How do you store your flour?

[twodogsandababy]

How do you store your flour/sugar/baking goods?

Canister sets seem like a good idea, but they are never big enough, and I don't want them on my counter.  I usually have several different types of flour and the bags are just making a mess. 

[KaraOrNot]

I have these OXO storage containers...

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We have several canisters big enough for a 5lb sack of flour. A few are like this: www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=14695141&RN=204&KSKU=112110&

And others are cheaper that have a gasket seal but tabs to hold the lid down. We just use office labels to indicate contents.

[rikki]

Mar 24, 2013 13:19:50 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

I have these OXO storage containers...

I have a set of 10 of these.  I love them! 

[mlvmd]

Ditto the OXO containers for all my baking goods. For pasta I have some OXO ones and some slightly cheaper knockoffs from IKEA.

[thatgirl2478]

plastic storage containers - they are rubbermaid & sold in a 3 pack @ walmart. The small one holds brown sugar, the medium one holds 5lbs of white sugar and the large one holds 5lbs of flour.

[Nonny]

In a canister in the pantry. We have a fairly large pantry, so I have a whole shelf dedicated to flours, sugars, chips, and other miscellaneous baking items.

[thedutchgirl]

Authentic Tupperware canister.

[chessie]

In cheap plastic containers that get stored in the fridge. I got them from the dollar store.

[Deleted]

I bought these on clearance at Dollar General for $1. I have a whole cabinet of them that I use for pasta, flours, grains, beans, etc. These are discontinued at my store, but they still had some other glass storage jars with a similar wide mouth. I haven't got around to making labels yet, unfortunately.

[anna7602]

I keep all flours (plain, buckwheat, quinoa, amaranth, millet and rice flour) in the freezer. It keeps bugs away and solves my storage problem at the same time. I do not have a dedicated pantry and my kitchen shelves are already overflowing with teas, spices, boxed pasta, etc.

[isabel]

For those of you looking for labels, I pinned these yesterday. I think they're pretty cute.

blog.worldlabel.com/2013/kitchen-spice-jar-pantry-organizing-labels.html

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Mar 24, 2013 13:52:22 GMT -5 thedutchgirl said:

Authentic Tupperware canister.

Same here.  I wouldn't store brown sugar in anything else.  It stays soft forever. 

[fakejew]

Plastic container in the fridge.  I only use ww flour so it needs to be kept cold to stop from going rancid.

[aurora]

Am I the only one who stores it in the bag it comes in? I guess we're fortunate we don't have much in the way of bugs or mold.

[audette]

In airtight plastic containers in a pantry-like location. The containers get washed each time I empty one, before refilling.

[Deleted]

Tupperware in the pantry.

[ladygrey]

Another vote for the OXO pop containers (I have ones designated for flour, white sugar, brown sugar, coffee, and rice). I keep them stored in my pantry cupboards, not on the counters.

[bostonmichelle]

I use the OXO brand canisters for sugar and fours.

[twodogsandababy]

Thanks! I've been looking at the OXO pop containers and they seem super expensive so I was nervous to get them. I have a baking cabinet where everything is kept, but the flour bags just spill and are messy and the sugar is kept in ziplocks, its a mess! I think I will go for the OXO ones!

[georgeharrison]

I store mine in gallon sized ziplock baggies in a drawer. I use to have canisters on the counter, but our kitchen is really small. Then, I had them stored in a high cupboard, but again, they took up too much room.

[dragonfly08]

We use two large plastic storage bins. I buy 25 lbs. of AP and 20 lbs. of WW flour at a time, so we need something big enough to empty each of those into.

[heygrey]

Mar 24, 2013 13:47:56 GMT -5 thatgirl2478 said:

plastic storage containers - they are rubbermaid & sold in a 3 pack @ walmart. The small one holds brown sugar, the medium one holds 5lbs of white sugar and the large one holds 5lbs of flour.

i have the same set up. the sugars stack together nicely next to the flour. works great! 

[moolarkey]

I use a large tupperware container and I keep it in a cupboard. I hate having stuff on my counters so I try to keep as little as possbiel on them.

I store flour, sugar, brown sugar in Tupperware containers, not because of bugs but for the flour & sugar I just hate the bags they come in, too easy to knock over & spill.  Brown sugar I seal in Tupperware to keep soft.

[awkwardpenguin]

I use gallon Ziplocs. It makes it so easy to scoop and level flour. I store them in a basket in the pantry.

[sporky]

Mar 24, 2013 15:07:26 GMT -5 aurora said:

Am I the only one who stores it in the bag it comes in? I guess we're fortunate we don't have much in the way of bugs or mold.

Nope. I keep mine in the original bags in the pantry too.

[lindyanne]

Mar 24, 2013 13:19:50 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

I have these OXO storage containers...

This

[noodleoo]

We use these:



From the Container Store.  4.2 quart size is big enough for a 5 lb bag of flour.  We keep it in our pantry.

www.containerstore.com/shop/kitchen/foodStorage/canisters?productId=10033113&N=74062

[moolarkey]

I tried the cearmic disk and didn't like the results. Possibly I wasn't soaking it enough or something, I don't know but I gave up and threw it out.

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Mar 24, 2013 15:07:26 GMT -5 aurora said:

Am I the only one who stores it in the bag it comes in? I guess we're fortunate we don't have much in the way of bugs or mold.

I stored it in the bags for years. One day I opened my pantry to find that grain bugs were in nearly every bag in the cabinet. Never again, it was so gross. Apparently all it takes is one infested bag.