How to Care for Pastry Cloths

Anyone who has ever rolled out pastry dough on a counter top or other flat surface knows what a chore it can be to clean up. Flour scattered everywhere, lumps of dough stuck to the counter -- cleanup can take as long as it took to make the dough. Using a pastry cloth makes cleaning up after rolling out pastry dough a breeze. The cloth stretches out over a flat surface and dusting flour is placed into and onto the cloth. When done, the pastry cloth is simply picked up and put away until next time, leaving a spotless surface behind. Pastry cloths should be cleaned periodically to prevent the formation of bacteria from moisture and fats that can build up in the cloth.