Questions tagged [baking-soda]
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What is the difference between baking soda and baking powder?
And can I use one in place of the other in certain recipes?
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Substitution for baking soda in pancakes
I attempted to make pancakes this morning, only to discover that I was out of baking soda. I tried substituting baking powder, but it didn't work at all. The pancakes didn't bubble on the griddle, and ...
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How should baking soda be used to tenderize meat?
At some Chinese restaurants, I've had beef dishes where the meat was unusually tender. It also has a somewhat unusual texture, which is hard to describe. I understand that this is a result of using ...
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Can/should I use baking soda when cooking beans?
My recipe for hummus says to cook the garbanzo beans with a little baking soda to soften them. Does this work with other legumes?
I've often seen the advice against salting the cooking water for ...
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If I can't find baking soda or baking powder, what should I do?
Suppose I'm somewhere where stores don't seem to stock baking soda or baking powder. Are there other names either of those might be sold under? Or are there things I could substitute?
Related:
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Interpreting a recipe from Mrs Beeton: "carbonate of soda"
Prompted by a discussion at English.se I may be going to make Mrs Beeton's soda biscuits recipe:
SODA BISCUITS.
INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of flour, 1/2 lb. of pounded loaf sugar, 1/4 lb. of fresh butter, 2 ...
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How to make baking soda
I'm in a place where buying baking soda is proving to be quite difficult*, so I was looking for substitutions, and it seems there really aren't any. So this got me thinking: Baking soda is made (or ...
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Why should I boil pretzels in baking soda water before baking?
This weekend I made pretzels from Alton Brown's recipe.
This recipe, and others I've seen, call for dipping the pretzels one by one in boiling water with baking soda for 30 to 60 seconds.
I assume ...
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Can I store dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, etc) together?
I am planning on making a bunch of gingerbread this year, the recipe I use takes both baking powder and baking soda. In order to cut down on dishes and time I thought I might mix all of the dry ...
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How do I bake chocolate chip cookies like Subway?
I want a chocolate chip cookie like the ones Subway has. Those cookies have a smooth top and chewy texture.
I have a recipe for 3/4 cup fat, 0.5 cup sugar 0,5 cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup flour, 1 egg, 2 ...
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Replacements for baking soda in a cake
Sometimes I wish to bake a cake, but the country where I am in doesn't have baking soda. I have tried using actual soda, but this has limited success and the cake tends to just rise and then fall.
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How can I tell if this is baking soda or powder?
Sure it'd be easier and cheap to just buy new soda and powder but I'm curious.
I had a jar of either baking soda or powder. The marker with which I'd labeled it rubbed off during a house move and I ...
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Baking soda as a substitute for baking powder
I am making a pancake recipe that calls for 2 teaspoons of baking powder, which I do not have.
I was wondering if it would be ok to use baking soda as a substitute, and if so, how much would I need ...
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How long does bicarbonate soda (baking soda) keep?
I am thinking of baking biscuits for presents for Christmas.
However, the recipe calls for baking soda, and I cook from scratch fairly rarely, so I'm worried the leftover bicarb will go strange in my ...
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Will frozen mangos work as a substitute for apples?
So, I have an old box of Koopman Oud-Hollandse Appelkaneel cake mix, which lists on its ingredients "Raising Agents 450 and 500", and looking online, it appears that Raising Agent 500 is ...
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Storing Baking Soda
How can I store baking soda outside of the box it comes in? I buy baking soda in the orange box all the time however, I don't use it that often but hate leaving it in that box. Is there a proper way ...
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How are chemical leaveners affected by moisture and cool temperature?
This is maybe a more precise way of asking, "what happens to left over batter in the fridge?" This question might have to approached per leavening agent.
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Effect of undutched cocoa on baking
I'm trying to add unsweetened non-dutched cocoa powder to a biscotti recipe (this one).
I've read that this type of cocoa is strongly acidic. Will I need to make any changes to the quantities of ...
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Can I make any modern improvements to this Russian cake recipe from 1971?
I found a recipe in a 1971 Russian booklet on holiday recipes, (see it below). I translated it to English. My questions about the recipe will be these:
are there any advancements known to culinary ...
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