Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to switch your baking powder to one that doesn’t contain aluminum.
Level of Commitment: Baby Steps
When I first heard about aluminum potentially causing Alzheimer’s, I was very surprised that it was in baking powder. I went home and checked! I decided, baby step style, to wait until my baking powder was almost empty and then look up the homemade version. I knew it used cream of tartar, so I even bought some in bulk to prepare.
As the moment neared, I decided to check out the “aluminum-free” baking powder in my regular grocery store. I assumed it would be much more expensive than the conventional baking powder. Much to my pleasant surprise, it’s only $0.20-30 more. I bought some. I haven’t noticed any difference in my baking (I’m always a little hit and miss anyway!).
Just in case you want the homemade version of aluminum-free baking powder — which is only frugal if you buy cream of tartar in bulk! – here it is:
1 tbsp. baking soda
1 tbsp. cornstarch
Now if I run out of my aluminum-free stuff, I know where to go. I won’t let my cream of tartar go to waste, either. It’s an ingredient in our favorite homemade playdough!
I hope that’s a simple Monday Mission for your last Analyzing Aluminum in August mission. August ended even faster than I was prepared for, so there will be one more little info post later this week on aluminum in vaccines.
If you missed the last Monday Mission, click here.
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Would appreciate your help below:
(1) Must baking powder be refrigerated or can we just store it at room temperature?
(2) When soaking whole grains, can we use sour cream as the acid medium?
Tks
JK
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Katie Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:33 am
Sure!
(1) baking powder is stored at room temp
(2) for soaking, it seems that any cultured medium works in the lists I’ve seen, but I’ve never seen sour cream as a choice. I would guess – just a guess, mind you – that if it’s truly cultured, it would be fine. Stuff from the store…hard to tell!
Good luck!
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Another home-made version for baking powder, without the corn starch:
1/2 cup cream of tartar plus 1/4 cup baking soda. Resource is http://www.savoryspiceshop.com. And, yes, you would probably want to buy in bulk at your Penzeys spice store. I’ve discovered that exciting feeling walking into a bulk spice store — sometimes overwhelming.
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Forgot to mention that I haven’t tried the above baking powder recipe. Just recently bought baking powder (with aluminum in it) after throwing out a can that had been in my cupboard for years. Not ready to throw out a new container, as I too am frugal.
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