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Baking Science

• Baking Soda vs Baking Powder: What Changes — Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and needs acid plus moisture in the recipe to produce carbon dioxide.

Fermentation Basics

• Why Bread Dough Rises — Bread dough rises when yeast metabolizes available sugars and produces carbon dioxide and ethanol.