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self-raising

British  

adjective

  1. (of flour) having a raising agent, such as baking powder, already added

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Depending on your television diet, your favourite reality competition might take place in a Spanish villa, the Australian jungle, a Hertfordshire ballroom, or a giant tent filled with ovens and self-raising flour.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2022

Because Hussain developed the recipe with the self-raising flour commonly used in England, which includes baking powder, you’ll find that leavener included along with yeast here.

From Washington Post Aug. 3, 2021

Back in Spakenburg, experts say the self-raising dike is a good example not only of new techniques for holding back rising tides, but also how to integrate such barriers in spatial planning.

From Seattle Times Nov. 12, 2017

You taught me your language:bicarbonate of soda, self-raising flour, vanilla extract,millilitres of milk, grams of sugar:caster, muscovado, granulated.

From The Guardian Oct. 4, 2012

She found a splendid trout, a packet of tea, and a little bag of self-raising flour, among other sundries, and for the next half-hour she kept Nasmyth busy making flapjacks and frying the trout.

From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert

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