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August 23, 2016 at 3:55pm

In reply to by Lynn (not verified)

Thanks for checking, Lynn. In addition to flavor, salt in bread dough plays an important role in tightening the gluten structure, retarding yeast activity/fermentation, preserving the color and flavor of flour, and indirectly in crust coloration. While we've found that you can often successfully halve the salt called for in a bread recipe, drastically reducing or eliminating the salt called for in a recipe can get tricky. If you're interested in learning more about the functions salt plays, this page can help: http://bit.ly/2bfNiH5 All this being said, we do have a couple of recipes for bread without salt, including our Tuscan Style Bread with Herbs: http://bit.ly/1XhUF2F and Tuscan Bread (Pane Toscano): http://bit.ly/2betl6B that just might do the trick! Hope this helps. Mollie@KAF
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