Q.: I mistakenly bought bread flour instead of all-purpose flour. Can it be used the same way as all-purpose flour?
— Doris Saloiye,
Uniontown
A.: You can, but bread flour is higher in protein than all-purpose flour, so you may find that the cookies, cakes or other items you bake with it will turn out tougher than normal and you may be disappointed with the results.
If it were the other way around, yes, you could use all-purpose flour for bread without much trouble.
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