These days, bakers are spoiled for choice when it comes to the wide variety of available flour. From classic all-purpose to gluten-free mixes and whole grain options, it's easy to get confused — ...

Save yourself a trip to the store with this easy formula for homemade self-rising flour. If you don't bake frequently, it probably isn't practical to keep your pantry stocked with an endless array of ...

A three-ingredient biscuit recipe in a Christmas event booklet made me question what I knew about a very basic ingredient: flour. The booklet was published for the 2003 Weihnachtsmarkt, a Christmas ...

Self-rising flour is all-purpose flour combined with baking powder and salt. Unlike all-purpose flour, self-rising flour has a leavening agent that causes baked goods to rise. Self-rising flour is ...

There’s nothing like a fresh, homemade biscuit still warm from the oven. The best biscuits are so flaky that you can tear the top and bottom away from each other easily, and there’s a slight crunch on ...

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Self-rising flour always seems to be that one ingredient in a recipe you don’t have stashed away in the pantry. It is called for in some recipes for pancakes and fried foods, but not so often that you ...