Emergency Substitutions
From divaliscious 16 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 1
This good to have on hand list of emergency substitutions comes from the Better Homes & Gardens Cook Book - so I am no genius here, but noticed this info wasn't up and it might help some of us when we find ourselves in a jam without a neighbor for that extra cup of sugar or baking powder.
Ingredients
- Emergency Substitutions from the Better Homes & Garden Cookbook - see the end of your book for the complete list. shopping list
- I did leave out some of the more obvious ones that we all know such as equal amounts of butter can be substituted with margarine, etc. shopping list
- Due to the current formatting limitations here when posting, please read this information as follows: shopping list
- The item on the left will be the item that you need and don’t have shopping list
- The item following the asterisks (***) will be the suggested substitute shopping list
How to make it
- Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon***1/2 teaspoon cream of tarter plus 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- Bread Crumbs Dry & Fine – 1 cup***3/4 cup soft bread crumbs; 1/4 cup cracker crumbs; or 1/4 cup cornflake crumbs
- Buttermilk – 1 cup***1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar plus enough milk to make 1 cup (let stand 5 minutes before using); or 1 cup plain yogurt
- Chocolate semisweet – 1 ounce***3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate pieces; or 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- Chocolate sweet baking – 1 ounce***3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoon cooking oil or shortening melted
- Cornstarch - 1 tablespoon (for thickening)***2 tablespoons of flour
- Corn Syrup - 1 cup***1 cup white granulated sugar plus 1/4 cup water
- Cake Flour - 1 cup***1 cup minus 2 tablespoons flour
- Flour (self rising) - 1 cup***1 cup all purpose flour plus 1 teaspoon baking powder,1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/3 teaspoon baking soda (think making our own bisquick mix (sort of minus the built in shortening it has)
- Half-and-Half or light cream – 1 cup***1 tablespoon melted butter plus enough whole milk to make 1 cup
- Honey – 1 cup***1-1/4 cups sugar plus 1/4 cup water
- Lemon Juice – 1 teaspoon***1/2 teaspoon vinegar
- Whole Milk – 1 cup***1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water; or 1 cup water plus 1/3 nonfat dry milk powder
- Mustard, dry - 1 teaspoon***1 tablespoon prepared mustard (for cooked mixtures)
- Sour Cream - 1 cup***1 cup plain yogurt
- Sugar Granulated - 1 cup***1 cup packed brown sugar; or 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- Tomato Juice – 1 cup***1/2 cup tomato sauce plus 1/2 cup water
- Tomato Sauce – 2 cups***3/4 cup tomato paste plus 1 cup water
- Yeast, active dry 1 package***1 cake compressed yeast
- Good luck! and happy substituting!
The Rating
Reviewed by 9 people-
Fantastic. Thanks.
jenniferbyrdez
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Great to have on one list,thanks!
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Very useful!
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