After freezing flour, drying?

[ArmyOfFive4God]

How long after pulling flour from the freezer do you allow it to dry & HOW before vaccing it or storing it with O2Abs.?

[Cricket]

I give it a couple days on the kitchen counter. I want to make sure there is no condensation after I put it in plastic for storage.

[ArmyOfFive4God]

IN the bags?

[Cricket]

Yup. In the original bag. I then seal bag and all into plastic using my Foodsaver. The only drawback is that it compresses the flour, so you really do need to sift it later.

[One Frugal Mom]

I guess I am the odd one.... I have never put my flour in the freezer before storing.

 

I have large zip-loc baggie type bags that I can put 4 5 lb. bags of flour in....and I have not had any problems. The longest I have stored flour this way is about 13 months...maybe that makes a difference.

[ArmyOfFive4God]

THNX so much Cricket!

 

Molly, I'm hoping to store these for at least a couple of years. I don't freeze my flour that I keep in my kitchen bucket, & I go thru that like crazy.

[Fritz_Monroe]

Where do you get these big bags? What I do now is seal it via the Food Saver. I then freeze it for a week. Let it thaw and put into storage.

[Darlene]

There's been discussion in the past here about how freezing it will kill the bugs, but that the eggs can survive that, so I think it was westie that was in the process of doing some research on how to let it stand at room temperature for a period of time, and then re-freezing it one more time.

 

I'm like One Frugal Mom though, I usually don't freeze any of mine.

[One Frugal Mom]

Originally Posted By: Fritz_Monroe

Where do you get these big bags? What I do now is seal it via the Food Saver. I then freeze it for a week. Let it thaw and put into storage.

I wish I could tell you where I got them....but I do not remember. I have about 50 that I use and re-use over and over, since I am not putting liguid in them.

I will ask my DH and see if he remembers.