Self-rising flour is a Southern favorite for fluffy, flaky biscuits -- but not for yeast breads. The flour has baking soda and salt added, which could throw off the ratios of ingredients in your bread recipe. Self-rising flour also has other qualities that make it ill-suited for yeast bread.

Baking soda is the classic ingredient that creates the quick leavening of baked goods such as banana bread. It's what gives the quick bread its fluffy and light texture. Baking soda produces just enough gas to form a bread that is not too dense or heavy, and requires no resting period to obtain the perfect loaf.

Sweet, yeasty Belgian waffles are a Sunday morning favorite for kids of all ages. The Belgian waffle recipe is different from classic waffles because of the thickness of the waffle and the sugary crunch that comes from caramelizing the beet sugar inside the waffle.

Whether you’re going to make eggs Benedict or eggs Florentine, or you simply want an easy way to cook eggs, poaching is a healthy alternative to frying or scrambling. Poaching requires no butter or oil and allows eggs to cook evenly throughout while still keeping the yolk intact.

In a day of fast food, sugary cereals and toaster pastries, steak may seem like an odd choice for breakfast.

Commonly used in pancakes, buckwheat flour is a high fiber, high protein alternative to white flour. It is also higher in many essential vitamins and minerals than white flour. You can use buckwheat flour in place of white or whole-wheat flour in many recipes, including those for muffins, cookies and breads.

The choices in your grocery store’s bread aisle range from plain white breads to multi-grain breads rich with oats, whole wheat and other grains.

When you're cooking breakfast for a large family or a large group of people, toast often becomes a problem. Even with a large four-slice toaster, you are often left making many batches of toast or faced with serving people cold pieces.

You may have heard potential benefits of low-carbohydrate diets and some reasons to avoid bread, but bread products can be the foundation of a healthy, low-fat diet. They provide essential nutrients, and can be a satisfying component of any meal.

Bagels are a cousin of the pretzel thought to originate in the 1600s in Poland. Made from yeast-leavened dough that is hand-rolled, boiled and baked to produce a crispy outer layer and soft, chewy inner layer, bagels come in different types and flavors. The average-sized bagel is around 3.

Semolina flour is typically used to make pasta, but you can also use it to make breads and pizza crust. This type of flour is made from ground durum wheat, and is typically more yellow in color than all-purpose flour.

No matter how talented your are as a running back in football, you won't be able to help your team much if the offensive line doesn't open holes along the line of scrimmage for you to exploit.