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Self-rising flour always seems to be that one ingredient in a recipe you don’t have stashed away in the pantry. It is called for in some recipes for pancakes and fried foods, but not so often that you ...

On the "old recipes" subreddit, a user shared their family's poke cake. Here's a quick look at how we made the recipe. Make a simple cake batter using self-rising flour, eggs, buttermilk, shortening, ...

Self-rising flour is all-purpose flour combined with baking powder and salt. Unlike all-purpose flour, self-rising flour has a leavening agent that causes baked goods to rise. Self-rising flour is ...

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Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. I haven't had trouble finding all-purpose flour at the grocery store, yet. But I've heard from many others who ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. The widespread flour shortages have ...