fine flour

Powdery baking staple

Fine flour is flour that has been milled to a smooth, powdery consistency, with coarse particles sifted out.

The term appears frequently in biblical and historical texts describing offerings or quality baking: Take fine flour and bake twelve loaves.

In modern usage, most all-purpose flour already meets this standard, so the phrase mainly distinguishes from coarser grinds like whole wheat or stone-ground flour.

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Opposites
particle size/texture

fine flourgrits

Boiled ground maize

cracked wheat · stone-ground flour · bulgur · polenta · semolina

processing level

fine flourwhole wheat flour

Complete grain powder

graham flour · whole grain · wheat berries · spelt flour · brown rice flour

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G