How To Sift and Measure Flour

How to Sift and Measure Flour

Do you measure flour before or after sifting? If you're curious about this baking step, we're here to help! Learn how to sift and measure flour with C&H® Sugar.

Tips for Sifting Flour

Do You Measure Flour Before or After Sifting?

There is often a lot of confusion about  whether sifting should be done before or after measuring. The truth is, the amount of flour in a recipe can drastically affect the outcome of your baked goods, so we’re here to help ensure  you know exactly what you’re doing the next time your recipe calls for “1 cup flour, sifted.”

STEP 1: Gather your tools and ingredients

Before we get started, make sure you have a fine mesh strainer or a store-bought sifter and, of course, flour.

STEP 2: Read and decipher your recipe

This step is very important. Read your recipe carefully, and if it says “1 cup sifted flour”, you’re going to sift before you measure. If it says “1 cup flour, sifted” you will sift after measuring.

STEP 3: Measure flour

If your recipe reads “1 cup sifted flour”, spoon flour directly into the sifting tool,sift over the measuring cup, and level off the flour at the rim. If your recipe reads “1 cup flour, sifted”, spoon flour into a measuring cup level to the rim and then sift.

STEP 4: Use Flour In Recipe

Add the measured flour into your recipe and place any excess flour into a storage container.

Perfect your baking skills by using our simple to follow techniques.

STEP 5: Bake a C&H® Sugar Recipe

Now that you know how to sift and measure flour, try these baking tips on a new recipe! Looking for a classic Easter dessert recipe? We recommend our Lemon Meringue Pie with C&H® Baker’s Sugar. Or, these adorable Easter Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing are the perfect treat to add to Easter baskets. Plus, they’re gluten-free!