To Sift Or Not To Sift the Flour

You don't see for many calls for sifting flour in new recipes, but all the old ones did.

So is it important or not?

Sifting is important in the sense that is fluffs up the flour that may have settled during shipping or while sitting on the shelf.

It will also get rid of little clumps of flour.

Clumps won't hurt but left when added to batter, they may stay in clumps instead of incorporated smoothly into the batter.

Than it bakes that way and you may have flour clumps in the finished product.

But, instead of getting a flour sifter, you can just use a whisk and fluff up the flour and break up any clumps.

Another thing you can do instead of using a sifter is to use a mesh strainer.

Get a bowl, a strainer, and a spoon. Sit the strainer over the bowl and add some flour. With the spoon work the flour through the strainer holes.

You could just stand and shake it, but you using a spoon takes less time and there is less of a mess.

Just add small amounts of flour at a time.