Homemade Self-Rising Flour Recipe (2024)

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Here is our easy self-rising flour recipe. Some recipes call for self-rising flour, but there’s no reason to go out and buy it pre-made. It’s super easy to make your own self-rising flour in just a few minutes using regular all-purpose flour and a few other ingredients! Here’s the easy recipe!

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Most people don’t think to make your own self-rising flour, but it is easier and cheaper than buying it pre-made at the store. Self-rising flour can be used to make a lot of different recipes, but if you keep a lot more on hand than you use, the baking ingredients can get old and it can lose its potency.

If you make your own self-rising flour, you can save money and also only make the amount you expect to use. This easy self-rising flour recipe uses simple ingredients you already have at home!

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Here is our easy self-rising flour recipe. Some recipes call for self rising flour, but there’s no reason to go out and buy it pre-made. It’s super easy to make your own self rising flour in just a few minutes using regular all-purpose flour and a few other ingredients! Here’s the easy recipe!

  • Author: Tawra Kellam
  • Yield: 4 cups

Ingredients

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4 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. baking powder

Instructions

  1. Mix the ingredients well.
  2. Store in an airtight container.
  3. Use in recipes calling for self-rising flour.

Notes

You just adjust the self-rising flour recipe to make more or less for the amount you need. For example, if you just need one cup of self rising flour, just mix:

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

Here are some of our recipes that use self rising flour:

  • 2 Ingredient Pizza Dough
  • 2 Ingredient Biscuits
  • Read about the difference between self rising flour, cake flour and all purpose flour.

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  1. Homemade Self-Rising Flour Recipe (7)Anne M

    Could you use gluten free flour for this recipe?

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    • Homemade Self-Rising Flour Recipe (8)Jill

      For each cup of flour add 1 1/2 tsp. of baking powder and 1/4 tsp. salt. As I usually tell people with most gluten free recipes they will not be exactly the same as using regular flour. Sometimes close but not the same.

      Reply

  2. Homemade Self-Rising Flour Recipe (9)Donna

    How important is salt to self rising flour? Could the amount of salt be cut down, and if so by how much, or could the salt be eliminated entirely?

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    • Homemade Self-Rising Flour Recipe (10)Jill

      You can cut it down but remember if the recipe that you use it in calls for 1 tsp. salt if you use the self raising flour you don’t need to add the salt. I know seeing 2 tsp. of salt in this recipe seems like a lot but remember many recipes call for 2 cups flour usually which means you are only using 1 tsp. in the recipe. Sometimes people see a recipe with a lot of salt or sugar and say that is way to much and bad for me but if you divide these things down into servings the amount you are getting will often be 1/8 to a pinch of salt or 1 tsp. of sugar. For example if you make muffins with 2 cups of flour and the recipe makes 12 you divide that 2 tsp of salt by 12 and as you can imagine each serving will have a very small amount.
      You can eliminate it but if you take the salt out of most recipes they will loose their flavor and often taste nasty.

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Homemade Self-Rising Flour Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How to make your own self-rising flour? ›

Just use this basic formula: For every 1 cup of all-purpose flour, add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon fine salt. Whisk the ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl or put them in a glass jar and shake well. Store your self-rising flour in an airtight container in the pantry.

How do I convert plain flour to self-raising? ›

Use the ratio of 2 teaspoons of baking powder to every 1 cup / 150g / 6 oz of plain flour to make either a small batch or a bulk batch of self raising flour. What is this? What is this? Many baking recipes require self raising flour, which is a flour containing baking powder.

What can I use if I don't have self-rising flour? ›

For every one cup of self-rising flour in your recipe, measure 1 level cup all-purpose flour. Add 1½ tsp. baking powder and ¼ tsp. kosher salt and whisk to combine.

What are the ingredients in self-raising flour? ›

Self-rising flour is flour with the baking powder and a bit of salt already added. It's a staple in many Southern recipes; it's traditionally made from a softer, lower protein version of all-purpose flour, which is what grows there.

Why not use self-raising flour? ›

Self raising flour should only be used for its specific purpose. The leavening agents in self raising flour are only right in specific recipes with specific ingredients combinations. Baking is all about the interactions of the ingredients, so substituting the wrong type of flour can be catastrophic to the final result.

How to make all-purpose flour at home? ›

For example, if you are making 1 cup of all purpose flour, you would mix together 1/3 cup of white flour, 1/3 cup of whole wheat flour, and 1/3 cup of corn flour. Once you have mixed together the ingredients, you can use the flour in any recipe that calls for all purpose flour.

What happens if you accidentally use plain flour instead of self-raising? ›

If a recipe calls for self-raising flour it is doing so because it is relying on the raising agents in that flour to make the baked good 'rise'. If you use plain flour instead and don't add any raising agents you will most likely end up with a very flat, dense bake!

Do I need to add baking powder to self-raising flour? ›

Self-rising flour is a type of flour that includes leavening agents, which ensures perfectly risen baked goods. You don't need to use additional leavening agents (such as baking powder or baking soda) when you use self-rising flour.

How to make homemade flour? ›

Just follow these steps:
  1. ACQUIRE A COFFEE GRINDER. Chances are you already have one of these in your kitchen. ...
  2. GET SOME GRAIN. Choose the kind of flour that you want and get the appropriate whole grain to make that flour. ...
  3. POUR SOME BERRIES INTO YOUR GRINDER. ...
  4. GRIND THE BERRIES. ...
  5. USE YOUR FLOUR!

Is Bisquick self-rising flour? ›

A: Bisquick is a premixed baking product. It contains leavening (baking powder) and salt as same self rising flour does but also contains shortening.

How to make a self-raising flour calculator? ›

For every cup of self-raising flour called for in your recipe, measure out 1 level cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour. Add 2 tsp. (8 grams) baking powder. Whisk to combine.

What can I add to plain flour to make self-raising flour? ›

Just add 2 teaspoons of baking powder for each 150g/6oz/1 cup plain flour. Sift the flour and baking powder together into a bowl before using, to make sure the baking powder is thoroughly distributed (or you can put both ingredients into a bowl and whisk them together).

What is the additive in self-raising flour? ›

Self-Raising flour is a plain flour that contains a raising agent (baking powder) in it to give baked goods a rise. We blend a variety of high-quality soft wheats, adding baking powder to be mixed consistently throughout the flour, to produce the ideal ratio of flour and raising agent.

What is the chemical in self-rising flour? ›

(a) Self-rising flour, self-rising white flour, self-rising wheat flour, is an intimate mixture of flour, sodium bicarbonate, and one or more of the acid-reacting substances monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, and sodium aluminum phosphate. It is seasoned with salt.

How much baking powder for 2 cups of flour? ›

General Guideline

As a general rule of thumb, you'll want to use about 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder per cup of all-purpose flour.

Is baking flour the same as self-rising flour? ›

Once again, self-rising flour is not the same thing as all-purpose flour nor is it the same thing as cake flour, bread flour, or pastry flour. Self-rising flour is almost exactly like all-purpose flour, but it has added salt and leavening mixed into it.

Is bicarbonate of soda the same as baking soda? ›

Baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate, a fine white powder that has many uses. You may wonder about bicarbonate of soda vs. baking soda, but they are simply alternate terms for the same ingredient. If your recipe calls for bicarbonate of soda, it is simply referring to baking soda.

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