Wheat flour with a variety of uses is known as all-purpose flour. It is ground from hard red wheat or a normal 80:20 mixture of hard and soft wheats.

All-purpose flour can be used to make bread, biscuits, pizza, cookies, muffins, and other baked products. Additionally, it is used to thicken sauces and gravies.

High gluten flour is also used in pizza crusts, pretzels, bagels, pasta, noodles, artisanal breads, and other similar wheat products.

Pastry flour is used in a number of daily used recipes like biscuits, cinnamon rolls, pancakes and pie crust dough. It is typically used for baking when baking powder or baking soda is the leavening agent.