Out of date strong flour ok to use?

[SolidGold]

We're going to make stollen tomorrow however my strong white flour was best before April 2013. Will it still be ok to use? I'm not usually a wimp about such things but don't want to waste all the other ingredients if its not going to be ok. On the other hand I hate throwing stuff away.

it will be fine

IME

it will be fine.
unless it's crawling with maggots

Check it's not wiggling - I had flour weevils once, ugh!

If it keeps still whilst you're weighing it, it's absolutely fine .

In fact I never buy IN date flour now - Approved Food all the way (they weren't responsible for the wiggly flour - that was years ago, & my fault for leaving a bag of flour in the cupboard of a slightly damp kitchen rather than decanting into a jar...)

Yes it will be fine as long as it doesn't have weevils. I had a whole cupboard infested with them once

Thanks. I'll check that it isn't wriggling before I use it

Sooooo ... Out of date dried fast action yeast ... Will that be ok too?

Not sure about the yeast - how out of date is it? It should be safe to use, but not sure if it'll still have the ability to make things rise.

Strangely it also has a best before date of April 2013!

Any idea how long stollen will keep and can I freeze it?

I wouldn't risk the yeast. I've had bad results with not long out of date yeast

Thanks. I was thinking the same.

april is close enough.
I would risk it.
I only use dried active yeast, though,and there the 'best before' date doesn't really make a difference. (but I usually use the sponge method).

Paul Hollywood made stollen on the christmas bake off special last night, and he said that, well wrapped, it would last for 6 days.
Looked gorgeous

Yes this is dry yeast too, but the one labelled fast action.

It's the recipe from GBBO last night that I want to try. I missed him saying it will last six days. I might wait til the weekend then.