Breakfast Time

"Sometimes I have a bowl of some crunchy cereal.
I'd even have some orange juice too.
On other days my favorite is boiled eggs and toast.
And sometimes a stack of pancakes is the breakfast I love most!"
- Sesame Street


I had my first kitchen catastrophe this week. I began this Finnish saga with a brand new can of Clabber Girl baking powder. I officially ran out last week and had to restock with a Finnish brand. No worries until I decided to make pancakes for breakfast Thursday morning. They did not rise and the finished product resembled crepes. This caused the Halloween cookie breakdown...I have to bake Dozens of Halloween cookies next week for 2 different parties. How am I supposed to do this with a baking powder that does not work?


I went on a shopping frenzy to different markets throughout town buying multiple brands of baking powder, determined to find at least one that works. Needless to say, 4 batches of pancakes later I discovered Rumford baking powder (made by Clabber Girl) at Stockmann Department Store. That night we had awesome "fluffy" pancakes for dinner!


During this 'experience' I learned many things about baking powder, probably more than I ever wanted to know. The one thing I will always remember, look to see if it has the ingredient 'aluminum.' Something we should all try to avoid. Clabber Girl does contain it, Rumford does not.

I am now ready to start baking those Halloween cookies I promised everyone next week!