Pizza Dough Flour

[Scattergun2570]

I have seen recipes that mix AP Flour with Bread Flour.. what is the advantage to this mix?

 

[Hyperion]

more airy/softer pizza due to lower gluten level than using only bread flour. I just experienced this last week.

 

[Andy M.]

AP flour is lower protein flour than bread flour. Protein forms gluten in dough. Higher gluten content gives you a chewier crust.

You would mix AP flour with bread flour if you think your crust is too chewy made with bread flour only. or If you make a crust with just AP flour and feel it's too soft, you would add in some bread flour to make it more chewy.

 

[Scattergun2570]

more airy/softer pizza due to lower gluten level than using only bread flour. I just experienced this last week.

Well in my case I use only AP flour..so adding a cup of bread flour to 2 cups or so of AP flour does what exactly?

 

[Hyperion]

Well in my case I use only AP flour..so adding a cup of bread flour to 2 cups or so of AP flour does what exactly?

it makes the dough more stretchy (hand stretching friendly) and the end product more chewy than your pure AP flour pizza