It is time to cook some of your favorite muffins or bread and you look at the recipe to see that you need baking soda. You thinking, " Baking soda. Baking soda...do I even have that? I have baking powder" (NOT the same!!) Then you look in the fridge--I don't know why that's were I always look first. Then fly through cabinets when you have your "Aha! Found it" moment.
Getting caught up in all the excitement you forget to do one thing- see if it still works anymore. Yes, sadly that powder does expire and it shows in the results, but not on the box. So to avoid the dense muffin bricks you need to check and see if it is still good!
This is super easy and is WAY better than wasting an entire batch of muffins (or whatever it is you may be baking) before the guest show up.
Step One: Stir in 1/4 teaspoon of powder into 1/2 cup or so of very HOT water.
Step Two: Watch! Seriously. The soda will immediately start to bubble if it's still good. If you do it on the stove and the water is boiling, make sure that it is not the boiling water that is what you see as "bubbling".
Baking soda needs an acid to get a reaction, so use the same method for baking powder but add 1/4 teaspoon of vinegar to the water before water before adding the soda. As before, if it bubbles up, your soda is fine to use.
If you don't see bubbles, then sadly you'll need to take a trip to the store and buy a fresh box! If there isn't much fizzing, your ingredients have bit the dust.
I hope this saves you time and disappointment! Let me know what you think!
And remember.. Always keep your Pie Hole full!
Yours truly,
M
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