Need help with difference in flour?

Question

Can someone explain the difference between all purpose flour and self rising flour? If a recipe specifically called for self rising flour what would happen if you used all purpose.
FYI for a peach cobbler.

Answer 1

All purpose flour is plain flour. Self rising flour is plain flour with baking powder and salt added.

Quite a few Southern recipes call for sr flour. It is just a short cut - like bisquick.

You can make self rising flour if you have all purpose flour, baking powder and salt.

Answer 2

All-purpose or plain flour
This flour is a blended wheat flour with an intermediate gluten level which is marketed as an acceptable compromise for most household baking needs.

In terms of the parts of the grain (the grass seed) used in flour—the endosperm or starchy part, the germ or protein part, and the bran or fiber part—there are three general types of flour. White flour is made from the endosperm only. Whole grain flour is made from the entire grain including bran, endosperm, and germ. A germ flour is made from the endosperm and germ, excluding the bran.

Self-rising or self-raising flour
This is "white" wheat flour or wholemeal flour that is sold premixed with chemical leavening agents. It was invented by Henry Jones. It can also be substituted by Maida when cooking under the Indian Cuisine. Typical ratios are:

U.S. customary:

one cup flour
1 to 1½ teaspoon baking powder
a pinch to ½ teaspoon salt

Metric:

100 g flour
3 g baking powder
1 g or less salt

Answer 3

All purpose flour is just flour. Self rising flour has baking powder in it. To make self rising when the recipe calls for it, 1/4 tsp baking powder to 1 C flour.

Answer 4

mmm Peach Cobler my favorite. Well first of all you can use all purpose, just make sure you add on tsp of baking powder to each cup of flour. If you are in a pinch i have wisked egg whites to a stiff peak. Then you fold the stiff egg whites into your batter. This will help it rise. I hope you use butter and cain sugar in your peach cobbler. Also California peaches are good too. Good Luck.

Answer 5

Good question!! You should think about it more seriously whilst making pancakes...

Recipe

Serve these pancakes with butter and syrup.
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tablespoons melted butter
PREPARATION:
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter. Cook on a hot, greased griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Cook until brown on one side and around edge; turn and brown the other side. Recipe for pancakes serves 4.

Answer 6

All-Purpose flour has more gluten, the sticky component.
It's ideal for bread-making but not pastry; makes them tough.

Answer 7

if it for the crust then the dough wouldnt rise. i would assume it has yeast in it. and all purpose does not. stick with the recipe