Self-rising flour is a convenient ingredient that is crucial to easy-to-make two-ingredient recipes like go-to party favor biscuits or even ice cream pancakes. However, we spoke with Dennis Littley, ...

These days, bakers are spoiled for choice when it comes to the wide variety of available flour. From classic all-purpose to gluten-free mixes and whole grain options, it's easy to get confused — ...

Self-rising flour is all-purpose flour combined with baking powder and salt. Unlike all-purpose flour, self-rising flour has a leavening agent that causes baked goods to rise. Self-rising flour is ...

It's natural to assume that because self-rising flour eliminates the need for leavening agents in your baked goods that it is a better choice than all-purpose flour for baking. In some cases, this is ...

The Washington Post food staff recently fielded questions about all things edible. Here are edited excerpts from that chat. I watched a master class episode with Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood recently ...

A three-ingredient biscuit recipe in a Christmas event booklet made me question what I knew about a very basic ingredient: flour. The booklet was published for the 2003 Weihnachtsmarkt, a Christmas ...