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there's nothing wrong with all-purpose flour for baking bread, but flour with more gluten is better
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Penn, who served as a team captain for Carroll as a junior, has tallied 2,740 all-purpose yards and 50 touchdowns in his high school career.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
Running back Jamaal Charles scored five touchdowns and generated 215 all-purpose yards.
—Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
This vanilla wafer cake uses crushed up vanilla wafers instead of all-purpose flour to build the base of the cake.
—Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
Standard all-purpose mode was plenty powerful and responsive.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
Running back Jamaal Charles scored five touchdowns and generated 215 all-purpose yards.
—Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
This vanilla wafer cake uses crushed up vanilla wafers instead of all-purpose flour to build the base of the cake.
—Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
Standard all-purpose mode was plenty powerful and responsive.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-purpose. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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