wheat flours

Milled grain starches

Wheat flours are powders ground from wheat grain, used for baking and cooking.

Different types vary by protein content and processing: all-purpose flour works for general use, bread flour has more gluten for chewy texture, cake flour is finer for tender crumb, and whole wheat flour retains the bran and germ.

She keeps several wheat flours on hand for different recipes.

Related

gluten · wholewheat · durum · tempering · sifting · tortillas · bread · grinding · cake · baking · dough · pizza dough · rising agent · bleaching · ground · chapati · protein content · proteins

Opposites
grain source

wheat flourscoconut flour

Milled dried palm drupe

almond flour · rice flour · corn flour · oat flour · buckwheat flour

processing state

wheat flourswheat berries

Intact cereal kernels

cracked wheat · bulgur wheat · whole grains · wheat bran · wheat germ

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G