4,498 flour recipes

Frozen lard or shortening cut into flour creates the flakiest, most tender pie crust with a foolproof plastic bag rolling method that makes handling easy.

Four-ingredient homemade crumb crust with flour, butter, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Mixes in 5 minutes for a buttery, lightly spiced pie base or streusel topping.

Old-fashioned egg balls for soup made from hard-boiled egg yolks, raw egg yolks, and flour. A heritage 3-ingredient garnish that adds richness to clear broths and consommes.

These pancakes can be made ahead and frozen. If using in Sweet Red Bean Paste Pancakes, bring back to room temperature before cooking with the red bean paste. Otherwise, reheat before serving.

Mandarin pancakes made from a simple hot water dough with sesame oil, rolled paper-thin and dry-cooked in an ungreased pan. The classic wrapper for Peking duck and mu shu pork.

Peking pancakes (Mandarin pancakes) made with boiling water dough, lard, and sesame oil. Thin, pliable wrappers for Peking duck and mu shu pork. Just 4 ingredients.

Crepes a la Neige, a Quebec tradition using fresh packed snow instead of eggs in the batter. Fried golden and served with molasses or grated maple sugar.

Mom's homemade apple pie pairs a flaky shortening crust with canned apple filling for a from-scratch taste in half the time. Brushed with milk and dusted with sugar, the top crust bakes up golden and crackly.

Rye beer bread with dark beer, molasses, and crushed caraway seeds. A yeast-risen round loaf with a chewy, crackling crust from steam baking.

Very great vegetarian pizza, with garden tomatoes, fresh and savory flavor.

Classic French chicken fricassee from the Poitou region. Golden-browned chicken braised on a bed of caramelized onions that melt into their own sauce.

Butter ball cookies (Russian tea cakes) with ground walnuts, cake flour, butter, and vanilla rolled in powdered sugar twice. A melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie with just five ingredients.

Vegetarian quinoa loaf with pinto beans, tahini, fennel, and sesame seeds baked until firm. A hearty plant-based main dish you can slice and serve with sauce.

Dairy-free maple oat breakfast buns made with a bread machine, filled with toasted oats, raisins, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Soft yeasted rolls with no butter or eggs.

Old-fashioned potato sourdough starter built on potato water, flour, sugar, and a pinch of yeast. The starches feed wild and added yeasts together for a tangy, vigorous base for breads, pancakes, and biscuits.

Raisin bread for the bread machine, a soft, lightly sweet loaf with plump raisins folded in for breakfast toast, French toast, or alongside afternoon coffee.