Other flours weigh different amounts. For the most accurate baking, you can weigh flour instead of measuring it. But with some practice, your flour measuring skills will become quite precise.
Measuring Flour: Wrong and Right
By Linda Larsen, About.com Guide
As you can see, the properly measured flour weighs 121 grams. That's an accurate measurement, and the recipe will be perfect.
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- This is the wrong way to measure flour
- Gram weight of flour measured incorrectly
- Measuring flour correctly
- Continue to spoon
- Level off the top
- Keep leveling
- Weight of properly measured flour
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