So I have been on the hunt for KA bread flour for a week or more now, but there’s none! I live in Walmart land (AR/OK/MO region) so we don’t really have much for grocery stores other than Walmart, and they’ve only got KA wheat flour and KA all purpose flour. Is anyone else having this issue? I drove across state lines on the hunt for bread flour and no luck.
I bake for my family and I sell on a preorder basis. I only have about 3 loaves worth of flour left before my small business is impacted. Help? Advice? KA alternatives?
For funsies, I attached a couple of pics of some loaves I made this last week. I use the country sourdough loaf recipe by Little Spoon Farms (https://littlespoonfarm.com/sourdough-country-loaf-recipe/#recipe) and one loaf I laminated in cinnamon & brown sugar (mixed with a little flour to prevent it from turning into soup), and chocolate chips.
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You could try going to a bakery and ask them to order you a bag. I own a bakery and I don’t mind ordering flour for people to help them out. It’s either a 50 lb. or 25 lb. bag.
I’ve ordered directly from the KA website and it got shipped to me in 2ish days. Also the Costco by me sells them in huge bags
Nothing like a holiday weekend to clear shelves of baking supplies.
You could always look for a local flour mill.
https://chiceats.com/blog/regional-milled-whole-grain/where-buy-local-flour-and-why
This has a list of mills by region and stage.
KA is good, but there are other, imo better, mills out there.
Try finding the grocery manager at Walmart and asking them to stock the bread flour, too. Worked for me at my local McKinnon’s
I’ve baked loaves with the AP flour, and it works just fine. There’s only a 1% difference in protein content between the two.
Costco has 10 lb bags of bread flour
Costco should have 10lb bags for cheap. Could also just order straight from KA. Free shipping if you hit a certain dollar amount. Sounds like you bake enough to hit that quantity!
Do you have a Restaurant Depot store near you? They carry King Arthur’s Sir Lancelot (14% protein) flour in 50lb bags.
Walmart stock of KA bread flour is up and down for me. But you can see in their app if the store has it in stock and pop in to get it when you see it available.
My local Costco got in KA Bread flour this year, must be for holiday baking, so I scooped up a couple 10lb bags (and might go back for more), but they don’t usually carry any bread flour at all. Annoys me to no end that I can’t shop it there regularly!!
Is there a baking difference between KA All Purpose and KA Bread Flour ?
I’ve always used All Purpose.