Years ago, I was at a friend’s house and I wanted to make some chocolate chip cookies. When I went digging in her pantry, I found baking powder that had expired many, many years earlier.

You can make your own baking powder by combining 15ml/1tbsp bicarbonate of soda with 30ml/2tbsp cream of tartar. Measure carefully as too much or too little can upset a recipe’s balance.

Naan breads can be made with baking powder – and they’re soft, fluffy and really easy to make. For curries, of course. If you want the full package, this tinned lentil curry with easy naan is ...

Add Cream Of Tartar To Your Baking Soda To make your own baking powder, combine two parts cream of tartar with one part ...

Melinda Hills of OSU Extension, Wayne County, offers tips on making homemade bread. It's a good way to warm up the kitchen on ...

There was enough other flavour to mask the baking powder excess, so perhaps, in some cases, the textural benefit of an over-risen-super-fluffy scone outweighs the slightly odd flavour. To make ...

Grease two 8" cake tins/ or a rectangular cake tin will suffice. 2. Put the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar in a bowl. 3. Cut the shortening into the flour with two knives or use your hands to ...