All-purpose flour, cake flour, arrowroot flour, and tapioca starch serve as excellent thickeners. Tapioca starch, wheat flour, and ground flaxseed are ideal substitutes for baking. When frying, the ...

What Is Cornstarch, and How Is It Used in Cooking? First, let's get a better understanding of what exactly cornstarch is and how it behaves when cooked. Cornstarch is made from the endosperm of corn ...

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Cornstarch may not be the most exciting ingredient, but it's utterly essential in so many recipes — from thickening stir-fries to keeping a cheesecake creamy and baking up a fruit pie. So there’s ...

While the turkey rests, use the juices in the roasting pan, along with more turkey or chicken stock, to make this gravy. You also need something to thicken the juices: cornstarch, potato starch, ...