Like to Shift Flour and such!
WHAT CAN I DO?
2007-07-28 07:28:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Im making Chocolate Chip Cookies
2007-07-28 07:29:04 · update #1
If you don't have a sifter, you can either just stir the flour and baking soda and such well. Or you can use a colander or sieve with small mesh. You don't really need one for cookies.
2007-07-28 07:36:54 · answer #1 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a strainer? It would work just fine; you just shake it gently. If not, and I was really in a hurry, I'd probably try fluffing the flour with a fork, or maybe even put it in a blender. You're just trying to separate the flour and get some air in it.
A cup of unsifted flour measures more than a cup when you sift it. Therefore, if your recipe calls for sifted flour and you don't sift it, the cake may have a heavy texture.
I have a sifter, but I prefer my 2-cup strainer.
2007-07-28 14:40:14 · answer #2 · answered by katecounts 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For most modern cookie and cake recipes, sifting isn't really necessary. Of course, there are cooks who will tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Also, if your flour (or other powdery ingredient) is especially lumpy, like during very humid weather, then sifting is a good idea.
If you have no sifter, just measure out your ingredients, and dump them into a mesh strainer/sieve. Hold it over the mixing bowl, and repeatedly tap the side of the strainer, until all the flour, etc is sifted through.
2007-07-28 14:37:41 · answer #3 · answered by What the Deuce?! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Add the quantity into a bowl and then tip to another bowl to get a little more air into the flour, or fluff up with a balloon whisk.
2007-07-28 15:48:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand your question, but if you are asking if you need to sift the flour, you don't have to, especially for cookies.
2007-07-28 14:33:30 · answer #5 · answered by gracel313 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋