leavener

Irish soda bread - or just soda bread, if you prefer - is a type of quick bread that uses baking soda as a leavener.

What is Irish soda bread? | Baking Bites 2009

Luckily her grandma is a phone call away, and gave her the recipe for these Grandma's Toasted Butter Pecan Cookies, which Allison was surprised to discover have no egg or leavener.

Archive 2009-04-01 Laura 2009

I preferred this latter version -- note it is almost like a rolled thin shortbread as there is no leavener.

Why Have I Never Tried Lemon Sugar Cookies For Painting Before? Laura 2009

So baking powder is a complete leavener, baking soda is half of a leavening combination.

Harold McGee's 'Keys To Good Cooking' For Chefs 2010

I preferred this latter version -- note it is almost like a rolled thin shortbread as there is no leavener.

Archive 2009-04-01 Laura 2009

Luckily her grandma is a phone call away, and gave her the recipe for these Grandma's Toasted Butter Pecan Cookies, which Allison was surprised to discover have no egg or leavener.

Round Up for Grandma's Recipes Event Laura 2009

You can add a teaspoon or two of baking powder if you wish for even more lift, but strictly speaking, chemical leavener is not necessary.

Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009

Sometimes a chemical leavener, baking powder or baking soda, is added to the batter to increase leavening.

Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009

You could add yeast to this as the leavener, but then it would be brioche, not cake.

Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009

A pancake has more flour and less egg and includes a chemical leavener and sometimes butter, which adds to the cakiness.

Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009