The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

(Nandana) #1
(full-fat   or
skim)

whisked together
with ⅓ cup milk

Sour
Cream

½   cup sour    cream
whisked together
with ½ cup milk

Crème
Fraîche

½   cup crème   fraîche
whisked together
with ½ cup milk

SUBSTITUTING BAKING SODA


FOR BAKING POWDER


Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. It reacts with


liquid acids immediately upon contact to produce
carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide gets trapped within
batters and expands upon baking, leavening your
pancakes and other quick breads. Because baking
soda reacts immediately, quick breads made with it
must be baked or cooked right after mixing. And
because of its alkalinity, baking soda can also hasten

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