all purpose flour and self rising flour...?

Question

im making cookie that calls for all purpose flour, but i ran out. can i use self rising flour instead? can i also use self rising flour on muffins? whats the different between them?! and do i still need to add baking powder into my cookies if im using self rising flour?! help!! im so clueless

my cookies needs 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour... can i use self rising flour for that?

Answer 1

no flours are not interchangable because you will get different results if you use differernt flours. unless you know the results that u want in a product. an example would be using cake flour for muffins instead of all purpose flour, this will give u cake like muffins. if a recipie calls for a certain flour u should use that flour.
self rising flour is flour that helps to make your product rise with out the help of other ingreidients.
all purpose flour is called all purpose because you can use it for any recipie. it's the flour that is used the most in home recipies. if the recipie calls for self rising flour and baking powder add them both, but if it calls for one it shouldnt for the other because self rising flour already has the addition of that ingriedient
Never omit or interchange ingriedients unless you know what your doing or what to expect of the results of your product. most recipies dont call for self rising flour, if they do it's usually a bread product.

Answer 2

I used to cook a lot and I'd only use the self rising when the directions call for it, however, if you have no other option you can use it but make sure you do 2 things-- 1.) shake the box of self rising flour and 2.) leave out all other levening ingredients! lol This should work fine as a "rock and a hard place" solution. Usually I keep a big bag of flour in my freezer since I never use it, but when I do need it, it's always there. HAPPY BAKING!

Answer 3

If you are using self rising flour, omit the baking powder and salt. The difference between all purpose and self rising is simply that. Self rising has baking powder and salt in it.

Answer 4

You better not use self raising flour instead of all purpose. Self raising flour has baking powder and salt in it and I don't think that cookies need baking powder. I myself never use self raising flour (it's not that I don't like SRF, there are just no SRF in Hanoi :( ), I usually use all purpose flour and add salt & baking powder if needed (there are always instructions, so it's easy).

Answer 5

self rising has baking powder and salt already in it. not sure if you can substitute and get a good result. does the self rising have a cookie recipe on it that you can use? if not i wouldnt switch out with out haveing a back up plan.

Answer 6

self rising has baking powder and or baking soda. You need to use what the recipe calls for. take it from me it makes a difference.

Answer 7

The only difference is baking powder.