Some ingredients, such as cocoa powder, powdered sugar, cake flour, baking powder, almond flour, and ground ginger, tend toward lumps. Unless it’s a fresh bag, I’ll always sift powdered sugar and ...

Baking comes with plenty of rules: specific measurements (and sometimes weights), parchment-lined pans, unsalted butter. One of those rules that pops up every once in a while is sifting flour. It’s ...

I’ll admit it: Every time a recipe demands that I sift an ingredient like all-purpose flour, I raise my eyebrows. Do I really have to break out an extra tool that’s notoriously tricky to clean? The ...