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(Baking Powder) Baking powder is used in baking non-yeast breads, cakes, and
muffins, and causes the dough to rise by producing tiny bubbles of carbon
dioxide that get trapped in the dough, just as yeast does. It is a leavening
agent composed of different chemical formulations of an acid salt (various), and
an alkaline salt, usually baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). There are two types
of baking powder: single acting, which contain such chemicals as calcium
hydrogen tartrate (cream of tarter), calcium phosphate, or calcium citrate,
which begins to work at room temperature as soon as the wet ingredients are
added to the dry ingredients; and double acting, which also reacts at higher
temperatures during the baking process, and usually contain an aluminum salt,
such as calcium aluminum phosphate, which may be harmful to health because of
its aluminum content. To keep baking powder fresh and to prevent the moisture
in the air from starting the chemical reaction, it is best to store baking
powder in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator or freezer. If you
wish to avoid the aluminum, and use only the single acting baking powder, a less
expensive substitute can be used: for every teaspoon of baking powder called for
in the the recipe, add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the dry ingredients, and
1-1/2 teaspoons of lemon juice or vinegar to the wet ingredients. Happy baking!
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The above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31): 'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!