When a recipe calls for flour, many home-based chefs reach for the generic all-purpose kind. This makes sense for kitchen efficiency, as it works just fine in many recipes. However, if you happen to ...

Can’t find all-purpose flour? Out of whole-wheat? Here’s what you can use instead. By Erin Jeanne McDowell Baking is a science, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to make substitutions. With some ...

If you've been baking more than usual lately, you're not alone. Many times a tempting new recipe will call for all-purpose flour or even a unique flour that you'll only use once, like bread or cake ...

Self-rising flour makes impossibly fluffy pancakes, sky-high biscuits and muffins that rival any bakery’s. But it’s not all that common in recipes, plus it has a short shelf life, so stocking up isn’t ...

The main difference between bread flour and other types of flour is protein content. Flour’s protein gives it the power to make dough strong and to help the bread rise. Bread flour’s high protein ...

If you are BORED, if you are ANTSY, if you are in a RUT, or if you're looking for low-risk ways to change things up in the kitchen, how about a bag of spelt flour? What is it though? Spelt is a type ...

Gluten is a family of proteins found in wheat, rye, and barley (1). It improves the texture, flavor, and moistness of many baked goods, including bagels, breads, pastries, and noodles. The more gluten ...