Pillsbury’s Best

A Saving of One-Fifth Flour. Pillsbury’s Best Flour is the cheapest flour also with which to make Pies and Cakes. Pastry recipes usually are made for flour containing much less gluten than does Pillsbury’s Best Flour. In following recipes, except such as are made especially for Pillsbury’s Best Flour, use one-fifth less flour than such … Read more

At the A Mill Then and Now

The Pillsbury A Mill, situated along Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held the title of largest flour mill in the world for 40 years. Completed in 1881, the building housed two of the most powerful direct-drive waterwheels ever built, each generating 1,200 horsepower.The building was added to the National Register … Read more