Category "flour"

Are there ways in which you can overdo your thickening?

In this recipe for mac and cheese that calls for a basic roux of 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 cup butter (60g from what I gathered it to be) I got a pretty thick sauce

Does handling a lot of flour cause fingernails to break?

I recently started baking bread, including every day for the last month. (I give it away.) Since I began baking so much bread, I've had severe issues with my fi

Bread from the machine always too soft, can't be buttered

My bread machine (Panasonic SD-2501) makes good bread. The loaves rise every time and it has a great golden crust. However, the bread is always too soft. The r

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?

What should I do with my leftover bench flour?

I make bread/pizza quite often, up to a few times per week. I work on a wooden surface for forming the dough and use a flour dredge to spread about 1 cup of flo

Flour protein and browning

I use the following recipe (based on this Serious eats article) for a sicilian style pizza: 500 g All Purpose Flour 2 tbsp oil 10 g kosher salt 5 g rapid rise

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-wh

How risky is it to eat raw flour, as in uncooked dough?

Does eating raw flour or doughs containing raw flour pose a significant food safety risk (i.e., greater than other dry goods or ingredients in your kitchen)? I

Can you pasteurize flour at home?

As a follow-up to this question about the safety of raw flour, and to possibly update this question about eating raw cookie dough: Is it possible/how can I pa

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 i

How to butter and flour the chimney of a bundt form

I recently baked a rather sticky cake which called for a bundt pan. When I use a standard cake pan, I first put on the fat (either pouring oil and swishing it,

How much gluten flour do I need to add?

Ill spare everyone the boring details and just say that im trying to mimick a pizza at home. I know that the original pizza uses a flour with 15% protein but I

How long does flour and oil last?

I made some cloud dough for my daughter (made of 8 parts all-purpose flour to 1 part olive oil) and I was just wondering how long you think it would last. I am

What type of flour is "wheat flour" in the UK? [duplicate]

I want to replicate an American recipe of Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. It requires 1 cup of wheat flour. What type of flour would that be i

Can gluten-free flour be cooked and eaten as a hot breakfast cereal?

I'm talking about single flours, such as quinoa flour, amaranth flour, and buckwheat flour, not flour blends or hot cereal mixes.

How long will flour keep in the freezer in Food Saver Vacuum Sealed Bags? [duplicate]

I found some flour in my freezer that I stored 5 years ago in Food Saver vacuum sealed bags. Do you think it's still safe to use?

bread making remove butter

Most recipes for bread machines have 2 tablespoons of softened butter in them. Will omitting this modify the recipes, and are there substitutes for butter?

Gari as subtitutes for tapioca

I used to make a lot of cakes using tapioca flour. Now I've moved to another country and rarely stumbled upon the flour in the supermarket. Last time I found ga

How does ambient humidity of flour storage influence dough?

Cooking lore places a lot of importance on air humidity for doughs. When a dough fails, people quickly point that out as a possible factor, that happens on our

How does ambient humidity of flour storage influence dough?

Cooking lore places a lot of importance on air humidity for doughs. When a dough fails, people quickly point that out as a possible factor, that happens on our