all-purpose flour

Standard baking flour

All-purpose flour is the standard wheat flour for home baking, milled to work reasonably well across a range of recipes—from cakes to bread to thickening sauces.

It sits between cake flour and bread flour in protein content, sacrificing some specialization for versatility: The recipe calls for two cups of all-purpose flour.

properties

wheat

Cereal crop for flour

powder · fine · sifted · texture · binder · starch · absorbent · elastic · stretchy · smooth

baking

dough

Flour-liquid mixture for baking

  • batterUncooked cake mixture
  • breadLeavened flour product
  • cakeFrosted baked dessert

cookies · pastry · pie · muffins · scones · biscuits · crust · tart · yeast · kneading

cooking

roux

Cooked fat-flour paste

pasta · crepes · waffles · dumplings · tempura · fritters · dredge · breading · noodles · tortillas

pantry

staple

Basic dietary necessity

provisions · stockpile · supply · bulk · shelf-stable · larder · store · canister · bag · commodity

Categories
Opposites
specificity of function

all-purpose flourbread flour

High-protein wheat grind

cake flour · pastry flour · rye flour · self-rising flour · whole wheat flour

leavening inclusion

all-purpose flourself-rising flour

Milled grain with leavening included

self-raising flour · Bisquick · pancake mix

gluten content

all-purpose flouralmond flour

Milled nut for baking

rice flour · coconut flour · tapioca flour · oat flour · chickpea flour

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G