plain flour
Britishnoun
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The possible answers were plain flour, salted butter, egg yolk and double cream.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
A spinach wrap in place of plain flour.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025
True, the very best flour to use is specialist '00' flour, but plain flour works perfectly well in a pinch.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023
But Marcella Hazan makes hers with plain flour, and she’s not someone to mess with.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2020
Stale bread may be served as follows: Toast the slices and cover them slightly with grated cheese; make a cream for ten slices out of a pint of milk and two tablespoonfuls of plain flour.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)
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