Baking soda and baking powder are two common cooking ingredients. Is there a difference between the two products? Can you substitute them in recipes? Can you use one to make the other? Find the answers...
Difference Between Baking Soda & Baking Powder
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide February 11, 2004
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Comments
thanks .my coconut cookies taste like cake .what if i didnt add baking soda ?
I am baking cookies and my recipe call for baking soda. I only have baking powder. Can I
use baking powder instead of soda?
hey thanks my cookies taste like heaven in the summer breeze.
Hi. recipe calls for 1 TB baking powder and 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda. I HAVE BAKING SODA but not baking powder. Can I omit the baking powder? Will the pumpkin loafs rise?