Falafel
Air-Fryer Falafel Patties
Air FryermediumCleanup score 2 of 5
Baking
Baking powder: what it is, how to pick and store it
Baking soda with its own acid mixed in, so it lifts a batter without an acid ingredient. Most is double-acting: it bubbles once when wet and again in the oven.
How to pick it
Check the date: old baking powder makes flat cakes. To test it, stir ½ teaspoon into a little hot water; it should fizz right away.
How to store it
Lid on, in a cool, dry cupboard. Moisture uses it up.
Out of baking powder? What to use instead
- Baking soda + cream of tartar: ¼ tsp baking soda + ½ tsp cream of tartar for each 1 tsp baking powder. Rises the same if you don't let the batter sit.
- Baking soda + buttermilk or yogurt: ¼ tsp baking soda for each 1 tsp baking powder, and swap ½ cup of the recipe's milk for buttermilk or thinned yogurt. Good rise with a light tang.
- Self-rising flour: Use it for the flour and leave out the baking powder and salt. Each cup has about 1½ tsp baking powder and ¼ tsp salt built in, so it only fits recipes close to that ratio.
Baking powder: cups to grams
| Measure | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 221 g |
| ½ cup | 110 g |
| ⅓ cup | 74 g |
| ¼ cup | 55 g |
| 1 tablespoon | 14 g |
| 1 teaspoon | 4.6 g |
Weights from USDA FoodData Central. Baking powder: converter and grams to cups
Recipes with baking powder (32)
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Baked Oatmeal
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Blondies
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
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Scones
Cheddar Chive Buttermilk Scones
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Chocolate Cupcakes
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Scones
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Potato Latkes
Classic Crispy Potato Latkes
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Pound Cake
Classic Vanilla Butter Pound Cake
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Waffles
Crisp Classic Waffles
ClassiceasyCleanup score 2 of 5
Chicken Wings
Crispy Oven-Baked Honey Garlic Wings
Oven-Baked Honey GarliceasyCleanup score 3 of 5
More recipes with baking powder
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- Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
- Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
- Fluffy Gluten-Free Buttermilk Pancakes
- Fluffy Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream
- Glazed Blueberry Lemon Scones
- Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes
- Lemon Blueberry Muffins with Sugar Tops
- Lemon Cream Cheese Bundt Pound Cake
- Lemon Cut-Out Sugar Cookies with Lemon Glaze
- Moist Cinnamon Walnut Zucchini Bread
- One-Bowl Chocolate Sheet Cake with Fudgy Frosting
- Oven-Baked Gochujang-Honey Wings
- Soft Peanut Butter Cookies with a Fork Crosshatch
- Soft Sugar Cookies (No Rolling Pin Needed)
- Sweet Honey Cornbread with Honey Butter
- Two-Layer Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Yellow Birthday Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting
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Pick and store tips are in our own words. Storage times and safe temperatures are only shown where a U.S. government source gives them, named on each line; for anything not listed here, see USDA's FoodKeeper app.