Comments on: Substitutions In The Kitchen

By: My Daily Dollars

My Daily Dollars — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:38:30 +0000

Great idea! I’m trying to get more comfortable making substitutions. I’ll have to remember to do a little research on the ole internet next time.

By: mc

mc — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:22:20 +0000

I love the idea of plum puree in muffins! I often replace half the butter in cookie recipes with applesauce. Only ones that make sense, like oatmeal raisin — Ch. chip might be a little weird. And in peanut butter cookies, since the PB is oily, I replace all the butter with applesauce. they are light and delicious! I use the traditional Joy of Cooking recipe.

By: RetiredAt47

RetiredAt47 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:54:16 +0000

Good to know that the fruit substitutions worked so well in your muffins. I tend to be a bit too cavalier in my substitutions – and sometimes it doesn’t work out

One thing I almost always do when baking is to replace half the oil with applesauce. I read this someplace a while ago, and it has never failed me.

By: Daizy

Daizy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:34:12 +0000

That’s good to know (and also about it not working in brownies). I rarely eat eggs and only keep them around for occasional brownies, cookies or cake. I bake so rarely the eggs go bad. I think I will look in to egg sustitutes and maybe a powdered egg for chocolate desserts. I’m tired of wasting eggs.

By: Frugal Babe

Frugal Babe — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:40:12 +0000

@Sense – I researched it online first – didn’t want a major disaster What I read was the muffins were the easiest thing to do egg substitutions in. Especially if they already have fruit in them. And if there’s only one egg in the recipe, it’s pretty easy, whereas you wouldn’t want to replace three eggs in a cake recipe with bananas.

By: Sense

Sense — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:29:13 +0000

good to know. I replaced eggs with mashed up bananas once in a brownie recipe–MAJOR DISASTER. don’t do this, it was completely disgusting!

By: Francois Viljoen

Francois Viljoen — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:33:48 +0000

hehe…

well done with the new recipes frugal babe.

and yes, it does seem like you need to go to the store.