CAH Flour weight?

[lapeca]

Does anyone happen to know the weight per cup of flour that CAH uses for their baking recipes?

Thanks!

[DFen911]

Cup by volume or weight? They are both different. Jean has a great chart that she could post

[cjs]

My rule of thumb is:

all purpose, sifted = 4 oz.
all purpose, unsifted = 5 oz.

Wonder where that chart is - it's so useful and I'd sure hate to have to type it up again.

Ooops, welcome to the forum!!

[labradors]

The question is what C@H's definition is - not an arbitrary listing of anyone else's charts. It would appear lapeca may already have a specific recipe in mind.

Welcome to the forum, lapeca. Once you find a satisfactory answer, stay around and join us for more cooking fun!

[cjs]

Labs, mine is pretty standard weight used by lots of kitchens. not an arbitrary list.

[labradors]

Is it the one used by the [Email]C@H[/Email] kitchens, as the original question specifically requested? If not, it is an arbitrary choice of a different standard, and could give results other than what the user seeks.

[esgunn]

I don't know if this is true for all recipes, but in the April 2009 Issue for Dinner roles they gave a "Flour Basics, measuring up". In it they state to use the spoon and sweep meathod. Lightly spoon the flour into the cup without packing and use a straight edged knife to level the flour with the top of the cup.

I searched the online index for "measuring" and this seemed the best tip for what they may use in their recipes.

[Gourmet_Mom]

What Erin states is true...scoop and sweep. But to answer the member's question, I will state what I have been told by PoptheBaker on "that other forum".

He recommended that I buy a scale and run a test using the scale. That way I would know the weight of my flour using my method of measuring. So now I weigh my flour. But to be honest, I now find that the end result usually depends on the "feel" of the dough.

BTW, welcome to the forum.

[DFen911]

I will say this..I don't what I would do without my scale! I use it for everthing

[Gourmet_Mom]

Isn't that the truth. Pop told me I would use it for a lot more than baking, but I didn't believe him. I would carefully pack it away in its box when I wasn't baking. Then one day...forget the reason...shrimp, I think...I realized its other uses. Now it has its own spot on my counter and is used several times a week. I LOVE my scale and could not live without it now!