Do You Scoop or Spoon Your Flour? A Pastry Chef Weighs In on How to Measure Flour Correctly

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Do You Scoop or Spoon Your Flour? A Pastry Chef Weighs In on How to Measure Flour Correctly

How you measure flour can make a big difference in your baking.Serious Eats / Vicky WasikFlour is one of the most vexing ingredients to measure by volume. Because flour is easily compacted or aerated depending on how it's handled, its mass per cup is highly variable—something that can greatly impact your baking. There are two main approaches to measuring flour by volume: dipping and spooning.The Dipping MethodThe dipping method (often called "di…