how to substitute baking powder using yogurt or buttermilk

How to Substitute Baking Powder Using Yogurt or Buttermilk.

Baking powder is a leavening agent used to help batters rise when they’re cooked. Luckily, if you’re out of baking powder and in a pinch, you can make your own with ingredients that are probably already in your pantry! Your homemade mixtures will work in your batter more quickly, so make sure you bake it right away!

Ingredients.

¼ tsp (1.5 g) of baking soda.

½ cup (122.5 g) of plain Greek yogurt or 1⁄2  c (120 mL) of buttermilk.

Substitutes 1 tsp (14 g) of baking powder.

Steps.

1. Add 1 tsp (4.6 g) of baking soda to your dry ingredients. Keep the dry and wet ingredients in separate mixing bowls. Use a whisk to mix the baking soda entirely into the other dry ingredients.

2. Use either ½ cup (122.5 g) of Greek yogurt or 1⁄2  c (120 mL) of buttermilk. Both types of dairy are fermented and can trigger the reaction needed to make baking powder. Make sure to use plain, unflavored dairy so it doesn’t affect the flavor of your baked goods and mix it with the rest of your wet ingredients.

Check the dairy section of your local grocer for Greek yogurt or buttermilk.

3. Reduce the other liquids used in your recipe to account for the dairy. Buttermilk and yogurt will make your batter runnier if you don’t change the amounts of the other ingredients. Adjust the amounts of your other wet ingredients until you remove 1⁄2  c (120 mL).

If there are other dairy products in your recipe, reduce their amounts first. Then adjust the levels of any extracts or flavorings you would normally add to the recipe.

This may affect the flavor and bake of your recipe.

4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients according to the recipe. Mix all the ingredients together in 1 of the mixing bowls. This starts the reaction between the dairy and baking soda to make baking powder.

Use the batter right away to get the baking powder’s full effect.

Tips.

Mix the baking powder substitutes together right before you plan on cooking with them.

Warnings.

The baking powder substitutes you mix are single-acting, meaning they release gas as soon as they’re mixed. Put your mix in the oven soon after you make the substitute.

Things You’ll Need.

2 mixing bowls.

Whisk.

Measuring cups and spoons.