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How to Make Self Rising Flour, Baking Powder, and a Substitute for Whipping Cream

March 2, 2011 by Alea Milham 7 Comments

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How to make Baking Powder

On Saturday, Vickie shared a recipe for biscuits that only required 2 ingredients: self-rising flour and whipping cream. I really wanted to try them, but I didn’t have self-rising flour and I definitely didn’t want to go out in the snow to get it, so I decided to make my own self-rising flour.

How to Make Self Rising Flour
 
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Author: Alea
Recipe type: Baking
Ingredients
  • 2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons of baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
Directions
  1. Sift the ingredients to thoroughly combine.
  2. Store unused portion in an airtight container.
Notes
This recipe can be halved or doubled depending on your baking needs.
3.1.09

 

Don’t have baking powder on hand? You can make that too!

How to Make Baking Powder (Recipe)

1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar

Mix the ingredients thoroughly.

Let’s say that hypothetically, you only had cake flour on hand but you want to make self-rising flour or just do some baking with a recipe that calls for all-purpose flour. I say hypothetically because what weirdo would keep cake flour on hand, but not all-purpose flour?

How to Substitute Cake Flour for All-Purpose Flour

For each cup of all-purpose flour substitute 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of cake flour.

So what if you had whipping cream, but a handsome man talked you into using it to top a pie, leaving you without whipping cream for Sunday Morning Biscuits?

Substitute for Whipping Cream

1/3 cup melted butter
3/4 cup milk

Stir melted butter and milk together until combined. Yields 1 cup. This substitution works well when baking, but you cannot make whipped cream with it.

And what if after your 3 year old rolled out the dough, you remember that you don’t have a biscuit cutter. Or that you do, but it is out in the sand box which is covered with snow!
make do biscuit cutter

A glass works well as an improvised biscuit cutter.

I will let you decide how many substitutions were used in making 2 (or 5) Ingredient Biscuits.

What are your favorite make-do tips?

This post is linked to Frugal Tuesday Tip, Works For Me Wednesday and  Frugal Friday.

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Gwyneth says

    September 4, 2017 at 1:19 pm

    Love this ,thank you ,

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  2. Jackie says

    July 25, 2011 at 3:31 am

    Great tips!Especially the one for Self-rising flour. It’s so expensive in the grocery stores! Now I can make my own with the ingredients I have in my cabinet. Thanks again!

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  3. Julia in West Des Moines says

    March 10, 2011 at 2:24 am

    where is the like button for blog posts? great tips!

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  4. ~Sara says

    March 9, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Great post!! I used to always run to the store if I ran out of something. Now I go to Betty Crocker or the internet to see what I can make do with. My favorite substitute has gotta be buttermilk. 1 T of lemon juice and then fill to 1 cup line with milk.

    Thanks for linking to Frugal Tuesday Tip!! Have a great week.

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  5. Jane Anne says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    I love this info, especially the self rising flour recipe. So helpful! I never buy self rising flour but I occasionally find a recipe that I'd try if I had it on-hand.

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  6. Mom2fur says

    March 2, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    This is great! I'm going to bookmark these tips. They'll really come in handy in the future. Thanks!

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  7. vickie says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:56 am

    They look great -You are not going to believe this but I forgot to buy self rising flour and I have no whipping cream Ta Da I can still make my biscuits! I'm making them today!
    I think the sub for whipping cream would definetely be cheaper. Thanks for the help
    Vickie

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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