white flour

Baking powder's partner

White flour is wheat flour that has been refined to remove the bran and germ, leaving only the starchy endosperm.

The result is finer, lighter, and longer-lasting than whole wheat flour, but with less fiber and fewer nutrients.

White flour dominates Western baking: The recipe calls for two cups of white flour.

processing

refined

Purified or cultured

all-purpose · self-rising · sifted · milled · endosperm · fine texture · homogeneous · processed · fortified · protein content

baking

dough

Flour-liquid mixture for baking

  • breadLeavened flour product
  • cakeFrosted baked dessert
  • cookiesSmall sweet baked goods

pastry · scones · muffins · biscuits · crust · batter · kneading · rolling · rising · leavening

dishes

bread

Leavened flour product

pita · naan · chapati · roti · dumplings · noodles · baguette · pizza · gravy · roux

staple

pantry

Household provisions closet

nourishment · diet · foodstuff · carbohydrates · starch · nutrition · mealtime · household · budget · bulk

Categories
Opposites
grain processing/refinement

white flourwhole wheat flour

Complete grain powder

whole wheat · stone-ground flour · bran · wheat germ · graham flour

nutritional philosophy

white flourancient grains

Long-cultivated, unmodified staple seeds

health food · whole foods · whole food · whole wheat flour · whole grain

grain source

white flouralmond flour

Milled nut for baking

coconut flour · chickpea flour · oat flour · buckwheat flour · rye flour

Family

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