HOW TO SIFT FLOUR or SUGAR Without a SIFTER!

While attempting to try a new Cream Cheese Frosting recipe for my daughter's 13th Birthday, I was at a loss at how to sift the sugar.  Then I remembered I had my Grandmother's Recipe book.  Even though she was an avid baker and had an old fashioned sifter -- I was sure she was caught off guard with this one too.  Sure enough there it was!  The instructions to sift flour without an old fashioned sifter!   

I remember Grandmother telling me how crucial sifting the flour is in many baking recipes, especially cakes and breads.  She would tell me that using a "flour sifter,"  incorporated air into the flour, and separate the particles.  Unfortunately, I did not inherit from her the wonderful skill of baking from scratch.  But, thank goodness for her jots and tittles.  Here is grandma's instructions: 

 

1. To make 1 cup of sifted flour, first measure 1 cup of unsifted flour.  Pour it into a strainer, and set the strainer on top (or hold above) your mixing bowl;
2. With a fork, stir the flour in the strainer so that it falls into the mixing bowl below.  The strainer, combined with the fork action, helps to mix air into the flour and separate the particles.  This gives the flour the same effect as if you ran it through an "old fashioned sifter."  

IT WORKS!   Try it and enjoy!



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Liquid Measurement Chart

Here is a useful tool I use in the kitchen.  Also, great for homeschool math for little ones. 

Liquid Measure Conversion

				1/2 fl oz =	1 tbsp =	3 tsp
			1/8 cup	1 fl oz	2 tbsp	6 tsp
			1/4 cup	2 fl oz	4 tbsp	12 tsp
			1/2 cup	4 fl oz	8 tbsp	24 tsp
	1/4 qt	1/2 pt	1 cup	8 fl oz
	1/2 qt	1 pt	2 cups	16 fl oz
1/4 gal	1 qt	2 pt	4 cups	32 fl oz
1/2 gal	2 qt	4 pt	8 cups	64 fl oz
1 gal	4 qt	8 pt	16 cups	128 fl oz

Homemade Apple Crisp

The perfect recipe for an abundant apple season. After one taste, you’ll want to make it again and again. 

PREP TIME:  20 Mins.        TOTAL TIME:  50 Mins.               MAKES: 6 Servings
Ingredients:

4 

medium tart cooking apples, sliced (4 cups)

3/4

cup packed brown sugar

1/2

cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/2

cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats

1/3

cup butter or margarine, softened

3/4

teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4

teaspoon ground nutmeg

Cream or Ice cream, if desired 

 

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 375ºF. Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with shortening.
2. Spread apples in pan. In medium bowl, stir remaining ingredients except cream until well mixed; sprinkle over apples.
3. Bake about 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm with cream.

Makes 6 servings