Mama's Tip of the Day

What the heck is Wondra??!

Well, basically, it's flour. It's fine-milled, quick dissolving flour that's GREAT when you're making sauces and gravies. Two if the biggest problems people run into when making homemade sauces are lumps and chalkiness. Wondra helps eliminate these two.

Lumps come from adding too much flour too quickly and not giving it enough time to absorb the moisture in your sauce before mixing it in. Since the Wondra dissolves quickly and comes in it's own fancy-schmancy little shaker (therefore going into your sauce in smaller particles), it doesn't lump up the way regular all-purpose flour can.

Chalkiness come from not cooking the sauce long enough after flour is added (or cornstarch, if you're going that route instead). Because of Wondra's small particle size, it doesn't need to cook as long (hardly at all, really) before the chalky consistency and taste disappear.