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With extra time on their hands, many people have found comfort in the rituals of baking and bread-making. And how else can they make their cakes, cookies, bagels, and sourdough without the two magic ingredients, flour and yeast?
For weeks, grocery store aisles were wastelands stripped of flour, yeast, and other baking essentials. Meanwhile, online stores faced similar demand or only offered options with severely inflated prices. King Arthur Flour, the nation's oldest flour company, says in March 2020 it sold 268% more bags of all-purpose flour than the same month last year.
Right now, it can still be difficult to find flour. Your best bet is to go directly to an artisanal mill, a specialty food shop, or an online grocer. We also recommend checking with your local bakery or restaurants to see if they're selling flour.
If you don't feel like making something entirely from scratch, you can still make good use of your oven with these convenient baking kits.
Here's where to buy flour online right now. Our favorite places include: - Nuts.com: In addition to its namesake, Nuts.com sells tons of other dry goods including baking supplies. It currently has bread flour and cake flour in stock along with several other specialty and gluten-free flours. Shipping is free for orders over $59. Otherwise, shipping is $6.99.
- Webstaurant Store: If you're looking to buy in bulk, this is the spot. Webstaurant Store — which supplies both restaurants and individual customers alike — has a large selection of flour in 25-lb and 50-lb bags at good bulk prices. Shipping is based on weight and distance.
- Thrive Market: Thrive Market sells natural and organic products at wholesale prices. As of now, all types of flour, from organic bread flour to sprouted garbanzo bean flour, are back in stock. Thrive Market is membership-based and costs $9.94 a month. Read our review here.