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I use baking powder - I had always thought that baking powder actually contained baking soda - and it does, apparently! Read this link: http://chemistry.about.com/cs/foodchemistry/f/blbaking.htm
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I don't know why you don't like using it as there is baking soda in baking powder so you are using it anyway. But they each have their own use depending on what foods you are cooking or baking with. Baking powder works best when there is mild acidic foods like chocolate, molasses, citrus juice, sour cream, buttermilk, brown sugar among others. Baking powder has both baking soda and the acid needed to activate it combined plus some cornstarch and cream of tartar. Maybe you are using too much baking soda and not carefully measuring. Baking soda is four times stronger than baking powder because it doesn't have that acid element in it and needs to have it in the other ingredients. No acid, no rise. Not enough acid, not enough rise. And using too much baking powder is bad as well. If those bubbles that make it rise get too big, too many, they fall, collapse and it sinks fast. So many recipes need to add both to rise properly.
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My mother used to make peanut butter cookies that were not flat and were crumbly. would it be using both baking soda and baking powder in the recipe that made the difference between that kind of peanut butter cookie and the flat chewy kind?
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There is a pH difference between baking soda and baking powder, so it will affect the recipe.
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baking soda is more of a preservative. My grandmother usually never uses as much as you need or none at all. You can experiement, but I'm almost positive your baked goods won't last as long without it.
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A lot of people make the mistake of cooking with the baking powder they store in the Fridge for odor control. If that is you, No wonder you dont like to cook with it. Use fresh BP and make sure you dont use too much. It will be salty and Rise too fast and fall. Making a big clump intead of light and fluffy.
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