Wheat flour vs wheat starch?

Can somebody tell me what the difference is between wheat flour and wheat starch? Can I use wheat starch instead of wheat flour and vice versa when baking?

Erin

wheat starch is just that, starch. It can be used as a thickening agent similar to corn starch etc Even though it has been made from the same grain as wheat flour, it has gone through extra processing to obtain just the starch component of the grain. So it wouldn't be recommended to use on its own when baking, wheat starch doesn't have the glutinous properties (Sticky/Stretchy etc) required to get the desired results when baking in comparison to that of wheat flour. Hope this helps.

Lilli-Belle Mason

Good explanation Erin

Nugget

Thank you so much for such a detailed response :-)

MrsJ 03

They aren't the same thing and you can't use them interchangeably just like you wouldn't use corn starch instead of corn flour.