Learn how to make classic baking powder biscuits—simple, quick bread perfect for breakfast or lunch, with clear steps and tips.

Has this happened? You're getting ready to bake a few dozen cookies. You’re pulling out the ingredients, and you see it calls for baking powder and baking soda. But you only have one. Now you’re ...

Baking powder is a leavening agent that increases the volume and lightens the texture of baked goods. It's used in most baked goods such as cakes, cookies, pancakes, and even batter for frying. If you ...

A: The quick answer is that both are used as a leavener, the agent that causes a dough or batter to rise. But the difference is in how they are activated. A small amount of baking soda (sodium ...

High altitudes make cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This ...