My advice? Buy a bag. Try it on a random Tuesday. Make a simple cobbler with frozen fruit and a cup of this flour. You’ll feel like a kitchen genius.
Use it for dumplings. Just drop spoonfuls of dough into simmering soup. They puff up into little clouds. No kneading. No stress. Just dumpling joy.
And the clean-up? One bowl. One spoon. That’s it. All-Purpose flour will judge you for your mess. Self-rising flour doesn’t care.
The Great Substitution Debate
Can you turn All-Purpose into Self-Rising? Yes. For every cup of AP flour, add 1½ teaspoons of baking powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt. Stir it like you mean it.
But here’s the truth. It’s never the same. The pre-mixed version is more consistent. The baking powder is distributed evenly. Your homemade version might have a pocket of salt that ruins your roll.
So, just buy the bag. It costs the same. It saves your brain cells.
