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Questions tagged [flour]

Questions should be about flour (wheat or any other kind) uses, storage, etc.

Questions should be about flour (wheat or any other kind) uses, storage, etc. Questions that merely contain flour as an ingredient should not be tagged as such.

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How can I check if my flour is self-raising or plain?

If I have some unlabelled flour in the cupboard, is there a way I can determine if it is self-raising flour or plain flour, before cooking with it and just checking if the cake rises? :)
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How can you tell when flour has gone off?

I was just reading another topic about grinding flour where someone suggested that their flour supply would go off within two weeks if not kept in the freezer. I buy my flour in 20lb bags that last me several months. Is this wrong? How do I know…
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How to make stone ground flour?

Is there a way to make stone ground flour at home easily, preferably manually, from whole wheat/rye/kamut/spelt berries? Is that what a miller is used for, or is that only to make regular flour? Can I just use something like mortar and pestle? My…
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Why is there malted barley flour in all purpose flour?

A friend and I were puzzled to see "malted barley flour" listed as an ingredient in all-purpose flour and bread flour but not cake flour or any sort of whole-wheat flour. This was the case for every flour brand I checked (two "store" brands and…
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replace ground almonds with flour?

I have this recipe https://www.whittakers.co.nz/en_NZ/recipes/soft-centred-chocolate-pudding/ which uses 50g ground almonds for the chocolate pudding. Would it be safe if I could replace that with 50g of flour instead if I don't have ground…
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What is the trick to create 4 layer Chapati?

More layers' chapati tastes delicious and looks soft. What is the trick to create 4 layers' chapati? What I have tried -- Before rolling the chapati, I have made 2 folds by putting few drops of oil in between the folds. I rolled in similar fashion…
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What is: Yellow Flour?

We were told that yellow flour (Italian) can be added to normal white flour to make a good crispy pizza dough? What is this yellow flour?
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How to choose the right kind of flour?

I love to cook but I'm not too much into baking. My mom is currently visiting from overseas so there is more baking going on in the house. Unfortunately, she doesn't really know English so it's hard for her to evaluate different types of flour that…
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Is Bisquick the same as self-rising flour?

Is Bisquick the same thing as self-rising flour? or if not, what differences are there? Is it a good substitution if a recipe calls for self-rising flour?
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bread flour: is it all just branding?

That I know of, there have been 3 recalls of all-purpose flour in recent months: by King Arthur, Aldi's, and General Mills (Gold Medal). All 3 cite e-coli contamination. The KA & Aldi's notices both say the source is ADM Milling (Buffalo NY).…
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Plain flour or strong bread is there any difference when making a cake

Could you please tell me if it is possible to use strong bread making flour when baking a cake when the recipe calls for plain flour.
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How can I save flour from little insects?

Red and white little insects appeared in the flour.Are these harmful for flour? How can I save flour from those?
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Cooking with rancid flour

I baked some cookies and did not realize the flour might have been too old. It has been stored in my canister on the counter. Can rancid flour make anyone sick?
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Changing Protein Content of Flour

I heard from someone that you can use all purpose flour as cake flour by altering it's protein content by addition of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). Is this really true? If yes, can someone provide me with a ratio to do so.
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How does amount of flour affect cookies?

What will happen to my chocolate chip cookies if I add more or less flour than the recipe calls for?
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