Great Value All-Purpose Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour, 5 lb Bag

I needed some all purpose flour to make some cinnamon rolls for a pot luck. I have made this recipe many times but always used the expensive name brand flour. I decided to try this flour. Turns out it made the lightest, fluffiest tastiest cinnamon rolls I have ever made. I won’t be buying the expensive flor anymore.

Usually, I buy bread flour. A 5lb bag is about $5.00. My recipe for a quick baking bread-machine, 2 lb loaf includes 2 tb of vital gluten for texture. Because all-purpose flour is so much cheaper than bread flour, I thought I would try all-purpose with 4 tb of vital gluten to boost the protein content of the dough back to what the bread flour would have provided. It worked! Though vital gluten is very expensive, doubling the measure to 4 tb would not raise the cost to the use of bread flour, according to my estimate. I think I am saving money by using all purpose flour instead of bread flour in the manner described. The all purpose flour with the vital gluten worked well in my recipe (which includes some whole wheat flour, too).