How Do You Remove Lumps From Powdered Ingredients Without A Flour Sifter?
Ever bite into a chunk of baking powder in a muffin? Ick! And when you are cooking, do you toil to get rid of the lumps in the powdered ingredients after you add them or before you add them? Either way can be tricky. Well, here is an easy way to make your powders lump-free and do it quickly, without the use of a flour sifter. Step 1 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/2168263/Strainer_Full.jpg’); }); Food strainer photo courtesy of OXO Take a standard food strainer-the six-inch kind is a good size, but any size will do–and place it over the bowl you will be sifting into. Step 2 Pour the lumpy powder into the bowl of the strainer. Step 3 Use the spoon to smooth out the lumps until all of the powder has filtered through the mesh of the strainer and into the bowl.
