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No but spoon it into a measuring cup as opposed to scooping it with the cup. The same with flour. When you scoop it with a measuring cup you are actually compacting it and getting too much.
To use a sifter, put the item you are sifting into the canister. Turn the crank and the item will come out sifted. Some recipes call for sifting before measuring and some call for sifting after measuring. Follow the directions for your recipe.
Yes, measure first, the dump it directly into the sifter and sift into (usually) a medium-to-large bowl where other ingredients will be/have been added. I do not believe this answer is correct. I believe one cup "sifted flour" is sifted then measured. One cup of "flour, sifted" is measured then sifted.
* 2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring * 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder * 3 teaspoon salt * 1 egg, slightly beaten * 1 1/2 cups milk * 2 tablespoons melted butter
It depends on the recipe you are following. Both can be measured by weight or by volume. the more accurate measurements are by weight due to the fact that they can be compacted into differing volumes, yet weights cannot be changed by compacting them. So, if you are writing a recipe, you should measure by weight for consistent results. However, if you are following a recipe that uses volume measurement you should try to stick with that. These often are measured after flour is sifted, and sugar is often measured as loosely or hard packed. Volume measures are teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, ml and liters. Weight measures are ounces, pounds, grams and kilograms.
By packing or shaking the flour into the measuring cup, air is released from within the light and fluffy powder as it becomes denser in the measuring cup. As a result, you are inadvertantly adding more flour to your end product, which would change the inconsisency of the batter, dough, etc. Also something to think about: if the recipe calls for "sifted" flour, you are actually adding more air in addition to taking out clumps. If you don't sift the flour when the recipe calls for it, you are again adding more flour than called for.
It would be fine. Sifted flour is more airy and has about 1 ounce less per cup flour then sifted. if you are using what is sold as sifted flour you really do not need to worry as it is compacted again before you use it ...
It should be 160g. It means 160 grams of flour which has been sifted to remove lumps and to aerate the flour. 160 grams is approximately 5.6 ounces.
Depending on what type of flour an if is sifted...here are the conversionsAll-Purpose Flour:1 cup = 140 grams1 cup sifted = 115 gramsCake Flour:1 cup = 130 grams1 cup sifted = 100 gramsWhole Wheat Flour:1 cup = 150 grams1 cup sifted = 130 gramsBread Flour:1 cup = 160 grams1 cup sifted = 130 grams
"1b" in baking typically refers to 1 cup of sifted flour. This notation is commonly used in recipes as a shorthand for measuring ingredients.
You cannot put back what has been fluffed so sifted flour and unsifted are unequal in quantity of flour. You can sift the unsifted to make an equal measure like the sifted flour. MamaPat
A cup of flour really isn't a cup of flour. A cup of packed brown sugar is. As in the case of flour the measurement of a cup is handy for recipies, if you pack it in you will have too much! Same applies to sifted flour it is more airy therefore a cup of sifted flour is really less then a cup of flour.