Fine vs Coarse Ground Flour | The Fresh Loaf
Fine vs Coarse Ground Flour. If baking the same hearth loaf with the same flour but one loaf uses a super-fine grind while the other uses a relatively more coarse grind, the former will soak up more moisture over a shorter amount of time. Is gluten network development affected? Is the fine-grind likely to have a more open crumb and be less chewy?