HeidiKC Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Can someone help with this? Here is a recipe for pumpkin eggnog quick bread, but baking powder is listed twice. One of them must be baking soda, but which? Thanks! ⅓ cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 2 cups unbleached flour ½ T. pumpkin pie spice ¼ t. cinnamon ½ t. baking powder 1 T. baking powder ½ t. salt 2 eggs 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree 2 T. pumpkin butter ½ cup eggnog 1 cup pecan pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Can someone help with this? Here is a recipe for pumpkin eggnog quick bread, but baking powder is listed twice. One of them must be baking soda, but which? Thanks! ⅓ cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 2 cups unbleached flour ½ T. pumpkin pie spice ¼ t. cinnamon ½ t. baking powder 1 T. baking powder ½ t. salt 2 eggs 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree 2 T. pumpkin butter ½ cup eggnog 1 cup pecan pieces The soda is 1/2 tea and powder is 1 teas. I'd bet $1,000 on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 Tablespoon baking powder. I use 1 TBS in a pancake recipe that uses 1 3/4 c flour (and 1 egg). Sounds about right for this recipe too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 Tablespoon baking powder. I have to disagree. I just made Raw Apple Bread from Beard on Bread. 1/2 C butter creamed with 1 C sugar then add 2 eggs Sift together 2 C all purp flour with 1/2t salt, 1/2 t BS, and 1 teas BP. Add to the creamed mixture alternating with 2 T of butter milk. Stir in 1 Cup chopped apples and 1/2 C walnuts. Bake at 350 in a well buttered 9" pan. (This recipe doubles and quadruples well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureMoms Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) T. is usually tablespoon and t. is teaspoon. The larger quantity is almost always baking soda. Baking powder is a more concentrated product. Plus a Tablespoon of baking powder AND more baking soda sounds like way too much for a 2 C of flour. Edited December 22, 2011 by AdventureMoms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiKC Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Yikes, lots of different opinions! Not sure what to do. Any other experts? THANKS! Gonna give this as gift to neighbors and don't want to mess up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 T. is usually tablespoon and t. is teaspoon. The larger quantity is almost always baking soda. Baking powder is a more concentrated product. Plus a Tablespoon of baking powder AND more baking soda sounds like way too much for a 2 C of flour. :iagree: It does sound like too much. However, I don't have a single recipe that calls for as little as 1/2 tsp. of baking powder in any cookbook I own regardless of the amount of flour used. Even my pancake recipe that only called for 1 cup used a whole teaspoon. Very few of them include baking soda though, unless there is some particular reason baking soda would be needed (when there is more acidity for instance--like in buttermilk pancakes). I doubt that both baking soda and baking powder are actually needed in this recipe, but I sure wouldn't try it with a tablespoon of baking soda. I would think it would be salty. And from the ingredient list, it just does not look that acidic to me. I think I'd ditch the baking soda entirely, and use 2 tsp of baking powder. Seems to be the standard amount for 1 loaf of a quick bread w/out acidic ingredients. I found a recipe that looks pretty close and has no baking soda (2 tsp. baking powder though) at all: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggnog-quick-bread-2/ Now I need to make some. Too bad I have five ripe bananas that mean I'll be baking banana bread instead :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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