Cooking Sessions
Start a cooking session on any recipe and Flour Power becomes your kitchen companion. Step-by-step guidance, built-in timers, and ingredient check-off — so you can focus on cooking, not the screen.
Step-by-Step Mode
Navigate through each instruction one step at a time. No more scrolling up and down to find your place mid-cook. Tap to advance, tap to go back.
Built-In Timers
AI extracts timing information from your recipe instructions and surfaces them as tap-to-start timers. "Bake for 35 minutes" becomes a real timer, right in the step.
Ingredient Check-Off
Check off ingredients as you measure and prep them. No more second-guessing whether you already added the salt. The ingredient list updates visually as you work through it.
Pause & Resume
Life interrupts cooking. Flour Power saves your session progress automatically. Close the app and come back hours later — your checked ingredients and completed steps are right where you left them.
How a Cooking Session Works
Open any recipe and tap "Start Cooking"
Available on every recipe in your collection — imported, manually created, or shared by a family member. One tap switches to cooking mode.
Check off ingredients as you prep
Work through the ingredient list before you start cooking. Tap each ingredient as you measure it. Scale servings here too — the quantities update instantly.
Cook step by step
The recipe displays one instruction at a time. When a step has a timer — "simmer for 10 minutes," "rest for 5 minutes" — a tap-to-start button appears. Start it without leaving the step.
Finish and leave a note
When the last step is done, mark the session complete. Add a quick note — "added extra garlic," "cooked 5 minutes longer" — so next time you remember exactly what worked.
Everything Included in Cooking Sessions
Common Questions
Can I pause a cooking session and come back later?
Yes. Progress is saved automatically. Close the app, switch to another recipe, or pick it back up the next day — your checked ingredients and completed steps are exactly where you left them.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes — iOS, Android, and in the browser. The step-by-step view is designed for single-hand use while your other hand is busy cooking.
Can I scale the recipe mid-session?
Yes. Adjust servings at any point and all ingredient quantities update instantly — without losing your current step or progress.
Is Cooking Sessions available on the free tier?
Yes. Cooking Sessions is available on all tiers including free. The built-in timer extraction requires a Premium subscription (it uses AI), but you can start and track sessions with any account.
Built for Families Too
Any family member can start a cooking session on any family recipe. When Dad starts cooking Sunday's roast from the shared family cookbook, everyone can see it's in progress. Session notes accumulate over time — a shared recipe gets better with every cook who adds their observations. Learn more about family sharing.
Cook With More Confidence
Step-by-step mode, timers, and ingredient check-off — on any recipe, any device. Free to start.