How important is Baking powder in peanut butter cookies.

I really want to make peanut butter cookies, but the recipes say we need baking powder, we don't have any baking powder and the shops are closed, how important is Baking powder in Peanut butter cookies? and if it is really important does anyone else have any other peanut butter recipes that don't have Baking powder or shortening?


Thank you so much in advanced!How important is Baking powder in peanut butter cookies.
it keeps them edible. make cookies without baking powder and they wont rise, and turn out as really hard flat cookies. you can in some cases subsititute baking powder with flower and yeast.How important is Baking powder in peanut butter cookies.
I assume the recipe calls for plain flour and baking powder. Maybe you could use self-raising flour instead.



All three types of baking powder is harmful for


health. It leaves carbon d oxide behind and


remain in food. It block intestine and kidney.



Butter is usually a decent substitute for shortening. The texture won't be quite the same, but it will work.





If you don't have baking powder, you can use baking soda instead. Use 1/3 the amount of baking soda as the recipe says (so, if it's 1 tsp powder, use 1/3 tsp soda). Again, it's not quite the same but it's much better than just omitting it.
it helps with the rising a bit.... you can substitute baking soad and a bit of cornstrach ( and/or cream of tartar) I did com across a couple of peanut butter cookie recipes where the reviewer of the recipe OMITTED the baking soda and said the cookies turned out just fine.... try making A few without and chill the dough in the fridge and if that batch turns out then youre ok...if not, just simply go to the store tomorrow and get the powder and add to your chilled dough and finish baking your cookies tomorrow.... sounds delicious!
Hi as someone else said you could use self raising flour instead or if you do not have baking flour you could use 1/4 teaspoon of bi-carb soda, 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tarter which makes 1 teaspoon of baking powder as the other is just filling if you really want to have the filling the use arrowroot flour and so that would be 1/4 teaspoon but you really don't need it.


Hope that this helps See
sorry all of my calls for baking powder. instead of using shorting i use margine or butter. makes the cookies tast better.


i have also made cookies with out using baking powder. what happens is they dont rise as much some times not at all.


good luck