Questions should be about flour (wheat or any other kind) uses, storage, etc.
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Wheat Flour Vs. wheat gluten
Is it okay to use whole wheat flour instead of vital wheat gluten for a recipe?. Would there be any noticeable flavor and texture changes?
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bread flour strength?
ive got a new recipe that I really want to try, but it calls for bread flour and doesnt mention the bread flour strength, ive got strong bread flour, is that what they meant?
or if not will that ...
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Should flour be thrown out past its expiry date?
As the title says, is it safe to consume flour once its past its expiry date or should it be thrown away?
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Is it okay to keep flour in the freezer?
Years ago I noticed I was getting little bugs in the flour that I kept in the pantry. To prevent this, I started keeping my flour in the freezer. I don't do a lot of baking, but I was wondering what ...
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Substitute Quinoa Flour to All-Purpose Flour
If the recipe calls for 1 cup All Purpose Flour, how many cups of Quinoa flour should I use to completely replace All-Purpose flour?
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Can I change the flour type of my sourdough starter?
I started my sourdough starter with rye flour.
But after some months I continued feeding it with wheat flour. I feel like there is less life inside than before.
Might it be due to the change in ...
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What is the difference between various types of flour?
Is there a difference between the various types of flour that you see in the stores (i.e. Cake, Bread, and All-Purpose? Is it really necessary to stock 3 types of flour in my pantry or is this just a ...
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Definition for light, medium and heavy flour?
In this answer:
What can I use in place of Quinoa flour?
regarding substituting for quinoa flour, the answered alleges that another so-called "medium" flour can be substituted.
When I googled, I ...
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Flour alternatives for roux
I have recently been diagnosed with celiac, so no wheat flour whatsoever. Also, I am allergic to corn.... I have read that arrowroot would not work in a roux; it is not just the thickening I want, ...
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Is it possible to turn old tomatoes into flour?
I saw a recipe that employed Tomato Flour - how do you turn tomatoes into flour?
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How will less flour affect molten lava cakes?
I made some molten cakes the other day, using this recipe from Betty Crocker. However, it is very "cakey." The molten cakes I've had before in restaurants have had more of a "truffle" consistency. ...
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Substitute for refined white flour to make fried potato wedges crispy?
I used to make potato wedges using refined flour, using this recipe. Basically refined flour and corn flour is used to provide extra crisp to potato wedges. The parboiled wedges are coated in a ...
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What side effects should I expect by replacing cake flour with chickpea flour in all cookie recipes?
Last time I replaced maida with chickpea flour (keeping all other ingredients and their quantities same) in carrot cupcakes.
The only difference I noted was in rising. The cupcakes didn't rise much.
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Flour in the roux
There are a great many questions here about roux. This is about the best ratio of
flour to butter (fat), and also whether the type of flour (protein content) affects this ratio.
Let me explain. Roux ...
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What is the purpose of sifting dry ingredients?
What is the purpose of sifting dry ingredients (esp. with flour)?
I heard in one place that it was because this is the best way to mix them well. I heard somewhere else that this is a carry-over from ...
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What Kinds of Recipes Should I Sift/Aerate The Flour?
We've talked about methods for sifting flour (http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/5364/how-to-make-sifting-palatable), and the purposes of sifting ...
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problems with buttermilk biscuits
I found the following recipe for buttermilk biscuits:
mix 2c flour, 1tsp salt, 1Tbsp baking soda
cut 6Tbsp cold butter into mix
add 1c buttermilk
pat and fold on floured surface, cut into round ...
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Semolina substitute
I live in Okinawa, Japan, and I've had a hard time finding semolina flour. I enjoy making home made pasta, and was wondering if there was a good substitute for semolina that would help give my pasta ...
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How to make big, fluffy “Mexican-style” flour tortillas (without using any special machinery)?
Flour tortillas are so bloody expensive (and rare!) outside of the U.S. so I'd like to make my own. A friend taught me how to make some ages ago, but I stopped because they were always weird and I ...
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What to do about beetle infestation of wheat products? How do we prevent reinfestation?
Today my wife went to make some bread. She noticed some very small insects in the whole wheat and regular flour. Upon further inspection, many of our wheat based products were infested with these ...
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Info about spelt
I tend to see spelt on a lot of stuff in organic/diet-sensitive parts of stores, in big letters suggesting they're advertising its presence. I know that it has more nutrients than wheat, but are there ...
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what happens when one mixes flour into batter?
I have been mixing quite a bit of batter lately for various recipes, and I continue to see the same behaviour:
The flour clumps together as soon as it hits the fluid (beit milk, water, or anything ...
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Can you overmix a gluten-free cake?
If you're making a regular cake, you add all the first ingredients (eggs, butter, sugar, ...) and mix everything well. When you add the last ingredient, the flour, you mix until it's just ...
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How to make Namkeen Mathi/Mathri?
Namkeen Mathi/Mathri translates to salty, chewy, and crisp biscuits in English.
http://www.tarladalal.com/Namkeen-Mathri-10381r
Ingredients
2 cups plain flour (maida)
Method
2. Add ...
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What is chickpea flour used for?
I bought a bag of chickpea flour once thinking (erroneously) that I could use it to make hummus. I've since bought dried chickpeas and made hummus the "right" way... but now I have no idea what to do ...
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What care should be taken to prepare dough and Chapatis with Rice flour?
Yesterday I prepared the Rice flour dough with water (room temperature 17 degree celsius) and salt.
I noticed:
This dough did NOT stick to my hands at all.
This dough did NOT stick to itself ...
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How to thoroughly bread meat with eggs and flour for frying without the mess
When making dishes like Chicken Parmesan, fried zucchini, general tso's, etc, and prepare the breaded item, I first scramble a few eggs then dip the the item from there into either flour or ...
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What can I substitute for Rice flour in a gluten-free pizza?
I am going to try to make gluten-free pizza for my wife, and I'm going to start with this Serious Eats recipe.
The recipe calls for white rice flour, but my wife has just about everything EXCEPT ...
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Is there a rule of thumb when replacing flour with whipped egg whites in a cake/muffin recipe?
I was trying to use up some old bananas yesterday and decided to make banana muffins. I find that my (improvised) recipe that I pulled from the Internet is a bit dense.
I have a sponge cake recipe ...
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How to remove quinoa bitterness (with many restrictions) doing chapatis
I am doing chapatis with quinoa flour. How can I remove or hide the bitterness of the quinoa?
There are several constraints for the solution: no egg, wheat, soy, dairy, corn, rice, meat.
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Difference between Maida and All purpose flour
I'm baking tonight and I'm out of All purpose flour. I'm lazy to run out to the grocery store. Can I replace All purpose flour with Maida (Maida is better known to Asian Indians - we use it for making ...
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How can you make “All Purpose Flour” using home ground wheat?
We grind our wheat at home. Many recipes call for "All Purpose Flour" and we have been trying to find how to make our own "All Purpose Flour".
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What are the different types of flours used in cooking Idly, Dosa, Halwa, Ladoo and Upma?
What are the different types of flours used in making Rava Idly, Dosa, Halwa, Ladoo and Upma in Indian Cuisine?
What are the differences between Wheat flour, Semolina flour and Rice flour in cooking ...
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What is the best flour to use for pizza dough?
I've been making pizza dough and the recipe says to use "good quality flour" but I'm not sure what it means? Are there differences in quality between different types of flour and how can I tell?
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Is there a way to save cookies that were baked without flour?
I forgot to put flour into my cookies (though I was careful to remember the oatmeal, and I blame the lack of flour on that). They are absolutely delicious, but also difficult to eat because they have ...
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What is the affect of adding alkaline or acidic substances to wheat flour?
What are the chemical reactions of adding alkaline substances to wheat flour dough and how does it change the properties and behavior? The same for acidic substances.
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What is 00 flour and when should I use?
I've made pasta before using 00 flour. I was about to use the same thing to make gnocci but I've noticed that none of the gnocci recipes mention the "00". Does it make a difference? Is one better then ...
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Any other flour which can be used to replace Maida flour for chewy cakes?
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maida_flour
Maida has been linked with diabetes[10] and known to cause blood sugar imbalances, have negative influence on Insulin.[1] Consuming maida makes ...
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How to store flour
Someone gave us two 25kg bags of flour.
Which is kind, but we're not too sure how to store them in usable quantities. My other half went out a bought a load of plastic tupperware-type containers, ...
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What does flour smell like when it goes bad?
I've got about 15lbs of saphire unbleached white flour left from my 25lb bulk purchase from 2 weeks ago. While preparing a wonderful zucchini bread recipe I noticed a "sour" smell from my flour.
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What is the correct ratio to make self-rising flour?
I have a recipe that I've used a couple of times that asks for self-rising flour. Unfortunately, I only have regular AP flour where I am right now.
I know self-rising flour is a mixture of AP flour ...
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Buckwheat flour. Can it be used for pizza dough, and what other uses/properties does it have?
Buckwheat flour. Can it be used for pizza dough, and what other uses/properties does it have? I remember making crepes from buckwheat flour and I'd like to use it more often. I'm fond of pizzas, the ...
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Tricks to mask the burnt flour taste
I fried some chicken in some rice flour and most of it turned out just fine ( I highly recommend rice flour over AP if you're pan frying). A couple of pieces were a little blacker than I wanted. ...
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Gluten tester; simple and fast
I am looking for a simple and fast gluten level tester (electronic is fine)
There are the testers available for people with Coeliac's which require making a solution from a food sample, and then ...
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What is the 'best' flour to use for brownies?
Cake, Bread or AP? My goal is a 'chewy', 'moist' brownie. I have always used AP in the past, but am wondering if an alternative flour might improve the final result.
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How to estimate amount of all purpose flour for roux?
I was making some roux for white sauce for pasta and followed instructions to the dot. (All purpose flour == butter == 4tbsp. 2 cups milk.) But the milk was very very thin (the only variant we get ...
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How do you know if stone-ground flour is truly milled with stones?
I ran across this article that originally appeared in USA Today in 2006. The author makes the claim that the label is unregulated and that manufacturers can simply say "100% stone ground" even if it's ...
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Can I add extra eggs instead of xanthan gum?
I want to convert my grandmothers pie crust recipe.
The whole recipe is:
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
3/2 cups Crisco (butter flavor)
1 egg
1 tsp vinegar
5 Tbsp cold water
Mix flour, ...
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Flour and water… at which temperature?
What is the difference between adding hot, lukewarm or cold water to flour?
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I'm curious about the following dishes, they all call for flour and some water and I'm not sure how warm the water ...
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Can I make buckwheat flour starting from toasted buckwheat?
My wife asked me to buy "buckwheat" and I did, but she meant buckwheat flour (for making bread) and I got toasted buckwheat instead.
I don't want to throw it out if I don't have to. We have a mortar ...
