How to make your own Baking Powder

[SCinPNW]

To make your own Baking Powder:

1 tsp. of Baking Soda
2 tsp. of Cream of Tartar

Mix thoroughly and then it is ready to use in any recipe. It is not recommended that you make up a lot of it at a time because with out the cornstartch it will not keep well, it tends to harden.

Why be able to make your own baking powder? Because baking powder does not keep indefinitely, however, from what I have read, both baking soda and cream of tartar can be kept indefinitely when stored seperately in air tight containers away from high heat.

To test the vitality of your baking soda, mix 1/4 tsp. of baking soda to 1 tsp. of vinegar. If it bubbles, it is still good.

For bulk purchases of Cream of Tartar I would look online. I purchased mine from Penzy's Spices. And my Baking soda came from Costco in the large bag.

I hope this is helpful to others in their food storage. With Baking Powder you can make a plethora of items very easily and quickly.

Cheers,
SC

[Metal]

Thank you for the great tip.

[RunAndGun]

Thank you so much for that info! I knew that baking powder had a shelf life and it really bothered me not being able to LTS it. Thanks again!

[SCinPNW]

I am happy to know that it was useful info for you both.

SC

[Ruthmary]

Does anyone know how to make Baking Soda and Cream of Tartar from scratch? When and where were these discovered/invented?

[monkeybird]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_bicarbonate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_bitartrate

Thanks for the question. It made me interested enough to google it. Who knew that cream of tarter was a product of wine fermentation!!

[1Admin]

Excellent, thank you.

Baking powder doesn't store very well.

[Ruthmary]

Thanks for that, monkeybird. I should have googled it myself. It doesn't look like it is something which is easy to make at home. I wonder how many people in a PAW would have the skills to make things like Sodium Bicarbonate and Cream of Tartar? I often wonder how things that we take for granted now will be sourced if everything falls apart.