The Farm Chicks Sift

Photo - Farm Chicks ' Serena's Web Journal '
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This morning, Serena from The Farm Chicks blog has a very good reminder for all of us. Pay very close attention to how the word sift is stated in a recipe as it does make a difference. How much of a difference, you ask? Well I put on my Home Ec. apron and set out to find out. Let us take a trip to the classroom....
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We are working with 2 cups of all purpose flour. On the left is 2 cups of flour sifted--flour that has been measured out and then sifted. On the right is 2 cups of sifted flour--flour that was sifted and then measured out using the proper method of gently putting it in to the measure with a spoon or offset spatula (what I use) and leveling off.
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Next, we need to see what the difference is and I did that by going back to the one on the left that was sifted after the measure and measured it by the same method as the one on the right and here we have the results..
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There is the two cups measured out the same way that was done above and I would say that there is at least 1/3 of a cup left over. Wow! When you are baking that can really make a lot of difference. So remember...
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2 Cups of flour sifted is - flour measured out, then sifted.
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2 Cups sifted flour is - flour sifted then measured.
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Class dismissed, have a great day.