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 ...

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 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 ...

I was running low on vital wheat gluten for making all whole-wheat bread this week, so I tried some of my recipes calling for bread flour. Oh, my. If you're a bread machine user (or someone who makes ...

Q: I keep bread flour to use in my bread machine. Can I use it instead of all-purpose flour in cakes, pies and other baking? A: You can use your bread flour for other recipes, but you might notice a ...