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 ...

Food writer Jane Lear swears by a DIY baking powder blend for her favorite buttermilk biscuit recipe, which comes from the Southern chef Scott Peacock, co-author with Edna Lewis of a beautiful ...

Baking may seem like magic sometimes, but it's actually science! Just consider baking powder and baking soda for a moment. These chemical leaveners are the reason your baked goods like homemade cakes, ...

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 ...

You only need two ingredients to make this baking staple. It happens to the best of us. You're at the grocery store buying ingredients for a baked good recipe, and you assume you have all the staples.