Showing posts with label kitchen substitutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kitchen substitutions. Show all posts

Saturday, February 21, 2009

The ugliest scones the world has ever seen


With the help of my good lacky James, we made the pumpkin cranberry scones from Veganomicon, minus the pumpkin as I did not have any. Instead we used a cooked and pureed carrot and some apple sauce. We also made these into drop scones because the batter was wet and we are lazy, hence their hideous appearance.

We reduced the liquids a little to account for the added moisture of apple sauce, but obviously we could have reduced further. They also burnt a little on the edges (too close to the bottom element).
For an added twist (and because we lacked Pepitas to place on top) I ground some walnuts and brown sugar to sprinkle on top).Either way they taste great, and were delightful alongside coffee and allowed me to use my remaining soy cream.
Also here is just another shot of the coffee because it has been far to long since I last had some.

Ah, coffee my one true love.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Usefull list of common substitutions

Baking powder 1 t = 1/4 t baking soda+ 1/2 t cream of tartar
Bread crumbs 1 cup = 3/4 c crumbled crackers
Buttermilk 1 cup = 1 cup soy milk with 1 T lemon (let stand 5 minutes)
Cake flour 1 cup = 1 cup sifted all purpose flour minus 2 T
Chocolate 1 square ( 1 ounce) = 3 T cocoa powder and 1T EB
Corn starch (thickening) 1 T = 2 T AP flour
Corn Syrup (not for baking) 1 cup = 1 1/4 sugar plus 1/3 water
Fresh herbs 1 T = 1 t dried or 2/3 t ground
honey 1 cup = 1 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 water
Ketchup or chili sauce 1/2 cup = 1/2 cup tomato sauce plus 2 T sugar, 1 T vinegar and 1/8 t ground clove
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
Hot sauce 3 to 4 drops = 1/8 t cayenne pepper
Mustard (wet) 1 T = 1 t dried mustard
Oregano dried 1 t = 1 t dried marjoram
Tomato paste 1 T = 1 T ketchup
Vinegar 1 t = 2 t lemon juice