Take a peek in your pantry: How many kinds of flour do you have? There's probably a bag of all-purpose flour in there for your favorite baked goods like cookies, cakes, and biscuits, but what about ...

When cooking savory foods, you can often get away with substituting ingredients or loosely following a recipe (or foregoing one altogether). But when it comes to baking, experts know how important it ...

When we’re little, we watch our parents work in the kitchen with awe. Flour, sugar, eggs, and a few other ingredients go into a bowl, and a little while later, a batch of cookies emerges from the oven ...

Thought flour was just flour? Think again! Not all flour is created equal and understanding what makes each one unique can open up a world of baking possibilities and yield some pretty impressive ...

Cake flour, bread flour, pastry flour, and all-purpose flour (which are all made from wheat) vary primarily by the type of wheat they’re made from and their protein content, which is perhaps the most ...

Can’t find all-purpose flour? Out of whole-wheat? Here’s what you can use instead. By Erin Jeanne McDowell Baking is a science, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to make substitutions. With some ...