It often happens that recipes indicate the use of baking powder, but what if it was not at hand? Can baking powder be replaced with baking soda, if so, in what proportion? How to mix and store homemade baking powder? We will tell you more about this in more detail.
Purpose of baking powder
Baking powder is used for the dough to provide it with a porous and airy texture. Baking powder is usually suitable for tough and heavy doughs such as shortbread. Contrary to popular belief, baking powder is not used in biscuit dough. In real biscuit dough, mixed according to all principles, air gives porosity.
A baking powder made in accordance with the proportions, unlike soda, will not taste bitter in the dough and will completely react without residue. Whereas soda can clump and grind on your teeth.
Dishes
For mixing, you will need absolutely dry dishes, as the ingredients of the baking powder can instantly react if moisture enters. The presence of an inert substance such as flour or starch physically separates the acid and alkali particles from each other so that they do not react prematurely.
Prepare a dry teaspoon and a perfectly dry jar with a tight-fitting lid. Better to take a jar with a lapped lid. In this case, moisture from the air is guaranteed not to get into the mixture.
Baking powder proportions
In fact, making a baking powder for dough at home is very simple. To do this, mix the available products such as flour or starch, citric acid and soda.
Advice. For more moisture absorption, place a lump of refined sugar in a container with baking powder. Change the sugar to new sugar periodically.
Measure 12 teaspoons of flour or starch with a dry clean spoon, add 5 teaspoons of soda and 3 teaspoons of citric acid (fine). Close the lid tightly, shake the jar to mix the contents thoroughly.
Advice. In order for the mixture to mix, use a larger jar, and for storage, pour into a smaller jar with a tightly lapped lid.
Where and how much to store
The resulting baking powder has no expiration date, while the amount received may be quite enough for a calendar year. Remove baking powder for storage in a dark place where there is no excess moisture condensation and the air is dry.
Add the baking powder obtained at home for the dough in accordance with the recipe, while putting it directly into the flour.
