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The Vintage Flour That Disappeared From Kitchens Over The Years By Cassie Womack Oct. 12, 2025 2:00 pm EST

Struggling to replicate Grandma's silky-smooth gravies? You might be missing a key ingredient. Wondra flour, an ultra-fine flour, that used to be an American pantry staple . Now, it's largely forgotten. You've probably seen Wondra flour before, but it's easy to overlook. The flour is sold in blue cardboard shakers featuring an image of a gravy boat on the front, making it appear more like an instant gravy or seasoning blend than flour. Though it's not an instant gravy mix, it may actually be the ingredient your homemade gravy has been begging for.

Wondra is a type of flour called instant flour, which is named for its ability to dissolve, well, instant

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