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heyitsmebobbyd's picture  flour fineness  I recently produced a
stone flour mill.  can someone tell me, does finer flour produce
lighter loafs, how fine is too fine?  Dan001's picture  What
flour mill did you buy?   What grain are you milling? 
Generally Yes a finer flour will produce a lighter loaf but
their is also the possibilty to use technique such as a poolish
with wheat or rye and get a light loaf.     Steve Unifine
Flour's picture Steve Unifine Flour   Flour particle size is 
just one of the elements that impacts "lighter" when it comes to
baking.   The whole reason the "roller mill" system was invented
in the late 1800's was to extract all the bran and the germ
elements.   These were considered objectionable because the bran
particles punctured the bubbles in the rising dough.  It wasn't
long before it was discovered that there was a very significant
impact on the health of consumers and t