Old flour

[*Z*]

Could this be the cause my bad bread experiences? I was looking through some bread cookbooks I have and they all say to use fresh flour. Mine has been sitting around for awhile. Is there anything I can do with it besides throw it away?

I know you're going to tell me to throw it away but I just don't want to hear it.

[MEAN CHEF]

Zaney1 wrote:
Could this be the cause my bad bread experiences? I was looking through some bread cookbooks I have and they all say to use fresh flour. Mine has been sitting around for awhile. Is there anything I can do with it besides throw it away?

I know you're going to tell me to throw it away but I just don't want to hear it.

hOW OLD?

[*Z*]

uuuuuummmmmmm the expiration date is may ....... .......200.... ....3 heh heh

Yes I know, what am I crazy??? Toss it.

[Heather Sullivan]

Zaney1 wrote:
uuuuuummmmmmm the expiration date is may ....... .......200.... ....3 heh heh

Yes I know, what am I crazy??? Toss it.

Get fresh. It's not that expensive and you'll be going through it much faster once you get into breadmaking. I go through a 1.5kg bag every week to 10days or so.

[*Z*]

I know!! it's just the budget concious person in me hates the thought of tossing almost two full bags of flour. 1 regular bread flour and 1 whole wheat flour. Oh well, I will go buy some new next payday and that will give be the incentive to get off of my butt and get baking before it expires again!!

[WaterMelon]

i store my WW flour in the freezer, it could get rancid pretty quickly. as for bread and AP flour, I use them pretty often, so I just store them in airtight jars in the fridge.

[*Z*]

I thought maybe they would be ok b/c they weren't opened until just recently. I would love to store it in the freezer but I don't have the room.

[CobraLimes]

Make ornaments out of it. Use a straw to make a hole for a ribbon to be attached.

[*Z*]

I already tossed it. It ended up being 3 bags of flour though. sigh