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All-Purpose Flour
Triticum aestivum (milled)
Raw IngredientEssence
The blank canvas of baking. Flour and water become bread; flour and butter become pastry; flour and eggs become pasta. It is potential energy waiting to be shaped by human hands.
History & Origin
-10000
Earliest grinding of wild grains in the Fertile Crescent
-3000
Egyptians develop leavened bread using wild yeast
1834
Steel roller mills replace stone grinding, producing white flour at scale
Cooking Methods
Sift
Aerate flour for lighter baked goods
1 minRoux
Cook equal parts flour and fat for sauce thickening
3-20 minKnead
Develop gluten through folding and pressing dough
10-15 minDredge
Coat proteins in seasoned flour before frying
2 minWhere It's Used
Used across 21+ cuisines worldwide
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Recipes Using All-Purpose Flour
Aborrajados
Colombian
Accra
Saint Lucian
Accra Banana
Cameroonian
Aleksandra Torte
Latvian
Alfajor Chileno
Chilean
Alfajores
Argentine
Alfajores Peruanos
Peruvian
Aloo Pie
Guyanese
Aloo Pie
Trinidadian
Amandazi
Burundian
Amandazi
Rwandan
Apam Balik
Malaysian
Apfelstrudel
German
Apfelstrudel
Liechtensteiner
Ashak
Afghan
Assida Zgougou
Tunisian
Aush
Afghan
Baamkuch
Luxembourgish
Babakau
Fijian
Bacalaitos
Puerto Rican
Backhendl
Austrian
Bajan Fish Cakes
Barbadian
Bajan Fried Chicken
Barbadian
Bajan Sweet Bread
Barbadian