The Tauren Chef on the Art of Measuring Flour:

Did you know that there are two ways to measure flour and that the method you use will change the amount of flour you measure out?

When you measure flour, stir the flour first, then spoon it into the measuring cup with a spoon and level it off with a straight edge. Do not use the measuring cup to scoop the flour out of the container; if you do this you can actually end up with 25% more flour than the recipe calls for and thus destroy the precise proportions of your baking chemistry.

Try this simple experiment. Get a small bowl, a bag of flour, a 1 cup dry measuring cup, a large spoon, and a straight edge such as a ruler or knife. Open up the bag of flour and dig in with your measuring cup filling it up. Now level it off with your straight edge. It looks like you have one cup of flour, right? Wrong.

Empty the cup into the bowl. Now gently stir the flour in the bowl and spoon it into the measuring cup again, this time using the spoon. Level it off with the straight edge. See how much flour is left in the bowl? If you measure it you may find as much as ¼ cup of extra flour!

Now imagine how that can affect your recipe. If you were making Mulgore Spice Bread, for example, using a 1-cup measure with the scooping method, instead of using the 3 to 3½ cups flour that the recipe requires, you may actually be using ⅞ of a cup extra. That would be as much as 3¾ to 4⅜ cups of flour, which is definitely more than the maximum amount the recipe calls for. That will cause an imbalance in your baking chemistry and will have a negative effect on your result.

Now try making one of those great WoW bread recipes like Alterac Mana Biscuits, Moser’s Magnificent Muffin, or Harvest Bread. I’ll be making Alterac Mana Biscuits today so that we have something to snack on while we level up our hunters. We’re following Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide with great results.

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