[header] How to sift flour [title] Take note of the wording in your recipe. [step] One important item to address before you start is the wording in your recipe with regards to sifting. [substeps] Sometimes the recipe will call for " 1 cup of flour, sifted ". 
When this is the case, you can simply scoop 1 cup of flour out of the bag and sift it afterwards. However, some recipes call for " 1 cup of sifted flour ".