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By: The Frugal Girl » Grocery Spending-I bought some flour. a LOT of flour.

The Frugal Girl » Grocery Spending-I bought some flour. a LOT of flour. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:29:27 +0000

[...] oddest thing happened after I posted my silly letter to Safeway on Wednesday. I hit “publish” and then went outside to get the newspaper. As I was [...]

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:49:04 +0000

Do you have a Shoppers Food near you? You can get 11 bags for $1.42/ea after the promo they’re running right now. Plus there are .55 printable coupons at BettyCrocker.com.

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:33:40 +0000

Lindsay :How do you store the flour to ensure it stays fresh? I’d love to stock up the next time I see a sale, but I’m nervous about storage.

I keep mine in the freezer.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:11:30 +0000

if you have ALDI they have a 5 lb bag for $0.89… I’m stocking up!

By: Battra92

Battra92 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:14:52 +0000

Have you considered the 25lb bags? I don’t use all that much flour but I am thinking of starting to buy stuff in bulk.

Costco has the only price I can really find online and they are selling 25lb bags of ConAgra AP for $7.10. That’s $1.42 a 5lb bag sure but when you get caught it might not be so bad.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:49 +0000

Can I be the third person to pester you and ask about how you store the bulk flour? I make the no-knead bread a few times a week and usually use the same flour you do. I never buy more than a bag or two at a time even if it is on sale.
How do you store your bags to keep them fresh and bug free?

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:03:02 +0000

I love unbleached Gold Medal also. King Arthur is great too but I only buy that when it is a great sale. Right now my local Pricerite has unbleached Gold Medal for $1.79. They only carry it around the holidays, so every week I buy two 5 lbs bags to stock up. I store my flour in my freezer. I normally have enough room to store it. If I run out of room, I just leave it in the freezer for 24 hours to kill any eggs or stuff in the flour and then put the bags in a storage tub. This works for me!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:05:07 +0000

I’ve been waiting for the same sale, esp because I have a coupon for .50/1 from here: http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/coupons/ . But I guess when you are really stocking up, this one coupon doesn’t make a big difference. Unless you have multiple computers to print from.

By: Amy Dunn

Amy Dunn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:34:50 +0000

Found your website yesterday and am really enjoying it. So funny to read your flour plea. It has been on my mind as well so I was especially thankful when it went on sale today (Pillsbury, all types) for 99 cents a bag at Harris Teeter (NC) I guess I should consider myself lucky. And I’m with you, I prefer unbleached.
I’m also holding on to two Gold Medal coupons for 50 cents off that I printed here:
http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/coupons/. Hoping for a great deal real soon. Lucky for me, we live in the land of doubles (every day) and triples once a month.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:37:47 +0000

Angela, bleached flour is, well, bleached! It’s a lot whiter than unbleached flour is. And for some reason, when Cook’s tested flours, the unbleached was a lot better for bread. I think the bleaching affects the flavor some too.

Bleached and unbleached can be used in the same recipes, though, without too much change in the result.

Self-rising flour has baking soda and baking powder in it, but I’m not entirely sure of the proportions. Because of that, I’d be leery of using it in any recipe that doesn’t specifically call for it.

I never buy self-rising flour. I figure that it’s more than easy to add my own baking powder and baking soda!