Wheat flour

Wheat flour is powder milled from wheat grain, used for breads, cakes, pastries, noodles, pasta, batters, dumplings and sauces.

About Wheat flour

Wheat flour is a milled powder made from wheat grain and is a foundation of breads, cakes, pastries, noodles, pasta, batters, dumplings, and thickened sauces. Its baking and cooking performance depends on the wheat and the grade of flour used.

Dry wheat flour has a mild cereal flavour and a fine, powdery texture. Refined flour is usually white or cream, while flour containing more bran and germ is darker, more tan, and often slightly coarse. Different wheat types and protein levels produce doughs that range from tender and delicate to elastic and chewy.

It may be sold as refined white flour, wholemeal or whole-wheat flour, or an intermediate extraction flour. Mixing with liquid makes it cohesive, and kneading or other working develops structure. Baking, boiling, or frying turns the powder into a firm, tender, crisp, or chewy food.

Ingredient type: flour

Forms & related ingredients

Tagliatellecontains · Tagliatelle → Wheat flour
Wheat flatbreadcontains · Wheat flatbread → Wheat flour
Regag flatbreadcontains · Regag flatbread → Wheat flour
Rye breadcontains · Rye bread → Wheat flour
Kunafa shredded pastrycontains · Kunafa shredded pastry → Wheat flour
Digestive biscuitcontains · Digestive biscuit → Wheat flour
Baguettecontains · Baguette → Wheat flour
Persian Reshteh Noodlescontains · Persian Reshteh Noodles → Wheat flour
Stale Bread Crumbscontains · Stale Bread Crumbs → Wheat flour
Crackerscontains · Crackers → Wheat flour
Mestall Flourcontains · Mestall Flour → Wheat flour
Yeast-Raised Wheat Breadcontains · Yeast-Raised Wheat Bread → Wheat flour
Trahanacontains · Trahana → Wheat flour
Wheat pastacontains · Wheat pasta → Wheat flour
Tarhanacontains · Tarhana → Wheat flour
Medianoche Breadcontains · Medianoche Bread → Wheat flour
Fresh Filled Pastacontains · Fresh Filled Pasta → Wheat flour
Sourdough startercontains · Sourdough starter → Wheat flour
Dried Rabodicontains · Dried Rabodi → Wheat flour
Buckwheat soba noodlescontains · Buckwheat soba noodles → Wheat flour
Rechta Noodlescontains · Rechta Noodles → Wheat flour
Chocolate Biscuitscontains · Chocolate Biscuits → Wheat flour
Burger buncontains · Burger bun → Wheat flour
Stale wheat breadcontains · Stale wheat bread → Wheat flour
Sweet Plain Biscuitscontains · Sweet Plain Biscuits → Wheat flour
Flour tortillacontains · Flour tortilla → Wheat flour
Manducontains · Mandu → Wheat flour
Soba noodlescontains · Soba noodles → Wheat flour
Buckwheat noodlescontains · Buckwheat noodles → Wheat flour
Breadcrumbscontains · Breadcrumbs → Wheat flour
Godamba Roticontains · Godamba Roti → Wheat flour
Graham Cracker Crumbscontains · Graham Cracker Crumbs → Wheat flour
Wheat ramen noodlescontains · Wheat ramen noodles → Wheat flour
Small pastacontains · Small pasta → Wheat flour
Trahanascontains · Trahanas → Wheat flour
Sweet Biscuitscontains · Sweet Biscuits → Wheat flour
Cuban Breadcontains · Cuban Bread → Wheat flour
Malt biscuitscontains · Malt biscuits → Wheat flour
Japanese curry rouxcontains · Japanese curry roux → Wheat flour
Plain tea biscuitscontains · Plain tea biscuits → Wheat flour
Wheat Breadcontains · Wheat Bread → Wheat flour
Spring-roll wrappercontains · Spring-roll wrapper → Wheat flour
Matzah mealcontains · Matzah meal → Wheat flour
Wheat Pastrycontains · Wheat Pastry → Wheat flour
Wheat Flour Wrappercontains · Wheat Flour Wrapper → Wheat flour
Cenceña wheat flatbreadcontains · Cenceña wheat flatbread → Wheat flour
Breadcontains · Bread → Wheat flour
Wonton wrappercontains · Wonton wrapper → Wheat flour
Hot-Dog Buncontains · Hot-Dog Bun → Wheat flour
Wafer sheetscontains · Wafer sheets → Wheat flour
Pork cutletcontains · Pork cutlet → Wheat flour
Wheat Buncontains · Wheat Bun → Wheat flour
Phyllo doughcontains · Phyllo dough → Wheat flour
Egg Noodlescontains · Egg Noodles → Wheat flour
Pitacontains · Pita → Wheat flour
Mushroom soupcontains · Mushroom soup → Wheat flour
Ramen wheat noodlescontains · Ramen wheat noodles → Wheat flour
Lavashcontains · Lavash → Wheat flour
Wheat noodlescontains · Wheat noodles → Wheat flour
French Breadcontains · French Bread → Wheat flour
Chicken Gravycontains · Chicken Gravy → Wheat flour
Wheat biscuit crumbscontains · Wheat biscuit crumbs → Wheat flour
Béchamel saucecontains · Béchamel sauce → Wheat flour
Yakisoba wheat noodlescontains · Yakisoba wheat noodles → Wheat flour
Pastry Creamcontains · Pastry Cream → Wheat flour
Ramen noodlescontains · Ramen noodles → Wheat flour
Sandwich breadcontains · Sandwich bread → Wheat flour
Samosacontains · Samosa → Wheat flour
Shredded wheat pastrycontains · Shredded wheat pastry → Wheat flour
Puff pastrycontains · Puff pastry → Wheat flour
Sponge Cakecontains · Sponge Cake → Wheat flour
Graham crackerscontains · Graham crackers → Wheat flour
Spaghetticontains · Spaghetti → Wheat flour
Shortcrust Pastrycontains · Shortcrust Pastry → Wheat flour
Wheat pastry doughcontains · Wheat pastry dough → Wheat flour
Gravycontains · Gravy → Wheat flour
Macaronicontains · Macaroni → Wheat flour
Udon noodlescontains · Udon noodles → Wheat flour
White Breadcontains · White Bread → Wheat flour
Sweet Breadcontains · Sweet Bread → Wheat flour
Wheat Flour Dumplingscontains · Wheat Flour Dumplings → Wheat flour
Gingerbreadcontains · Gingerbread → Wheat flour
Shredded filo pastrycontains · Shredded filo pastry → Wheat flour
Wheat Bread Buncontains · Wheat Bread Bun → Wheat flour
Korean fish cakecontains · Korean fish cake → Wheat flour

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Austria

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Hungary

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China China

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Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan

Beuschel

Austria

Bierzo empanada

Spain

Bihari litti chokha

India

Bishbarmak

Russia

Blanquette de Veau

France

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Wheat flour

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