Substitutions for Food Ingredients
Here are some useful substitutions for common food ingredients in case you're ever stuck in a jam (we've all been there before right?). Most of these are pretty standard and we'll be adding more to the list as often as possible.
As always, suggestions are welcome!
Ingredient |
Amount |
Substitution |
| Baking powder |
1 tsp. |
1/4 tsp. baking soda plus 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar |
| Buttermilk |
1 cup |
1 cup plain yogurt or 1 Tbsp. vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup, or 1 Tbsp. lemon juice plus milk to equal 1 cup |
| Cake Flour |
1 cup |
1 cup minus 2 Tbsp. sifted all purpose flour |
| Chocolate |
1 ounce |
3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa plus 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine |
| Cornstarch |
1 Tbsp. |
2 Tbsp. all purpose flour |
| Corn syrup |
2 cups |
1 cup granulated sugar |
| Cream, light |
1 cup |
1 1/2 Tbsp. butter plus whole milk to equal 1 cup |
| Cream, whipping or heavy |
1 cup |
1/2 cup butter plus whole milk to equal 1 cup |
| Egg, yolk |
2 yolks |
1 whole egg (can be used for baking but not for piecrust or a sauce) |
| Egg, whole |
1 egg |
2 egg yolks (for baking, 2 egg yolks plus 1 Tbsp. water) OR if just one egg short for a recipe substitute 1 tsp. of cornstarch |
| Herbs, fresh |
1 Tbsp. |
1 tsp. dried herbs |
| Honey |
1 cup |
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid |
| Lemon juice |
1 Tbsp. |
1 Tbsp. distilled white vinegar |
| Milk, skim |
1 cup |
1/3 cup nonfat dry milk plus 3/4 cup water |
| Milk, whole |
1 cup |
1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water |
| Molasses |
1 cup |
3/4 cup granulated sugar |
| Mushrooms, fresh |
1 lb. |
12 ounces canned mushrooms, drained |
| Mustard, dry |
1 tsp. |
1 Tbsp. prepared mustard |
| Sour cream |
1 cup |
3 Tbsp. butter plus buttermilk or yogurt to equal 1 cup |
| Sugar, brown |
1 cup |
1 cup granulated sugar |
| Sugar, granulated |
1 cup |
1 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar (do not substitute for baking) |
| Tomato juice |
3 cups |
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce plus 1 1/2 cups water or 1 can (6 oz. size) tomato paste plus 3 cans water, dash salt and dash sugar |
| Tomato sauce |
1 cup |
1 can (3 oz. size) tomato paste plus 1/2 cup water |
| Yogurt |
1 cup |
1 cup buttermilk |
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