BAKING SODA USE:

From the Test Kitchen When you're baking, fresh The Oregonian
Christmas comes once a year and so does holiday-cookie baking. That means even seasoned bakers might need a few reminders before diving in. Use fresh leavening, fresh eggs: Check expiration dates of baking powder and baking soda, replacing if necessary.
Breathe in — something's baking: Wonderful treats stir memories of childhood The Lufkin Daily News
Once upon a time, Lucille Dickert, matriarch on a South Carolina family farm, figured out a good way to use up the leftover flaked coconut after making ambrosia. She baked it in a custardy, gooey crustless pie that became a family classic. Standing by her side, at least during summer vacation, was her great-granddaughter, Mary Jo, taking in every detail — the recipe for certain, but also the
The Prairie Star Prairie Star
What would the holidays be without cookies? COOKIES, COOKIES! It is time for cookies. Christmas cookies, that is. They may be given as gifts, made for tree decorations, or featured in cookie exchanges. Cookie doughs may be made ahead of time and frozen for up to six months, but thaw before baking.
Give cookies in a whole new way Denver Post
This year, increase your baking and giving power with festive but practical packaging that can be put to use long after the crumbs have been licked up. Hey know-it-all: Know how to cook these? Old fashioned?: Last year's fav cookies
Crazy for cookies Observer-Reporter
O-R readers share their favorite holiday recipes
Cookies worth baking, annually The Aspen Times
Time once again for the annual Christmas cookie recipe, which I was given in 1977 by my childhood hometown German bakers, who said they had never given it to anyone else and warned me never to reveal it.
Make concessions for special diets when baking cookies The News-Press
Cookies and confections are more than a dessert option around the holidays — they're a tradition.
Twelve days of holiday cookies #11: Swedish Ginger Snaps Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
From Dede Wilson's A Baker's Field Guide to Christmas Cookies (Harvard Common Press, $14.95).
From the Kitchen Williston Pioneer Sun News
Now that we are officially in the Christmas holiday season, I find myself feeling somewhat nostalgic as I look back and remember. The next few weeks will slip by quickly and there will be much to do in preparation for however each of us chooses to celebrate the season and Christmas.
Merry holiday cookies: Dust off your old recipe book for baked treats King County Journal
There is something immensely satisfying about baking from antique recipes. More so when that recipe produces holiday cookies so unusually good I felt compelled to consume a dozen before they'd cooled.

The Baking Soda Pages
Somebody posted on the Frugal Living Forum that he used baking soda as a personal deodorant by making a paste with it. At first I thought -ugh!
Cleaning with Baking Soda | The New Homemaker
To clean silver, use a paste of 3 parts baking soda to one part water. To remove stubborn stains from most surfaces, use a baking soda paste (3 parts
Use of Baking Soda as a Fungicide
This publication provides a brief survey of observations, research, and recommendations on the use of bicarbonates such as baking soda and potassium
Baking Powder and Baking Soda - Joyofbaking.com
Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate or bicarbonate of soda (alkali) is about four times as strong as baking powder. It is used in recipes that
make stuff - Cooking tips: Sixty uses of baking soda
Although much more expensive products have been developed over the years to do the same jobs, baking soda can work for you just as well, if not better. Use
Why use baking soda? - Uses of Baking Soda
There are many reasons to use baking soda in your home, but the number one Baking soda is a safe product that you can even eat. Baking soda is used in
Howstuffworks "What is baking powder and how does it work?"
Many recipes call simply for baking soda rather than baking powder. Usually these recipes use some kind of liquid acid like buttermilk or yogurt to react
Difference Between Baking Powder and Baking Soda
You can substitute baking powder in place of baking soda (you'll need more baking powder and it may affect the taste), but you can't use baking soda when a
Amazon.com: Baking Soda: Over 500 Fabulous, Fun and Frugal Uses
I never really used baking soda, until I've read how every day things could be This book is so informative, who knew that you could use baking soda as
Questions and Answers - Baking Soda, Baking Soda Substitution, Natron
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