Mix up this baking essential — or a good substitute — in minutes. Stacey Ballis is a novelist, cookbook author, and food writer with 20 years of experience. She has authored a cookbook called "Big ...

Almost every cook has faced this scenario: You're following a recipe that requires baking powder but you only have baking soda. What do you do? Can you substitute? Or this one: You haven't baked for a ...

"Baking soda spreads, baking powder puffs," is the rule I learned in Home Ec class. But is it true? Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Medically reviewed by Carolyn O'Neil, MS, RDN A well-stocked pantry ...

You can't have one without the other, but they're not the same. When it comes to baking powder and baking soda, you can't have one (powder) without the other (soda). But that doesn't mean they're ...