Bread Flour - is it more like Plain or SR?

[SquonkaClaus]

dp wants a break from home made bread, but that means that I have about 6 packets of strong white bread flour.

Can I use it for baking cakes, pies etc? and if so, do I treat it like plain or self raising?

tia

plain

and hark at the King, "wants a break from home made bread" indeed

well he phrased it differently - "I think that all this breadmaking is getting a bit silly, you seem to be doing it EVERY DAY! Have a bit of a break and just buy some bread for a little while" which I took to mean "God I HATE this stuff, buy some decent bread, woman!"

anyway, thanks for the answer

You can use it to make pizza bases too - yum.

ah, but he's right.
there is nothing like two slices of Mother's Pride and some Kerry gold squashed flat and rolled up and eaten like a sweet cigar.

Hey, why don't you just make a load of bread and freeze it?

because that would be too sensible!

seriously, I bake a lot, so instead of going out and buying plain flour, I will use what I've got in. When it's gone, we can decide whether to go back to home made bread or bought stuff.

I've already got a couple of loaves in the freezer as well.

pizza? hmmm.......

Make lots of hot cross buns and freeze them ready for easter

I think you can make scones with bread flour. Or crumpets.

oh yes, pizza
no sugar in the dough and lots of olive oil and sea salt

and pasta
and gnocchi

naan bread

dumplings and beouf en daube