Mix up this baking essential — or a good substitute — in minutes. Stacey Ballis is a novelist, cookbook author, and food writer with 20 years of experience. She has authored a cookbook called "Big ...

You only need two ingredients to make this baking staple. It happens to the best of us. You're at the grocery store buying ingredients for a baked good recipe, and you assume you have all the staples.

Knowing the difference between the two matters a lot while baking and cooking. Here's how to use baking soda and baking ...

Almost every cook has faced this scenario: You're following a recipe that requires baking powder but you only have baking soda. What do you do? Can you substitute? Or this one: You haven't baked for a ...

Baking soda and baking powder are both used in baking, but they are not interchangeable. Baking soda and baking powder are both common leavening agents for quick breads, cakes, cookies, and more. Both ...