Healthy recipe conversions
It seems that many of you are in a major dilemma about baking. I will be happy to share some of my tips for recipe conversion.
- Certified Organic Butter may be substituted for shortening or margarine in any recipe.
- Raw granulated sugar may be substituted for white sugar in any recipe. Xylitol may be used in any recipe that does not require the “sugar” to caramelize.
- An egg may be omitted if you add 1 Tablespoon Soy milk powder, 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch and 2 Tablespoon Water to any baked good.
- An egg may be omitted if you add ½ ripe banana mashed.
- Adding nut butter or fiber reduces the glycemic index of a food.
- Aluminum free baking powder should be used in place of the traditional grocery store brands.
- Baking powder combined with sour or butter milk makes a nice leavening.
- Carob chips or organic chocolate chips may be substituted in any recipe that requires chocolate chips.
- Vanilla may be made by soaking 2 vanilla beans (broken into 1” pieces) in a pint of vodka or rum for 6 weeks.