2006-09-25 16:39:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
You have to have it...there is no substitute.
2006-09-25 17:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by EXPECTING 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do need something to help the cookies rise. I make a buttermilk pound cake that calls for 1/2tsp baking soda mixed with 1 cup buttermilk, well I hate the mess it makes when mixed together so I substituted the soda with 1 tsp baking powder, blending it with the other dry ingredients and the cake turned out just fine. It looked and tasted just like the ones I had made with the soda. I make the cake that way all the time now. Cookies don't have to rise as much as a cake does and if I were you I would go for it. Good luck
2006-09-26 01:45:02 · answer #2 · answered by KieKie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baking soda is four times as strong as baking powder — so if your recipe calls for 1 teaspoon of baking soda, you would need four teaspoons of baking powder to produce the same amount of lift. Unfortunately, though, it’s not that simple.
Baking powder is made of baking soda and exactly the right amount of acid to react with the soda (it also includes corn starch to keep the ingredients from prematurely reacting in the privacy of their container). So if your recipe already has acidic ingredients that were going to neutralize the baking soda called for, you are adding other ingredients that may not sit well with them.
Substituting for a lack of baking powder is very easy: 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar (ignoring the cornstarch) for each teaspoon of baking powder required.
We’ve looked in dozens of books to be sure, but no one provides information for the reverse procedure — substituting baking powder when you don’t have soda on hand. To do so, you would have to consider the acidic ingredients in the recipe, and perhaps reengineer the recipe to replace them with more neutral ingredients (using whole milk instead of buttermilk, perhaps). But at that point, you would see, it would be easier and probably a lot more successful to pick up a box of baking soda.
2006-09-26 00:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by A B 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope...you need baking soda. sorry. Don't ruin your recipe by trying something else...I did that once!
2006-09-25 23:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by Dorothy 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if you can substitute with seltzer or club soda - also, I couldn't guess the amounts... sorry.
2006-09-26 02:18:19 · answer #5 · answered by JubJub 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, you need it. check your fridge?
2006-09-26 00:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by cryllie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well you could try flour.
2006-09-25 23:47:12 · answer #7 · answered by dancingwiththestars 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋