Help, what is all-purpose flour?

horsechestnut

Plain flour that you would use for making cakes and pastry. Not Strong Breadmaking flour.

ms_night_ryder

Ahhh

Thanks guys was going google crazy! thats lovely can crack on with it now.

meg72

its plain flour. I only buy this and then add baking powder if I need self raising.

squeaky

Hi all

I'll add this to our main thread... Help, what is all-purpose flour?

meritaten

Plain flour - I too buy mainly Plain and add baking powder as needed! (I do have a packet of SR flour - but thats cos OH did the shop and as usual got the things I dont normally use). Don't worry it wont go to waste! I will use it, just prefer the plain flour.

Rate_tart?_sticks_and_stones.....

I have a Recipe book compiled by The American Women's Club of Edinburgh which I find invaluable for this sort of issue. All purpose is Plain flour. We also found this out to our cost when we made a banana loaf at my sister-in-law's home in California using All Purpose flour - it failed to rise!

davidsdesire

yes, plain flour with no additives. Isn't it strange how even buying flour has become an art? Plain, self-rising, pastry, cake, bread, winter-wheat....sheesh.

Slinky

Rate_tart?_sticks_and_stones..... wrote: »

I have a Recipe book compiled by The American Women's Club of Edinburgh which I find invaluable for this sort of issue. All purpose is Plain flour. We also found this out to our cost when we made a banana loaf at my sister-in-law's home in California using All Purpose flour - it failed to rise!

What on earth caused you to drag up a 5 year dead thread for this?