.
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Platinum Member Joined: Nov 17 2008 Posts: 5050

Thanks everyone.

Executive Member Joined: Mar 28 2010 Posts: 454

I know this is an old post, but does anyone know what white whole wheat flour is in Israel? And what is Whole Wheat Pastry flour?

white wheat and red wheat are different types of wheat ... pastry flours have less protein & gluten - the higher the protein & gluten levels the better rise for things such as breads

I've interchanged when running out of flours - but never had a problem with my baking - just comes out slightly different texture [sometimes needing to add a little more flour if too sticky or a little more liquid if too dense]
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