HINT FOR HOUSEWIVES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2274, 7 October 1914, Page 2

HINT FOR HOUSEWIVES

MAKING BAKING POWDER. Tho Melbourne "Argus" states that in reply to a suggestion , made by Mr. Prenclergast, M.L A. 5 that the staff of tho College of Domestic Economy might bo able to supply information as to a' substitute for self-raising flour, in view of tho increased cost of that commodity, the superintendent has informed the Minister for Education (Mr. Livingston) that if housewives made their own baking powder, and used it with plain flour instead of using eielf-raising flour, they would save 2s. sd. on every 601b. of flour .used for pastry. The tendency was, however, for housewives to use self-raising flour for all scones, cakes, and pastry. That was an extravagance in some cases, since self-iaisiug flour contained sufficient rising for scones, and, therefore, three times the amount required for pastry. At present baking powder was cheaper than cream of tartar and soda. The following recipe would give a baking powder at a; cost of 9id. a lb., whereas the average cost was Is. a lb.:— ' . Ingredients.—lib. rice flour, Boz. bicarbonato of soda,. 6oz. tartaric acid. Method.—Weigh ingredients carefully, sift all together several times through: a hair sieve. Put into an air-tight tin, and keep in a dry place. For pastry, use one teaspoonful per lb. of flour; for plain cakes, two teaspoonfuls per lb. of flour; and for scones and plain bread, threo-teaspoonfuls per lb. of flour. Rich cake, if properly made, does not Tequire its use. A teaspoonful roughly represents ono quarter of an ounce.