Can i not use baking powder and baking soda if using all-purpose flour?

if the recipe calls for flour, baking powder and baking soda, and i am using all-purpose flour, can i ignore the baking powder and baking soda?what are the baking powder and baking soda for?Can i not use baking powder and baking soda if using all-purpose flour?
if you don't, then what ever you are making won't rise! The baking powder and soda are used as leavening agents. In other words, your cakes, cookies and the like will be flat , packy and dry as man-hole covers. If you don't want to keep baking powder and soda on hand, buy self-rising flour. will work for some recipes, but not all.Can i not use baking powder and baking soda if using all-purpose flour?
Baking powder and baking soda are leavening agents. If you want your dough to rise, you'll need them. AP flour does not have leavening agents in it.





Some mixes, like bisquick, have the leavening agents in it already, so you would not need to add them.





But for regular flour, definitely you need them, unless you're making crackers.
all purpose flour simply means that most things can be made with it. the baking powder and soda are for leavening. Without either of them, your cake or cookies or what ever will be flat in appearance. Never ignore the instructions of a recipe unless you know exactly what ingredients you are using and what they are for.
If you leave out the baking powder and baking soda, the thing that you are baking will not rise. The dough will stay flat.





If you don't have these, go borrow some. You only need a little amount of them. These things do not cost much, either.





Regards,


Dan
Most recipes refer to AP flour ( all pourpose ) self risinf flour is different, it has the levening agents in there. Use the baking powder and soda. You won't end up with a frisbee ( Gee I wonder if thats how that was invented)
It's a free country; you don't have to do anything you don't want to do. Leave it out. Just be prepared to accept that your baked goods have not risen and are hard and flat.
You have to use the soda and/or powder regardless of whether you are using all purpose flour.