how many grams in a teaspoon of barley malt flour?

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things people ask

• How much diastatic malt flour goes into one loaf?
  For a 500-gram flour weight, aim for 1.5 to 2.5 grams of diastatic barley malt flour, which is roughly half a teaspoon. If your flour is already labeled malted (most US all-purpose and bread flours are), you can skip it or use a quarter teaspoon. For a kilo of flour, a level teaspoon at 3.4 grams lands right in the standard 0.3 percent range.
• Does a teaspoon of non-diastatic malt do the same thing?
  No. Non-diastatic barley malt flour at a teaspoon scale is purely a flavor and color additive, contributing the toasty, caramel notes you taste in good bagels and rye breads. It will not boost fermentation or starch breakdown because the enzymes were killed during higher-temperature kilning. Use it more freely — a teaspoon or two per loaf is a flavor choice, not a dough risk.
• How do I measure a teaspoon accurately when the dose is so small?
  Level the teaspoon with the back of a knife rather than scooping heaping. A heaping teaspoon can hold 5 to 6 grams, nearly double the level weight, and at diastatic doses that pushes you toward gummy crumb territory. If you bake regularly, a small kitchen scale that reads to 0.1 gram is worth the investment — weigh 2 or 3 grams directly into the flour and skip the spoon entirely.

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