Homemade Baking Powder

Posted by Barb Hacker Sep 25, 2008

I discovered I was out of baking powder when my four-year-old son and I were in the middle of making muffins last weekend. I knew he would be disappointed if we had to scrap the whole thing or if I took the time to go to the grocery store to buy baking powder. And, I really didn't feel like doing those things either.

The truth is, I needed the muffins so that I had something to send with my older son for his school snack the next day. We were at a low point in the grocery cycle, but the last thing I wanted to do was drive to the grocery store! I wasn't prepared to do all the shopping and sure didn't want to drive there for one thing.

Like all modern moms, I turned to Google for help! Sure enough, Google had the answer. Did you know that you can make baking powder from scratch? Here is what we used:

2 tablespoons of cream of tarter

1 tablespoon of baking soda

1 tablespoon of corn starch

Since I love to bake, I had all of these things on hand. I was nervous that the muffins wouldn't rise enough, but they did. My son thought it was cool and felt like he was doing a science experiment. I kind of felt like that, too!