baking-powder bread

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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bread made with baking powder substituted for yeast as a rising agent.

Quotations

1899

A "sour-dough stiff" will, under no circumstances, eat baking powder bread.

1957

Meals provided the crew were mostly bacon and beans, baking powder bread, stewed dried fruits, prepared en route on a stove carried aboard the scow.