IN A PINCH BAKING SUBSTITUTIONS
- Baking powder, 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar + 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Chocolate
- Semisweet, 1 ounce = 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate + 1 tablespoon sugar
- Unsweetened, 1 ounce or square = 3 tablespoons cocoa + 1 tablespoon fat
- Chips, semisweet, 1 ounce = 1 ounce square semisweet chocolate
- Chips, semisweet, 6-ounce package melted = 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate + 2 tablespoons shortening + 1/2 cup sugar
- Cocoa, 1/4 cup = 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate (decrease fat in recipe by 1-1/2 teaspoons)
Cornmeal
- Cornmeal self rising, 1 cup = 1 cup plain yellow cornmeal + 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder + 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Cornmeal mix, self rising = 1-1/4 cups cornmeal + 3/4 cup fat-free milk + 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour + 2 teaspoons baking powder + 1/2 teaspoon salt + 1 egg lightly beaten. Bake as directed.
- Cornstarch, 1 tablespoon = 2 tablespoons all purpose flour or granular tapioca
- Corn syrup, light, 1/2 cup = 1/2 cup sugar + 2 tablespoons water OR 1/2 honey
Flour
- all-purpose, 1 cup sifted
- 1 cup & 2 tablespoons sifted cake flour
- 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (unsifted)
- 1-1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/3 cup cornmeal or soybean flour + 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour or bran flour + 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup rye or rice flour
- 1/4cup soybean flour + 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
** Specialty flours added to yeast bread will result in a reduced volume and a heavier product **
- All-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon = 1-1/2 teaspoons corn starch, potato starch or rice starch OR 1 tablespoon rice flour or corn flour OR 1-1/2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
- Cake flour, 1 cup sifted = 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Flour, self rising, 1 cup = 1 cup all-purpose flour + 1 teaspoon baking powder + 1/2 teaspoon salt
Sugar
- Brown, 1 cup packed = 1 cup granulated white sugar
- Granulated white, 1 cup = 1 cup corn syrup (decrease liquid in recipe by 1/4 cup) OR 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar OR 1 cup honey (decrease liquid by 1/4 cup)
- Powdered, 1 cup = 1 cup sugar + 1 tablespoon cornstatch processed in a food processor
