All-purpose flour is made from wheat. Arrowroot is a different plant. Arrowroot flour is a starch which is primarily used as a thickener. Unlike all-purpose (wheat) flour, arrowroot is gluten free. Arrowroot also thickens at a lower temperature than wheat flour or corn starch.
No. Buckwheat is a different grain with a much stronger flavor.
It does not.
the best flour to use would be all-purpose flour.
yes. They are the same thing. Plain flour is an Australian term where all-purpose is the American.
not same
There is no difference between plain flour and all-purpose flour. They are one and the same. All-purpose (plain) flour does not contain the salt and baking soda that self-rising flour has.
It should smell exactly the same as all-purpose flour. After all, cake flour is just a more refined version of all-purpose flour.
No. Some cake flours contain corn starch. Pastry flour, or all-purpose flour, does not.
All-purpose flour is the same thing as plain flour. The terms are simply different for different parts of the world. In Australia and the United Kingdom, it is known as plain flour while in the United States and Canada it is known as All-Purpose Flour. This type of flour has a lower amount of gluten protein than bread flour, but more than baking flour so it is balanced and can be used for a wide range of purposes.
Yes. All-purpose flour and unbleached flour are usually the same thing. Just be sure that the package doesn't say something like 'self rising', 'bread flour', or 'cake flour' - those ARE NOT all-purpose flour.
Yes.
Most people use an all-purpose white flour made from wheat, but I've seen recipes that called for whole wheat, rice, or buckwheat flours as well
No. They are NOT interchangeable.
You can sometimes substitute all-purpose flour for whole wheat flour in a recipe. To do this, you would use the same amount. However, not all recipes will turn out if you do this.