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Default Self-Rising Flour= Regular Flour +?

"l, not -l" > wrote:
> On 2-May-2012, "graham" > wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Add salt a baking soda. For each cup of a/p flour add 1 1/4 teaspoons
>>> of
>>> baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt
>>>

>> I don't see the need for salt although it's in every recipe for SR that
>> I'vr
>> come accross.
>> Graham

>
> I don't know why it's there; but, every brand of self-rising flour I've seen
> has between 325-400mg of sodium per quarter-cup of flour. Most all-purpose
> flour doesn't list sodium, though some list it as zero.
>



Sodium is in baking soda. I don't know the percentage, and it's not regular
salt.

Greg