Help! Recipe question.

[edwardina]

Okay, crap. I have everything that the sugar cookie recipe calls for except baking powder. I feel like a real nerd, because I tossed out an unopened tin of it when we moved, because I'd never used it. *sigh* I have baking soda, but have no idea if this might be an acceptable substitution ... Help?

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[edwardina]

Thank you. I'm not sure if that will work, though, because there isn't really any liquid in the recipe to decrease the volume of to compensate ... Hrm.

[celticcowboy68]

Google says you can't. Baking soda doesn't have the acids that powder does. You have to add cream of tartar and possibly a little cornstarch to the soda to get the same thing.

http://home.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=question57.htm&url=http://www.joyofbaking.com/bakingsoda.html

Good luck.

[edwardina]

Aw, boogers. I guess I won't be baking anything before I see the chiro, then. If it costs, like, the change I have left in my change purse, maybe I can pick some up baking powder on the way home. Oy.

This sure is reinforcement for my "never throw anything away" neurosis!

[scotticher]

They are two totally different things....aren't they?

[edwardina]

Yeah. They're both used for leavening, but apparently one has acid and one doesn't. I solved the problem, though: I called my mommy, and she's bringing some.

I look forward to being a grown-up someday.