When a recipe calls for powdered sugar or flour sifted, do you measure it out first, then sift before mixing....or do you measure it out after its been sifted???
I recall hearing that if the word is before like 1 c sifted flour - then you sift then measure. Or it would be 1 c flour sifted then you measure and then sift. Hope this helps!
Agree. That's how we were taught when a Home Ec class was still called "Home Ec"! 
As a beginner , I am wondering what difference it makes ? Seems ok for me either way ?
If you measure one cup of flour ... then sift it .... then measure one cup of the sifted flour ..... you'll have about 2 teaspoons or 2 Tablespoons (can't remember which) of flour left over.
Had to teach an (ex) sister in law this once when she complained that she couldn't make a certain recipe and how hers tasted too heavy. She then confessed that "Oh I don't sift! That doesnt' make any difference!" Well, with 4 cups of flour, she was adding about 8 more spoons of flour to the mixture! When I pointed that out and showed her that why it was coming out "heavy", she got it.
So yes .... when measuring it out, sifting DOES make a difference.
As a beginner , I am wondering what difference it makes ? Seems ok for me either way ?
1 cup of sifted flour means sift flour direct into your cup. 1 cup flour, sifted means scoop or spoon 1 cup of flour then sift it to add air. Problem is they weigh totally different, possibly as much as 1 oz! That's why weighing is the preferred method, because 7 oz sifted flour weighs the same as 7 oz flour, sifted.
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