Recipe Ingredient Substitutes
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Here's
some quick recipe substitutes for those times when you think you have all the
ingredients. For instance, when you get ready to make a dessert and it calls for
a can of sweetened condensed milk and you haven't any, you don't have to run out
to the store to get some.
Sad Recipe
I didn't have
potatoes so I substituted rice.
I didn't have paprika so I used another spice.
I
didn't have tomato sauce. I used tomato paste...
A whole can, not a half can...
I don't believe in waste.
A friend gave me the recipe, she said you couldn't
beat it,
There must have been something wrong with her, I couldn't even EAT
it!
Recipe Substitutes
Allspice - 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon
cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Apple pie spice - 1 teaspoon =1/2
teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon cardamon
Baking
powder - 1 teaspoon = 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 5/8 teaspoon cream of
tartar
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon = 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 1/2
cup buttermilk or sour milk (decrease liquid by 1/2 cup)
Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon = 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 1/2 tablespoon vinegar or lemon
juice used with sweet milk to make 1/2 cup liquid (decrease liquid by 1/2 cup)
Bread crumbs 1/3 cup, dry = 1 slice bread
Bread crumbs
1/3 cup, dry = 1/4 cup, soft 1 slice bread
Bread crumbs 1/3
cup, dry = 1/4 cup cracker crumbs or 1/4 cup cornmeal
Bay leaf - 1
whole = 1/4 teaspoon crushed
Broth - 1 cup = 1 bouillon cube
Broth - 1 cup = 1 teaspoon powdered bouillon in 1 cup boiling water
Bouillon - 1 cube = 1 teaspoon powdered bouillon
Bell Pepper - 1
tablespoon dried = 3 tablespoon fresh chopped
Butter - 1 cup = 7/8
cup shortening or 7/8 cup oil or 1 cup margarine
Oil is not a direct substitute
for solid fats in baked products.
Use recipes formulated for oil if a product
made with oil is desired.
Buttermilk - the same amount of yogurt
can replace buttermilk
Light Brown Sugar - 1 cup = 1 cup
white sugar and 1 teaspoon molasses
Dark Brown Sugar - 1 cup = 1 cup
white sugar and 1 tablespoon molasses
Catsup - 1 cup = 1 cup tomato
sauce plus 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tablespoon vinegar (for cooking use)
Chocolate
- 1 ounce= 3 tablespoon cocoa + 1 tablespoon shortening
Chocolate chips
- 1 ounce = 1 ounce sweet cooking semi-sweet chocolate
Chocolate -
1 ounce = 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa plus 1 tablespoons fat
Cocoa
- 1/4 cup = 1 ounce chocolate and omit 1/2 tablespoon fat
Corn syrup
- 1 cup = 1 cup sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid
Cracker crumbs - 3/4 cup
= 1 cup bread crumbs
Cornstarch - 1 tablespoon = 2 tablespoons
flour
Egg - 1 whole = 3 tablespoons beaten egg
Egg - 1 whole
= 2 egg whites or 2 egg yolks
Egg - 1 whole = 1/4 cup egg substitute
Flour,
for thickening - 1 tablespoon = 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
Flour, for
baking - 1 cup sifted = 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons unsifted flour
Flour,
for cooking - 1 cup sifted = 3/4 cup whole wheat flour and 1/4 cup all-purpose
flour
Flour for cake - 1 cup = 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose
flour
Flour, self-rising - 1 cup = 1 cup minus 2 teaspoons flour plus
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt
Garlic - 1 clove
= 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Garlic - 1 clove = 1 teaspoon chopped
garlic
Ginger - 1/8 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon raw ginger
Honey
- 1 cup = 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1/4 cup liquid
Horseradish - 1 tablespoon
fresh = 2 tablespoons prepared
Lemon Juice - 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon
vinegar
Lemon - 1 whole = 3 tablespoons juice plus 2 teaspoons rind
Lemon rind - 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon extract
Milk - Believe it or
not, 1 1/2 lbs of zucchinni, peeled and pureed, will replace 2 cups of milk when
baking.
Onion - 1 small = 1 tablespoon instant minced
Onion
powder - 1 tablespoon = 1 medium onion chopped
Pumpkin pie spice -
1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon,
1/4 teaspoon ginger, 1/8 teaspoon
allspice & 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
Sour Cream- 3/4 cup sour milk and
1/3 cup butter or use plain yogurt
Sugar, white - 1 cup = 1 cup packed
brown sugar
Sugar, white - 1 cup = 1 cup honey minus 1/4 cup liquid
in recipe
Shortening, 1 cup = 1 cup and 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Tomatoes,
fresh - 2 cups, chopped = 16 ounce can, drained
Tomato sauce - 2 cups
= 1 cup tomato paste plus 1 cup water
Vinegar -1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon
lemon juice
Yeast - 1 package = 1 cake yeast
Yeast - 1 package
= 1 tablespoon dry yeast
Also see:
-Make
your own Dry Mixes and Seasonings
-Weights
and measures guide.
-How to Measure Ingredients
and Oven Temperatures
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