The Art of Making Good Wholesome Bread of Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley and Other Farinaceous Grains

Book excerpt: The object of this book is to exhibit the chemical principles of the art of making good and wholesome wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice, potato bread, or other bread that uses farinaceous substances in different parts of the world. The writer, who has a chemistry background, uses his knowledge to provide the information needed to make bread through various carbohydrates. One of the chapters in this book focuses on the chemical analysis of bread flour, its immediate constituent parts, their proportions in different kinds of grain, and the method of separating them.