Thursday, October 19, 2017

Ingredients DIY'd

Hate the cost of certain ingredients?

In the middle of a recipe and missing an ingredient?

Make them yourself and save.


Brown Sugar:  1 cup sugar mixed with 2 T molasses

Mock Cream:  double the amount of dry milk to the normal amount of water

Sweetened Condensed Milk:  1 cup dry milk, 2/3 cup sugar, 3 T melted butter, 1/3 cup boiling water makes 1 1/4 cup

Self Rising Flour:  3/4 cup flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt

Corn Syrup:  substitute 1 cup sugar dissolved in 1/4 c hot water

Pumpkin:  use the same amount of cooked and pureed winter squash or sweet potatoes

Sour Cream:  substitute Greek Yogurt

Bread Crumbs:  depending on what the recipe calls for, fresh or dry, zap slices of fresh or dried out bread in your food processor.  You can dry out bread quickly in your oven if need be.

Fat in baking:  substitute an equal amount of applesauce

Buttermilk:  1cup milk and 1 T lemon juice or vinegar



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