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No matter what size of your pantry, it is very likely that you have any lost-use flour on one of the shelves. Maybe you use it regularly for cooking, or if you keep it at your fingertips to thicken the soup or to panic the chicken offers. Or maybe you picked up a giant flour bag than once, you made cookies for Christmas, and it is now sitting unfortunately in your kitchen, waiting to be put at work.

The fist things first: if you are not sure that your flour is still usable, look at the expiry date. If your all-purpose flour is six months beyond its expiry date, it is probably still acceptable to use. But trust your senses here-if the smell or taste seems in any way, you are probably better to throw it. Worse case scenario, you can see crawling bugs, in which case, it is obviously time to throw it (and maybe clean your pantry).

The flour may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you prejudge things you can make pantry staples. This is where we enter! Use this article to jog your memory and return to the classics you have forgotten, or get some new ideas for ways to use all-purpose flour.

When was the last time you made cookies? This low calorie recipe provides a new twist on southern style cookies. To produce the same blocked delight, we cut the shortening and used a low fat buttermilk. With this recipe, you will not be able to tell the difference.

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Cookies are a NO-evidence when it comes to using simple recipe pantry staples. And you do not need much more than flour and sugar to dress with perfection. Enter this peanut butter butter pot and the Hershey kisses bag of your snack drawer and make these lifestyles favorites that will easily be favorites all year after the first bite.

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Have a zest for cooking cookies, but do not have Hershey kisses or chocolate chips? Use jam as a softening element and make a lot of these party cookies. You will literally make a tooth up high with your thumb for a spoonful of jelly.

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Make pancake paste is hard to spoil, even for absolute beginners in pancake. The delicate part is the eating of the good amount of dough on a perfectly hot pan, but you will have the suspension after some tests. Elale them with Nutella and add bananas to the mixture for a sweetness of the morning or afternoon.

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Maybe you thought of doing banana bread, but you run down on the butter? Do not worry! This recipe calls half of the amount of butter from other recipes and complements the wet texture with Greek yogurt. This healthier alternative will make your breakfast even better.

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And here's something you have probably never tried to do at home: donuts. What, with all the frying and the cup, it seems to be a difficult task? But here is a very convincing argument for home beges: you probably already have all the ingredients you need. Glez-them or not, ornament them with nuggets or not, you will be delighted that you have hot and freshly fried donuts when you're done.

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Snickerdoods SnickerDoodles are another great way to use flour in your pantry and make you happy while doing it. Beyond the basics like butter, sugar and an egg, you will need a pinch of spices - and that's it!

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There are few things in life better than the house focaccia. And lucky for us, there are also very few bread recipes easier to do. You will want to hit the jackpot when the rosemary aroma, garlic and olive oil fill your home, and even more when you start making sandwiches with hot focus slices.

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This past and homemade past recipe can be made with any use flour, or a combination of several different flours (like any use and semolina). But both options work as well! Fresh pasta are considered quite a project, but deserve efforts. Use it immediately for dinner or freeze up to two weeks. Two glorious weeks of homemade pasta.

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Make the basic dough with some ingredients, and you have a butter and laminated canvas for sweet add-ins such as blueberries, chocolate chips, caramel apples and almonds. Eat them right away, or freeze the dough for quick breakfasts at home.

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You want to make bread, but you do not have yeast? Well, if you have buttermilk (or thetwo ingredients you have to do some) You can make a loaf of rustic Irish soda bread. Dry grapes are a welcome addition, but it's good to jump if you are outside.

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The classic Indian flat plate is not only tasty but also vegan. Many feel less intimidated by the idea of ​​a flat bread because it will almost certainly work enough to be edible. Use it to bail out a delicious sauce or transform it into a breakfast envelope with eggs and bacon.

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This low maintenance cake is the perfect Fuay in cooking dessert for beginners. It is wet, folding apples in the dough, which gives a juicy tender miette.

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Biscotti has the most satisfying crunch, which attracts well when they are immersed in a cup of hot coffee or cocoa. This version covered with chocolate seems even more indulgent and dessert type and can stick around your kitchen counter for a few days before Ester.

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We add this delicious potato recipes here to remind you that any use flour can also be used in cooking. Think of all the thick and creamy sauces created with a redhead-a combo of butter and flour. And in this recipe, the red makes the base of a cheese sauce that would rotate potatoes in finely cut slices.

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Additional Reporting of Kelly Gomez.