Plain flour
Plain flour is a versatile staple, typically made from ground wheat. It has a neutral taste and forms the base for a wide range of baked goods and savoury dishes. It binds liquids and provides structure to doughs and batters.
Plain flour is a key ingredient in many recipes, frequently combined with eggs, butter, sugar, and baking powder. Sample recipes highlight its use in baked goods like cakes (Marble Cake, Lemon Cake, Strawberry Cake) and pastries, as well as savoury applications such as pizza dough or Asparagus Cordon Bleu. It is essential for creating doughs and as a binding agent.
Often combined with
Ingredients that, besides Salt, frequently appear together with Plain flour in public recipes.
Recipes with Plain flour
Recipes featuring plain flour are heavily clustered around the "Baking" category and "Coffee & cakes" occasions, with numerous cake and pastry tags (Cake, Sheet cake, Layer cake). While "Vegetarian" is frequently listed, this is trivial for baked goods. There's also a significant presence in savoury dishes and batters/doughs.
There are 122 public recipes with this ingredient in total.
Recipe statistics Plain flour
Plain flour is used in 174 recipes.