Low-Carb Blueberry Muffins
Pictured Recipe: Low-Carb Blueberry Muffins Forgot to pick up whole-wheat flour? Have brown sugar but not white? Don’t have quite enough eggs to prepare that batch of muffins you want to make today? Not to worry, EatingWell’s guide to substitutions for common baking ingredients will help you make adjustments so you don’t have to run to the supermarket on the fly. Chocolate/Cocoa Chocolate, bittersweet, 1 ounce 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate plus 2 teaspoons sugar Chocolate, semisweet, 1 ounce 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate plus 1 tablespoon sugar Chocolate, unsweetened, 1 ounce 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoon canola oil (or melted butter) Cocoa powder, Dutch-processed, 3 tablespoons 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1/8 teaspoon baking soda Cocoa powder, unsweetened, 1 ounce 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate and decrease oil, butter or other fat in the recipe by 1 1/2 teaspoons Eggs Eggs, 1 large 2 large egg whites or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried egg whites combined with 2 tablespoons water or 3 tablespoons liquid egg replacer (or liquid egg whites) or 1/2 mashed banana plus 1/2 teaspoon baking powder [for baking] Egg, white, 1 large 2 tablespoons liquid egg whites Flour Flour, all-purpose (as a thickener), 1 tablespoon 1 teaspoon cornstarch or 11/2 teaspoons arrowroot Flour, all-purpose (for baking), 1 cup 1/2 cup all-purpose flour plus 1/2 cup whole-wheat or 1/2 cup all-purpose flour plus 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour or 1 cup white whole-wheat flour Flour, all-purpose (to eliminate gluten), 1 cup 1 cup store-bought gluten-free baking mix or 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons rice flour Flour, bread, 1 cup 1 cup all-purpose flour plus 1 tablespoon wheat gluten Flour, cake, 1 cup sifted 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sifted all-purpose flour Flour, whole-wheat, white whole-wheat or whole-wheat pastry, 1 cup 1 cup all-purpose flour Blackberry Blueberry Cake Bars Pictured Recipe: Blackberry Blueberry Cake Bars Sweeteners Corn syrup, dark Light corn syrup Corn syrup, light, 1/2 cup 1/2 cup granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons water Sugar, brown, 1 cup 1 cup granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons molasses Sugar, granulated, 1 cup 1 cup brown sugar or 1/2-2/3 cup honey* or 3/4 cup maple syrup* or 2/3 cup agave nectar* or 1 cup Splenda, granulated or 18-24 SteviaPlus Fiber packets *Using honey, maple syrup or agave nectar in place of granulated sugar in baking may cause baked goods to brown faster. Oven temperatures may need to be reduced. Other Baking Substitutions Baking powder, 1 teaspoon 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar plus 1/4 teaspoon baking soda Cornstarch, 1 teaspoon (as a thickener) 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour or 1 1/2 teaspoons arrowroot Gelatin 1 1/4-ounce envelope = about 2 1/4 teaspoons Healthy Muffin RecipesHealthy Cupcake RecipesHealthy Cookie Recipes
Low-Carb Blueberry Muffins
Low-Carb Blueberry Muffins
Low-Carb Blueberry Muffins
Pictured Recipe: Low-Carb Blueberry Muffins
Forgot to pick up whole-wheat flour? Have brown sugar but not white? Don’t have quite enough eggs to prepare that batch of muffins you want to make today? Not to worry, EatingWell’s guide to substitutions for common baking ingredients will help you make adjustments so you don’t have to run to the supermarket on the fly.
Chocolate/Cocoa
Chocolate, bittersweet, 1 ounce 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate plus 2 teaspoons sugar Chocolate, semisweet, 1 ounce 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate plus 1 tablespoon sugar Chocolate, unsweetened, 1 ounce 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoon canola oil (or melted butter) Cocoa powder, Dutch-processed, 3 tablespoons 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1/8 teaspoon baking soda Cocoa powder, unsweetened, 1 ounce 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate and decrease oil, butter or other fat in the recipe by 1 1/2 teaspoons
Eggs
Eggs, 1 large 2 large egg whites or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried egg whites combined with 2 tablespoons water or 3 tablespoons liquid egg replacer (or liquid egg whites) or 1/2 mashed banana plus 1/2 teaspoon baking powder [for baking] Egg, white, 1 large 2 tablespoons liquid egg whites
Flour
Flour, all-purpose (as a thickener), 1 tablespoon 1 teaspoon cornstarch or 11/2 teaspoons arrowroot Flour, all-purpose (for baking), 1 cup 1/2 cup all-purpose flour plus 1/2 cup whole-wheat or 1/2 cup all-purpose flour plus 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour or 1 cup white whole-wheat flour Flour, all-purpose (to eliminate gluten), 1 cup 1 cup store-bought gluten-free baking mix or 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons rice flour Flour, bread, 1 cup 1 cup all-purpose flour plus 1 tablespoon wheat gluten Flour, cake, 1 cup sifted 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sifted all-purpose flour Flour, whole-wheat, white whole-wheat or whole-wheat pastry, 1 cup 1 cup all-purpose flour
Blackberry Blueberry Cake Bars
Pictured Recipe: Blackberry Blueberry Cake Bars
Sweeteners
Corn syrup, dark Light corn syrup Corn syrup, light, 1/2 cup 1/2 cup granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons water Sugar, brown, 1 cup 1 cup granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons molasses Sugar, granulated, 1 cup 1 cup brown sugar or 1/2-2/3 cup honey* or 3/4 cup maple syrup* or 2/3 cup agave nectar* or 1 cup Splenda, granulated or 18-24 SteviaPlus Fiber packets
*Using honey, maple syrup or agave nectar in place of granulated sugar in baking may cause baked goods to brown faster. Oven temperatures may need to be reduced.
Other Baking Substitutions
Baking powder, 1 teaspoon 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar plus 1/4 teaspoon baking soda Cornstarch, 1 teaspoon (as a thickener) 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour or 1 1/2 teaspoons arrowroot Gelatin 1 1/4-ounce envelope = about 2 1/4 teaspoons
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Chocolate, bittersweet, 1 ounce
Chocolate, semisweet, 1 ounce
Chocolate, unsweetened, 1 ounce
Cocoa powder, Dutch-processed, 3 tablespoons
Cocoa powder, unsweetened, 1 ounce
Eggs, 1 large
Egg, white, 1 large
Flour, all-purpose (as a thickener), 1 tablespoon
Flour, all-purpose (for baking), 1 cup
Flour, all-purpose (to eliminate gluten), 1 cup
Flour, bread, 1 cup
Flour, cake, 1 cup sifted
Flour, whole-wheat, white whole-wheat or whole-wheat pastry, 1 cup
Blackberry Blueberry Cake Bars
Blackberry Blueberry Cake Bars
