Xanthan + All-Puropose Flour = Bread Flour?

robert.c.brown15

If I wanted to do the souffle tonight, but didn't have bread flour, could I add Xanthan gum to my all purpose flour to give it the higher gluten effect, or am I way off on this? If it did work, any idea how much xanthan to add to the flour?

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Matt_67991

You could just use AP and it would work fine (I tried it)

robert.c.brown15

Thanks. I have the souffle base in the fridge and just used AP. Glad it worked out. I was 1 egg yolk short, but everything was measured out fine. After the fact I realized I could have scaled down the rest of it based on the egg yolks, but oh well, it should be ok. Worst case it ends up being a chocolate cake. I used Mast Brothers chocolate too so it is going to be pretty awesome.

Brandon_34695

I also used AP flour.

In general to your question, unless you are trying to make a recipe gluten free, Vital Wheat Gluten is a much better structural aid than Xanthan gum for baking projects.

robert.c.brown15

yeah I was just curious. wasn't trying to do gluten free. It all came out great.