To Sift or Not to Sift: Answering the Questions of Measuring Flour
Anyone who has ever glanced through a baking cookbook has seen it – the confounding instructions involving sifting ingredients. They may say to sift the flour, or use sifted flour, or to sift the dry ingredients. Whatever they say, you may find yourself asking if sifting is actually essential to the outcome of your baking or if you can skip this step in the interest of less mess and a faster bake.