Culinary Myth #48: You can't use all-purpose flour to bake bread.
Bread flour vs all-purpose flour. Each has it's own protein content which makes it perfect for either bread or for more tender cakes and cookies. And some food snobs out there claim you can only use one particular kind for each recipe at hand. We're here to make your life easier. Because even though you cannot us bread flour in recipes that call for all-purpose flour you CAN use all-purpose flour in recipes that call for bread flour. Listen in, find out how, and never make an emergency run to the supermarket for bread flour again.