General Cooking Tips


Using Whole Wheat Flour

• Use wheat in recipes your family already likes.

• Try wheat in desserts first—who can turn down a cookie?

• You do not have to use 100 percent whole wheat. Using half white flour and half whole wheat flour gives excellent results.

• Wheat flour is heavier than white flour and needs more leavening. In yeast breads, use more yeast or let it rise longer. In products leavened with baking powder, increase baking powder by 1 tsp. for every 3 cups of whole wheat flour. Recipes using baking soda do not need to be adjusted.

• In baked products such as waffles and cakes which require eggs, separate the eggs and beat the whites until stiff, then fold in just before baking. For extra lightness, add an extra separated egg.