Did you know you can make your own baking powder? I tend to make my own quite a bit, especially when I don’t want to make a trip to the shop. Depending on how much you are needing, here are a few recipes that will help you.

Make Your Own Baking Powder

You can use this recipe to make you own baking powder when you run out, if you are a gluten-free family or if you are trying to eliminate aluminium from your diet. Yes, there is aluminium in some baking powders.

To make baking powder, you will need:

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp arrowroot powder / cornstarch (your preference)

Mix all the ingredients together and use as needed. This makes 1 TBSP of baking powder. Store in an air-tight container.

Pretty much, you will need to use equal amounts of bicarb soda and arrowroot powder / cornstarch and twice as much cream of tartar, making it easy to adjust the ratios if you need to make a larger batch.

So therefore to make ¼ cup of Baking Powder, you will nee:

1 TBSP bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
2 TBSP cream of tartar
1 TBSP arrowroot powder / cornstarch

Mix all the ingredients together and use as needed. Store in an air-tight container.

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