wheat flour

Milled cereal grain

Wheat flour is flour milled from wheat grains, the most common type used in baking and cooking.

It comes in varieties based on protein content and processing: all-purpose, bread flour, cake flour, whole wheat.

When a recipe calls simply for "flour," wheat flour is assumed: Combine the flour with baking powder and salt.

baking

dough

Flour-liquid mixture for baking

  • breadLeavened flour product
  • yeastFermenting fungus
  • loafBaked bread shape

pastry · cookies · cake · biscuits · scones · crust · pita · baguette · sourdough · pretzel

staple

bread

Leavened flour product

nutrition · subsistence · diet · provision · foodstuff · pantry · commodity · storage · bulk · household

cooking

roux

Cooked fat-flour paste

  • sauceLiquid food accompaniment
  • gravyThickened meat drippings
  • bechamelMilk-thickened roux sauce

veloute · slurry · batter · crepes · pancakes · waffles · tempura · fritters · dumplings · gnocchi

milling

milled

Processed by grinding

bleached · unbleached · enriched · fortified · stone-ground · refined · extraction · wholemeal · atta · semolina

grain

kernel

Seed or essential core

  • endospermSeed's internal nutrient tissue
  • branCereal grain husk
  • germDisease-causing microorganism

wholegrain · harvest · threshing · chaff · husk · cultivation · crop · durum

gluten

protein

Folded amino chain

viscoelastic · gluten development · windowpane · kneading · seitan

intolerance

celiac

Pertaining to the abdomen

coeliac · cross-contamination · autoimmune · diagnosis · substitute

Categories
Opposites
grain source

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Pulverized cereal grain

coconut flour · tapioca flour · potato starch · almond flour · cassava flour

processing/refinement

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Complete grain powder

white flour · wheat berries · wheat bran · unbleached flour · wheat germ

Family

flour, wheat, wheaten, shredded wheat, wheatless, wheatgerm, whole-wheat, wheatberry, wheatlands

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G