I wasted way too
much flour measuring!
Not exact matches
Measuring 28 x 28 Inches, these wide,
flour sack kitchen towels are used as expert dish towels, dust cloths, window cleaners, salad spinners, cheese strainer, cloth diapers, stain removal and
much more.
Mine do get puffy, however, it's possible (if there's no way you accidentally used cake
flour with leavening or mis -
measured your leavining, adding too
much) that it's a chemical thing with the lighter brown sugar... lighter color, less molasses, molasses add some acidity which I believe negates some of the baking soda, blah blah.
Had I
measured the
flour by volume, I would have used almost a 1/4 cup too
much flour resulting in a dry dough.
- Used almond meal from Trader Joe's instead of blanched almond
flour (added some
flour at the end when I was mixing it all together because it was a little wetter than I thought it should be)- Used mostly agave with about 1/8 C of maple syrup instead of yacon - Used 1 tsp powdered ground ginger / 1 tsp real grated ginger - Used a little less than 1/2 C grapeseed oil (didn't
measure — just read some of the above comments and didn't want to use too
much oil
If you're not using this method for
measuring flour, there's a very good chance you're using way too
much flour in your recipes.
This happens often with
flour, because if you dip your
measuring cup straight into your bag of
flour, pack down the amount you need, and put it directly into your recipe, you'll have too
much flour.
Just remember to spoon the almond
flour into the
measuring cup and don't pack it in, otherwise it will absorb too
much of the wet ingredients.
I used corn
flour in place of semolina, canola oil for sweet butter and stevia in place of sugar... I don't
measure very often so I am not sure how
much carrot and Granny Smith apple I added but I can tell you this... I ate more of them than all four dogs put together which was NOT my intention.
You could have added a little too
much flour, everyone
measures flour differently.
A recipe is a guideline at best for me so I haven't really
measured how
much flour I've used in a recipe yet.
by the way I just made this now... mmm I
measure in cups and admittedly 100g
flour is less than 1 cup of
flour but I put one cup and for the ratio of olive oil in and water it was WAY too
much flour... well it did nt look like the photo of your recipe at all, not shiny and liquidy.
A cup of
flour measured in volume, for example, can vary as
much as five ounces — an amount that can mean the difference between buttery and flaky — and dense and cakey.
I did
measure flour by weight (4.5 oz = 1 cup) because my breads tend to be heavy or hard and I think it's from too
much flour.
if a recipe calls for 180 grams of
flour then you can just use a food scale to
measure out 180 grams of
flour and be that
much more likely to not experience any recipe flops.
I know it doesn't seem like a huge change to make if you're used to it, but it can be hard to switch over to
measuring in a whole new way and it can be tough to make sure the measurements are exact in grams / ounces (at least in my experience — for instance I keep having to spoon out extra
flour out of the bowl if I added too
much... it definitely takes a learning curve to be precise).
Also, when I specify how
much flour to use, always use a heaping
measuring cup.
Make sure to fluff up the coconut
flour before
measuring to break up any lumps or you will end up using too
much — same with the cocoa powder.
I'm not
much for
measuring... mostly I just eyeball the amount of
flour it would take and put it in the pie pan, add some salt and a few tablespoons coconut oil till it sticks together enough.
I keep my
flour and sugar in canisters for when I bake, and I find it to be so
much easier than scooping and
measuring ingredients out of bags.
Although I
measured out the coconut
flour, I think I used a little too
much since my cookies turned out a little more
flour - y muffin - like - perhaps it got a little too packed.
I keep my
flour and sugar in canisters for when I bake, and I find it to be so
much easier than scooping and
measuring ingredients out of bags.