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Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby PatsyMFagan » Sat May 09, 2020 1:46 pm

Good afternoon bakers (where has the morning gone ? :o ) ..

The clue to my question is in the title. Where a recipe calls for plain flour plus Baking Powder, can I just substitute the same weight in SR flour ? (without BP of course). I have plenty of SR, but can't get hold of plain around here :(

Or is it obvious ? :oops:

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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby Suelle » Sat May 09, 2020 2:03 pm

That's not as straightforward as it sounds.

When recipes use plain flour plus baking powder, it's often because it needs a different ratio of flour:baking powder than is present in SR flour. For instance a fruit cake would need less raising agent than a sponge.

It's also the reason why some recipes (eg scones) use SR flour and extra BP - the recipe needs more lift than that given by SR flour alone.

In practise, for most things, a staightforward swap would work well enough. If your original recipe contains about 5% BP to flour (1 teaspoon per 100g), then you should be OK.
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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby PatsyMFagan » Sun May 10, 2020 2:24 pm

I was hoping you would respond Suelle and I knew there would be a reason why

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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby miss mouse » Sun May 10, 2020 2:48 pm

V interesting Suelle, thanks from me as well, this has puzzled me also although not much of a baker. Nothing of a baker really.

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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby PatsyMFagan » Sun May 10, 2020 3:30 pm

So much of what I am baking these days seems to be with plain flour plus BP ... however the peanut butter cookies (from the Humming Bird Bakery book) were fine .. :thumbsup

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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby Suelle » Sun May 10, 2020 3:39 pm

Glad your cookies were OK, Patsy.

Baking powder containers used to have guidelines on the label, about how much to use for various types of bakes.
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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby KeenCook2 » Sun May 10, 2020 4:24 pm

Suelle wrote:
Baking powder containers used to have guidelines on the label, about how much to use for various types of bakes.

I have kept my empty container of Borwick's for exactly that reason :lol: :lol:

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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby Stokey Sue » Sun May 10, 2020 7:23 pm

I just checked my almost full tub of Borwick’s - it has the chart

Also a very clear BBE date of March 2017 :oops:

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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby Lokelani » Tue May 12, 2020 12:02 pm

I did a does it fizz in hot water test on a tub of baking powder a few years out of date :oops: that was pushed to the back of the cupboard. it was fine! I was very surprised.

If I can't get SR I would try adding it to plain, interesting to read about the quantity being variable though. There's always someone on here that knows most things. :)

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Re: Plain flour plus BP -v- SR Flour ?

Postby Stokey Sue » Tue May 12, 2020 1:23 pm

There’s no obvious reason in the chemistry it would go off if kept bone dry - I suspect I have always used a clean dry spoon with it, and it’s in the spice cupboard, which is dry. As long as it’s still a free flowing powder it’s likely to be good

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