Recipe

Emergency Substitutions Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Divaliscious / All my dishes 8 months, 1 week ago 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.... More Prep:5m Servings:1	Divalisciou
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Ingredients

Emergency Substitutions from the Better Homes & Garden Cookbook - see the end of your book for the complete 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.

Due to the current formatting limitations here when posting, please read this information as follows:

The item on the left will be the item that you need and don’t have

The item following the asterisks (***) will be the suggested substitute

Directions

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!

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