Experts recommend an encapsulated baking powder or baking soda as a protective mechanism for chemical leavening stability.

They are also what make it rise in the absence of other leavening agents. My sourdough starter, affectionately deemed the ...

Sometimes a recipe will call for both, other times it lists one, but rarely does it omit the category of leavening agents altogether. (Yeast, by the way, is also a leavening agent.) While these fine ...

Well, yes and no. According to Biscuit People: “The biscuit draws its name from the main leavening agent used in ...

Sourdough is the oldest kind of leavened bread in recorded history, and people have been eating it for thousands of years.

Make the cookie dough. Cream softened unsalted butter and sugar together, then add room-temperature sour cream, an egg, and ...

She’s got a kid (Ellis Myers). So there’s an emotional pull, too, leavening all the cynical gags that teeter deliciously on ...

What’s the purpose of such extreme behavior? The Torah states that a Jew who eats leavening on Passover cuts himself off from the Jewish People (Exodus 12:15). So it makes sense to get all of ...

The yellow caps indicate that the soda is kosher, or fit, to drink on the Jewish holiday of Passover. It's made with sucrose ...

Those recipes where egg whites are carefully folded in, or whipped eggs function as the leavening agent in any way are better to leave out of the blender. Look for cake recipes that use chemical ...