Is There A Substitute For Plain Flour?

Question

All Purpose/Plain Flour is the same thing right? So i only have self raising flour is there a sub for plain or is the a mixture i can make? Please Help Quickly As I Need To Make My Famous Lemon Bars/Squares For A Tea Party!! Thanks XX

Answer 1

Self raising flour is just regular flour with baking powder in it.  You can use it in regular recipes, just cut the amount of leavening that's in the recipe.  So if your recipe calls for 1 tsp of baking powder, use 1/2 tsp.  Or if it calls for 1 tsp of baking soda, use a little less than 1 tsp (but a little more than 1/2 because baking soda has more power than baking powder).

Answer 2

Your only hope is if the recipe also includes some raising agent, like baking powder/soda or bicarbonate of soda. If it does, leave that out. I can't guarantee success because I don't know how many grams of bicarbonate there are per 100g of flour in self-raising flour. Maybe it says on the packet. If it does, you might be able to do the maths. Baking powder is a mixture and I think it's 1 part bicarbonate to 1 part arrowroot.

If there's no raising agent in the recipe, you could add a small amount of lemon juice to the flour and leave it for thirty minutes but, unless you're in the middle of nowhere, you could jump in the car an go to your nearest shop in that time.

Answer 3

You could use rice or potato or oat flour.

Answer 4

Yes, you ought to be able to sub the flour fine in Lemon bars

Answer 5

self raising has raising agents so if your recipe has any other raising agent added then you don't add it.

Answer 6

oh you can use self raising on lemon cake bars. self raising is good for cakes and plain is for pastrys  

Answer 7

You can use self-rising flour,  Self-rising flour has baking powder and salt in it already.  You can add the same amount of baking powder, but cut back on your salt a bit.   You may have to experiment and taste test to see how much salt to cut back on.  Have fun!

Answer 8

Just leave out the leavening agent in your recipe, such as baking soda or powder.