A dessert recipe requires 3/4 cups of flour, divided. If 1/4 cup of flour is needed for the crumble on top of the dessert, how much flour is used in the body of the dessert? Express your answer in the simplest terms.
If 1/4 cup of flour is needed for the crumble on top of the dessert, then 3/4 - 1/4 = 3/4 - 1/4 = 2/4 cup of flour is used in the body of the dessert.
2/4 can be simplified to 1/2, so the flour used in the body of the dessert is 1/2 cup. Answer: \boxed{\frac{1}{2}}.