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Baking experts recommend replacing baking powder nine months after it has been opened for best results. After nine months it becomes less effective and can even give a bitter taste to your baked products.
I like to write the date I open a new can of baking powder with a Sharpie marker on the label as a reminder.
Baking powder is cheap. How long has your can been open?
Baking experts recommend replacing baking powder nine months after it has been opened for best results. After nine months it becomes less effective and can even give a bitter taste to your baked products.
I like to write the date I open a new can of baking powder with a Sharpie marker on the label as a reminder.
Baking powder is cheap. How long has your can been open?
also I just heard today, at our church food bank, there is some studies indicating, baking soda, baking powder, etc can build up some kind of poisons that are unhealthy and can even lead to death if they are old. I don't know how true this is, my parent used very little of either, so I am sure ours was years old. Still it has made me think about everything I have open that has these things in it. I will either toss them or keep them in the freezer...
Baking experts recommend replacing baking powder nine months after it has been opened for best results. After nine months it becomes less effective and can even give a bitter taste to your baked products.
I like to write the date I open a new can of baking powder with a Sharpie marker on the label as a reminder.
Baking powder is cheap. How long has your can been open?
also I just heard today, at our church food bank, there is some studies indicating, baking soda, baking powder, etc can build up some kind of poisons that are unhealthy and can even lead to death if they are old. I don't know how true this is, my parent used very little of either, so I am sure ours was years old. Still it has made me think about everything I have open that has these things in it. I will either toss them or keep them in the freezer. The funny thing is, I never believe this crap, and here I am worrying about something that might be jiust another rumor.
I use up a whole can of baking powder before 9 months now, but I remember years ago a can of baking powder that went bitter. I didn't realize it was the age, that is good to know.
I wish they would offer baking powder in smaller sizes. The only size my store carries is 8oz and I never use all that before it needs to be replaced. A 4oz size would be nice.
You can test your baking powder by putting about 1/2 tsp into 1/2 cup of very hot water. If it bubbles, your baking powder still works.
Although this method will prove that it still works, it might not produce quality results. Just like a 2 liter bottle of soda that is old and tastes flat can still fizz when you shake the bottle up.
A can of baking powder cost $1.39. I will gladly buy a new can every nine months because I invest a lot of time and money into baking.
For me it's our baking soda that gets old. If it wasn't for having pets and using baking soda for odor control, I think our baking soda would be vintage!
Although this method will prove that it still works, it might not produce quality results. Just like a 2 liter bottle of soda that is old and tastes flat can still fizz when you shake the bottle up.
A can of baking powder cost $1.39. I will gladly buy a new can every nine months because I invest a lot of time and money into baking.
Still doesn't hurt to be able to test it, for those spur of the moment baking efforts when you haven't planned ahead and bought fresh.
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