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The best way to store flour, sugar, and other baking materials?
If you love baking, you’ll definitely need to stock up on flours, sugars, leavening agents and extracts. To preserve these ingredients well, it is helpful to follow some storage guidelines so that your baked goods are at their best.
- Flour
Store all-purpose flour in an airtight container at room temperature. The important word here is “tight.” There’s no need to store all-purpose flour in the refrigerator or freezer. A dry environment is actually better for long-term storage.
Other flours, including whole wheat flour and many alternative grain flours, are less shelf-stable than all-purpose flour.
The oils in grains are more susceptible to spoilage, so you should be careful to keep flour away from the warmer temperatures in the pantry, and put it in the refrigerator or freezer.
Again, it is important to seal it well and keep it airtight. You should pay close attention to the expiration dates stamped on the bags. Therefore, you can use this flour more quickly than the all-purpose flour you buy at the same time. The same applies to nut flour and whole nuts.
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- Sugar
It is best to store sugars at room temperature in airtight containers. Granulated sugar may form clumps, but they are easy to break up with a whisk or fork.
Brown sugar is particularly prone to hardening, in which case you will have to soften it before measuring and using in a recipe. Try placing a small piece of apple in the sugar overnight (a small piece of bread works too). The moisture from the apple (or bread) will transfer to the sugar, softening it from its solid state.
You can also put the brown sugar in a glass bowl, and put it in the microwave with another glass bowl filled with water. When you microwave the sugar on high, the moisture from the water should help it soften in less than a minute (check at 20-second intervals, to avoid overdoing it).
Powdered sugar is good at room temperature, as long as it is in an airtight container. Although it contains cornstarch as an anti-caking agent, you may want to stir it gently, or sift it before measuring to get rid of any lumps.
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- Yeasts
Baking powder and baking soda should be stored at room temperature, away from sources of heat and light. It is best to keep baking soda in an airtight container, rather than using it from an open container or bag.
Vanilla extract
Store extracts such as vanilla or almond at room temperature, away from heat and light. There is no need to keep it in the refrigerator even after opening it.
Chocolate bars and chips
Store baking chocolate, whether bars or chips, inside airtight containers in a cool place in your pantry, out of the light, and away from chocolate lovers who might seek out your stash whenever they need a sweet snack.
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