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unsifted flour

unsifted flour

3.2
A type of flour not passed through a sieve that has small clumps and makes baked goods heavier
  • noun
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  • The recipe called for two cups of unsifted flour, resulting in a heavier dough.

Examples

  • Baking a cake with unsifted flour can lead to a denser texture than when using sifted flour.

  • 2 1/4 cups of unsifted flour weighed 308 grams, and 2 1/4 cups of sifted flour weighed 284 grams.

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  • If you use unsifted flour in your cookies, they may turn out denser than expected.

Surface Forms

unsifted flour singular
unsifted flours plural

Morphology

unsifted + flour

The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'unsifted' (not sieved) + 'flour' (powdered grain), so the meaning 'flour that has not been passed through a sieve' is directly derivable from its parts. This is a common culinary term following standard composition patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Unsifted flour is a plain, literal name: it means flour that was not put through a sifter, so small lumps stayed in the flour. Because those lumps make dough heavier and less airy, using unsifted flour in a recipe will often make cakes or bread 'denser' or 'heavier'.