So, I want to play with making a levain, which I’ve never done before, and I’m drawn to this recipe: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/pain-au-levain-recipe mostly because I have used other King Arthur recipes with a lot of success. The thing is, it calls for pumpernickel flour and my spouse isn’t a fan. So can I just replace it with the same amount of… Whole wheat flour? Or just white all purpose flour? Or does that not really work and I need to find a new recipe?
Thanks!
I wish, but my spouse has a pretty sensitive palate. Sigh.
It’s 8.4%, they won’t notice. Why don’t you make 2 loaves, one with, one without. If your spouse isn’t allergic, maybe you’ll convince them.
Lol maybe I’ll do that. I‘ll see how it comes out with whole wheat and maybe a second round I’ll try rye or pumpernickel. We’re only two people so making two loaves at once is a little much for us to eat.
Scale the recipe down or do half and half. You can even let half of the dough do cold ferment and/or cold proofing in the fridge for extra tasty bread.
Good call. Maybe I’ll try that! I do like doing the cold ferment.