One time I was going to make homemade shortcake (aka sweet biscuits) for strawberry shortcake for my husband. They didn't smell quite right as they were baking so I test tasted one a soon as they came out of the oven. Blechh! I read over the recipe several times to see what went wrong. It took about 15 minutes before it hit me - baking POWDER not baking SODA. Needless to say, they went in the trash and I started another batch. Now, every time a recipe calls for either baking powder or baking soda, I check it 2 or 3 times before I add it to the rest of the ingredients. (Fortunately for me, the second batch was done and the first out in the trash and hubby never knew about the mistake!) Quickbreads are wonderful as they live up to their names. I'm way sensitive to too much baking soda, so I'm cringing right now! Susan

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