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 ...

Frequent bakers keep baking powder and soda in the cupboard and use them, as a matter of course, well before their “Use By” dates. If you are a new or very occasional baker, here’s what you need to ...

Food writer Jane Lear swears by a DIY baking powder blend for her favorite buttermilk biscuit recipe, which comes from the Southern chef Scott Peacock, co-author with Edna Lewis of a beautiful ...

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 ...

These biscuits, eaten fresh out of the oven with butter and some honey or jam, are unforgettable. I’ve been making them for years, mostly because their ingredients’ list is so simple that I always ...