Sifting flour is essential when cooking or baking dishes that require a smooth, even consistency, such as dessert batters and ...

Sift flour carefully if you fold it into a fluffy or egg white-based cake batter like chiffon, angel food cake, or genoise. Many bakers will sift dry ingredients (such as the flour, ...

Beyond flour, it’s good to sift ingredients such as confectioners’ sugar and cocoa powder that are almost always clumpy straight out of the package, especially for use in something like a glaze.

I’ll admit it: Every time a recipe demands that I sift an ingredient like all-purpose flour, I raise my eyebrows. Do I really have to break out an extra tool that’s notoriously tricky to clean ...

Beyond flour, it’s good to sift ingredients such as confectioners’ sugar and cocoa powder that are almost always clumpy straight out of the package, especially for use in something like a glaze.

Sift flour carefully if you fold it into a fluffy or egg white-based cake batter like chiffon, angel food cake, or genoise. Many bakers will sift dry ingredients (such as the flour, ...

I’ll admit it: Every time a recipe demands that I sift an ingredient like all-purpose flour, I raise my eyebrows. Do I really have to break out an extra tool that’s notoriously tricky to clean? The ...