What can I substitute for sugar?!


Question: What can I substitute for sugar!?
I have a zucchini bread recipe that calls for white sugar!. I'm trying to limit my refined sugar!. What can I substitue for it!? Would brown sugar work, molasses, honey!? And what would be the substitution ratio!?
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Answers:
read this, these are all the substitutions in cooking, too many to copy and paste!.!.!.!.!.
http://www!.dartmouth!.edu/~patl/substitut!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Applesauce can be used in addition to the brown sugar and splenda!.

also, pureed fruits, such as peaches can be used, the ones packed in juice, not syrup!. It would be used like applesauce substitute is used!.

I usually partially substitute the oil and the sugar in baked goods!.

use 1/2 brown sugar, 1/2 splenda to substitute for sugar!.

If you would like, substitute 1/4 to 1/2 of the oil or shortening with applesauce!.

Could use honey in substitution of sugar, but decrease the oil because of the extra moisture!. So if the recipe called for a 1 cup of sugar, use 1 cup honey, but decrease the oil by a 1/3 of the amount!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You can use equal!.!.!. I know that one packet is equivilant to 2 teaspoons of sugar!.!.!.!. But I'm sure they also sell the baking versions that you can pour out from a container!.!.!.!. the pack should tell you how much to use in place of sugar!.

Stevia is also a natural substitute for sugar!.!.!. You should do some research on Stevia since some find it contraversial!.!.!. It comes from an herb so it's a natural substitute to sugar!.!.!.

Then you have "Sucanat"!.!.!. which is the name of a granulated cane juice (sugar that has not been overly processed or refined)!.!.!.!. A lot of the pastries from Wholefoods uses cane juice in their products!.

And yeah!.!.!. you can use honey but it might alter the taste, kind of strong!.!.!. (might taste more like a honey cake)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Molasses while it is used for flavor and color it is not really sweet but bitter!. Brown sugar would work fine as it has a good ratio of sugar and molasses, so it balances out the flavor!. (yes-honey would work as well)

You could also try using a substitute such as apple sauce!

hope this helps!

P!.S We would need to know the amount of sugar the recipe calls for to help on the ratioWww@FoodAQ@Com

I would not go with Splenda because it's to sweet for me but Cinnamon would go great!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Splenda or applesauceWww@FoodAQ@Com

Splenda says to use the same volume as a substitute!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

splenda and brown sugar will work!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

splenda or equal =]Www@FoodAQ@Com

splenda lightWww@FoodAQ@Com





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