A three-ingredient biscuit recipe in a Christmas event booklet made me question what I knew about a very basic ingredient: flour. The booklet was published for the 2003 Weihnachtsmarkt, a Christmas ...

Self-rising flour is a convenient ingredient that is crucial to easy-to-make two-ingredient recipes like go-to party favor biscuits or even ice cream pancakes. However, we spoke with Dennis Littley, ...

Self-rising flour always seems to be that one ingredient in a recipe you don’t have stashed away in the pantry. It is called for in some recipes for pancakes and fried foods, but not so often that you ...

Self-rising flour and heavy cream are the only two ingredients you need to make these fluffy, tender homemade biscuits. When I am sick of cooking and sick of answering the question, what’s for dinner?

Dear Lisa: I have a recipe that calls for “seasoned flour”. Can I use self-rising flour? I know that it contains salt. Thank you. -- Jonathan P. Dear Jonathan: Seasoned flour is just that — ...