If you’ve ever asked yourself How to Make Self Rising Flour, you are not alone. Self rising flour is a blend of all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt, designed to give baked goods a light, consistent rise without needing extra leavening. It’s one of those basics that every home baker should know, especially when working with southern recipes or classic quick breads.
Instead of running to the grocery store when a recipe calls for it, you can easily make your own self-rising flour with just three simple ingredients. This homemade version works beautifully in specific recipes like biscuits, pancakes and certain cake recipes, giving you the right result without the stress of using the wrong type of flour.
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- Why You Will Love This Self Rising Flour Recipe
- Ingredients
- How to Make Self Rising Flour
- More Recipes You Will Love
- How to Store the Self Rising Flour Recipe
- What is Self Rising Flour Used For
- Top Tips
- Frequently Asked Questions About Self Rising Flour Recipe
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- How to Make Self Rising Flour
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Why You Will Love This Self Rising Flour Recipe
- Simple Ingredients: Just flour, a raising agent, and a bit of salt, that’s it.
- Easy to Make: After making this self-rising flour substitute once, you'll see just how easy it is and you'll always want to keep this bold baking basic on hand in your pantry.
- Budget-Friendly: Skip the store-bought self rising flour and make it at home.
- Versatile Use: Great for southern cooking, pizza dough, muffins, quick breads and self-rising flour recipes.
- Control the Batch Size: Make smaller batches when you only need a cup of self-rising flour for a single time use.
Ingredients
Just a few ingredients from your pantry come together to make this baking staple.
See the recipe card below for the exact quantities of each ingredient.
- All-Purpose Flour: The cup of flour acts as the base. Most self rising flour recipes call for plain flour or white flour because of its lower protein content compared to bread flour.
- Baking Powder: The key chemical agent that provides a reliable leavening effect by creating little gas bubbles during the baking process. You cannot sub this for baking soda.
- Sea Salt: Adds balance and helps with the interactions of the ingredients, ensuring the result has flavor and structure.
For this easy recipe, you'll want to have on hand a measuring cups and spoons, mixing bowl and an air-tight jar. For the most accurate results (whenever you are baking) we recommend using a kitchen scale.
How to Make Self Rising Flour
This entire process couldn't be easier.
Whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl and use as directed in your recipes. Use immediately or store for later use.
Hint: Measure all ingredients carefully, we highly recommend weighing your flour for accuracy.
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How to Store the Self Rising Flour Recipe
Here are some ways to store your homemade self-rising flour.
- Room Temperature: Keep in an airtight container in a dark place for up to 6 months. The shelf-life will decrease faster the more often you open the container.
- Fridge or Freezer: To extend your shelf-life even longer, you can store in an airtight or freezer safe container for up to 12 months. In the fridge store closer to the back for a darker environment. Allow the flour to come to room temperature before use.
What is Self Rising Flour Used For
Once you've got your flour ready, you can use it in many ways in recipes that call for the addition of a leavening agent. Try it in some of these easy recipes.
- Sweet Baked Goods: Quick bread, pie crust, cinnamon buns, 4 ingredient banana bread.
- Savory Recipes: Pizza dough, cornbread, homemade bread.
Top Tips
Get the best results with these simple tricks.
- Weighted Final Measurement: When using a scale for accuracy, you should be left with 132 grams to use as “1 cup” of flour in all our recipes.
- Shorter Shelf Life: Homemade blends have a shorter shelf life than packaged flour.
- Airtight Container: Store in a cool, dry place or dark place to protect from humidity and hot temperatures.
- Consistent Rise: Whisk the mixture well so the chemical agents are evenly distributed for a consistent rise.
- Best Way to Use: This flour shines in southern recipes like biscuits, quick breads, muffins, cornbread and pie crust for a flaky texture.
Frequently Asked Questions About Self Rising Flour Recipe
Do you have questions about making our self rising flour recipe?
The baking powder in self rising flour releases carbon dioxide during the baking process, creating little pockets of air. These expand in the oven, giving baked goods their rise, lightness, and flaky texture.
Mainly that regular flour does not contain any chemical agents added. Self rising flour contains flour, baking powder, and salt.
It depends on the recipe. For specific purpose bakes like cake recipes, it can work. For bread recipes with yeast, the interactions of the ingredients won't be right.
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How to Make Self Rising Flour
Equipment
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Mixing Bowl
- Air-Tight Container
Ingredients
- 125 grams all-purpose flour about 1 cup
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl and use as directed in your recipes.
Notes
- Measure all ingredients carefully, we highly recommend weighing your flour for accuracy.
- When using a scale for accuracy, you should be left with 132 grams to use as “1 cup” of flour in all our recipes.
- Homemade blends have a shorter shelf life than packaged flour.
- Store in a cool, dry place or dark place to protect from humidity and hot temperatures.
- Whisk the mixture well so the chemical agents are evenly distributed for a consistent rise.
- This flour shines in southern recipes like biscuits, quick breads, muffins, cornbread and pie crust for a flaky texture.
Nutrition
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Leanne says
This is a recipe I didn't know I needed until I saw it. I have avoided recipes that call for self rising flour because I just didn't want to store a bag of it. Now I don't have to! Make a small batch for my needs! Love it.
Eva Filer says
It is a nice one to have on hand for sure! 🙂
Stephanie says
Thank you! I hate buying a whole bag of self rising flour when I only need a cup or two of it for a recipe. Definitely saving this for future reference.
Eva Filer says
You are so welcome. It is a great one to have on hand.