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Flour
Flour is a powder, made by grinding cereal grains or other seeds or roots. It is the main ingredient of bread and is used a lot in baking.
628 Questions
How many cups of flour in 20 ounces of flour?
2 or 2.5 depending on the measuring system.
20 fluid ounces = 2.5 cups (8 fluid ounces), US or imperial small cups.*
20 fluid ounces = 2 cups (10 fluid ounces, 1/2 pint), imperial large (aka. 1.25) cups.
*imperial small cups of 8 ounces are equivalent to 1/4 of a Fifth or half a Tenth. (a tenth = the volume of 1 lb. of water at 62°F, a fifth is 1/5 imperial gallons).
a US fluid ounce is 4% larger than an imperial fluid ounce.
Or nearly 4 cups by weight and material.
IF you are measuring the corn flour (masa harina) by weight, 20 ounces is 1.25 lbs. and is approximately 4.2 cups US, or 4.36 Imp. small cups.
IF you mean corn starch (often called corn flour in commonwealth nations) then 20 ounces is 3.8 cups US, or 4 cups Imperial.
Maida flour made from what and how?
1.Pure wheat flour is light yellow in color whereas maida is derived from wheat flour is bright white in color.
2.maida is devoid of all fiber from wheat flour,and is silky to feel.Wheat flour is made white and silky by using a chemical named BENZOYL PEROXIDE,which is incidentally also used for Making Hair dye.
3. Benzoyl Peroxide combined with protein in wheat flour promotes diabetes in human beings.
4.Another chemical Alloxan is added to wheat flour to make it silky smooth.
5.Alloxan is also used to induce diabetes in Rats for research purpose.
6.Hence white bread made of maida is not good for health.
7. People who read this should forward to their friends for their knowledge.
What is meaning of flour sifter?
A flour sifter is an item that is used to remove clumps and debris from flour. It is also used to make the flour a lighter consistancy. They look like a mesh metal net usually contained in a circular frame.
Does white flour have bleach in it?
Flour is bleached to make it lighter in color so that when you make white baked goods they actually turn out white, not the slightly off-white color of unbleached flour. The oxidization (whitening) process also frees up a bit more gluten in the flour making it slightly harder than unbleached flour.
What flour can you substitute for amaranth flour?
A good substitute for corn flour if is being used for thickening, is potato starch. You can also use regular flour that has been mixed and cooked with a small amount of butter in a skillet beforehand.
Which flour is a better flour?
If you do some research at Fresh Bread.com you will find it is very good for you. Iused to grind my own wheat and make my own bread and pizza dough and cinnamon rolls out of it and I was very healthy. I am thinking of investing in a Bosch Universal Plus Mixer and a grinder again. The whole wheat kernel is full of nutrition and fresh ground wheat gives you all of that nutrition. It loses it's nutritional value sitting on a shelf. Lots of protein, vitamins and bran to scrub your system clean!
No - it is a carbohydrate but wheat flour has a small protein component called gluten. This protein cannot be tolerated by people with Coeliac disease or who are gluten intolerant. Flours made from different wheats or grains can have higher levels of protein - for example pea or millet flour - and they may or may not contain gluten - but they are still predominantly carbohydrate.
Proteins toughen when exposed to heat and it is the gluten in flour that becomes relaxed and stretchy during kneading; it holds in the tiny bubbles that are released when yeast is activated while the bread is rising, and it toughens during baking allowing the loaf to hold itd shape instead of sinking when you take it from the oven.
What can you replace the flour with?
Depending on what you're making. If you are trying to thicken a soup, no. If you are making pancakes, yes. If you are making a chocolate cake, no.
Can you use self raising flour in paper mache glue?
Well, you can but its not exactly slime. I just made some and its solid and liquid. But it needs to be a mixture of self raising flour, water and normal flour. It feels hard but when you let it drip then its liquid
The flour challenge is where you take a serving sized spoonful of all purpose flour and swallow it without food or water. It is much like the cinnamon challenge and is very difficult to swallow.
Why is soft plain flour used in pastry making?
Makes cake more fluffy =) ---------------------------------------------- For cakes, it's best to use "cake flour." It's a fine flour (highly milled) mixed with corn starch. In a pinch, you can substitute 3/4 cup all-purpose flour and 2 Tablespoons of corn starch sifted together. However, baking with cake flour allows you to lower the protein content of your baked goods and will give you a fluffier finished product with a more delicate crust. Bake without it and your cakes (or cookies, etc.) will tend to be a little denser and chewy. http://www.answers.com/cake%20flour
Are potato flour and corn flour the same?
No, they are not the same. They are both starches and can be used as thickening agents, but they come from different plants. Each has different thickening capabilities and they have different flavors.
How is self-raising flour different from ordinary flour?
Self-rising flour has baking soda, baking powder and salt added in. All-purpose flour does not have these ingredients, so you have to mix them in if the recipe calls for them. For recipes that call for all-purpose flour, and you are using self-rising flour, you can leave these ingredients out.
Actually, it does. It's just in very, very small amounts. There are various types of yeast in the air so some of it lands on the flour. Ages ago, it was the natural yeast in flour or in other bread ingredients that made bread rise. Now days we add the yeast to make the bread rise more predictably.
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What you use to measure flour and sugar?
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.
Can you substitute all purpose flour for coconut flour?
Whether or not coconut flour can be substituted with all-purpose flour depends on the recipe in question. Coconut flour does not have the protein called gluten that is in all-purpose flour, so their baking characteristics are quite different.
This is "white" wheat flour or wholemeal flour that is sold premixed with chemical leavening agents. It is flour that has a leavening agent - baking powder - and salt added to it during packaging
A building where wheat is ground to make flour?
In the US, it's called a "mill", due to the fact that the action of grinding into flour is called "milling".
Can you use regular flour in a sponge?
yes if you want your sponge to be a biscuit,you need baking powder with the flour to make the sponge rise,of better still use self raising flour,not plain flour.
What are the properties of plain flour?
A protein called gluten (glutenin) is responsible for the wheat flour's elastic properties. If there is more gluten in the flour, it makes it easier for the flour to have a rough texture and vice versa. High gluten flours are produced from hard wheat. Example of high gluten flour is bread and pizza. Cake flour is produced from soft gluten flour.
