Using Apple Sauce In Muffins?
Does anyone have a measure substitute for using appple sauce in muffins (or cakes) for fats and sugar replacement? A recipe would be nice too!
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5 Comments:
I'm guessing for sugar it depends if the apple sauce is store-bought (some are sweetened) or homemade, so you can start cutting back on the sugar, I'd start with 4 tbsp. I usually use the same amount of fat that's being called for in the recipe and substitute with apple sauce. You can also do half oil/butter and half apple sauce. I did that with some carrot & apple muffins. But I'm not home, sorry! (Not very precise, I know)
mtgall at 10:50PM on 09/20/09
I do this often. You can use applesauce as a substitute for butter in muffin recipes, up to 1 cup. Add 1 tsp to 1 tbsp of vegetable oil to compensate for the fat. I think this method came from one of my Cook's Illustrated cookbooks, but I can't remember. I just estimate the amount of oil to add back in based on how much butter I'm replacing. This works well with banana bread/muffins. I've never tried it as a sugar replacement, but in general, I've found that you can cut sugar by a couple tbsp without any ill effects in muffins/quick breads.
pearl at 12:21AM on 09/21/09
Applesauce and Prune Butter (prunes + water + food processor) are a good 1:1 exchange for butter in some baked goods except when the flavor is highly dependent on butter i.e. pound cake. Applesauce is used when the resulting quick bread or cake is light in color and prune butter is used when there's chocolate involved or whole wheat flour is used.
Get some "natural" applesauce and substitute away. Bear in mind that some recipes are complicated or barely chemically sound and depend on actual butter. When you've got something simple like a muffin recipe, by all means, try the substitution.
therealchiffonade at 5:45AM on 09/21/09
Using apple sauce in baked goods is one of my boyfriend's favorite healthy tricks. Here is a recipe:
Applesauce Muffins
Ingredients
* 1 1/2 C. quick cooking oats
* 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
* 3/4 tsp. baking soda
* 1/2 C. milk
* 3 Tbs. vegetable oil
* 1 1/4 C. flour
* 1 tsp. baking powder
* 1 C. applesauce
* 1/2 C. brown sugar
* 1 egg white
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder. Then add brown sugar, oil, egg, milk and applesauce and fill the tin bake for 20 minutes.
Chew on That at 5:26PM on 09/23/09
so.. in your post, you mention both fat and sugar replacement. I dont think you can substitute for both at the same time? I've only ever used applesauce as a fat replacement. As for sugar, I'm sure there are recipes that use apple sauce or juice to sweeten, but I haven't yet seen it recommended as a substitute. (meaning, the juice sweetened cookies have their own recipe with different proportions.) Since applesauce and butter/oil are both liquids, the substitution works. For sugar, I dont know how to substitute.
engmcmuffin at 5:43PM on 09/23/09