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bag of plain flour - what to do?

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pavlovs_dog
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sent the other half to buy flour for the breadmaker the other day and the stuff he came back with isn't strong enough.

any suggestions on things to make or do with a whole bag of plain flour?! :D
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    Pancakes :D
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  • Lillibet_2
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    Erm.........bread? I use Tesco value flour in my breadmaker & it comes out fine.
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  • Galtizz
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    Pastry to make flans/ quiches, pies savoury and sweet.
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  • MrsMondragon
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    Add loads of salt to it. Next add some food colouring and water... bingo you have play dough!!....
    btw your post didnt mention you wanted to use the flour for consumption!
  • nearlyrich
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    I use plain flour to thicken gravy (as per Delia Smith), I also use it for batter, so pancakes, Yorkshire puds etc. I am sure I must use it for something else cos we get through quite a bit but I can't think of anything else right now.
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  • tru
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    Add water to it to make glue. It's only strong enough for paper and card, but it saved me a fortune when the kids were younger :D
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    cheese sauce
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  • elona
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    Cakes scones , buns or cookies. My kids love little fairy cakes.
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    elona wrote:
    Cakes scones , buns or cookies. My kids love little fairy cakes.
    It's plain flour elona. Thought you needed self-raising for buns. Though i beleive you can make plain flour into self-raising by adding baking powder. Not right sure of quantities though.
  • elona
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    You are quite right - as I always have baking powder in the house I forget that it would not be an obvious point to anyone else - could have made some very flat cakes! :)
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