Cooking Substitutes

Here's some quick recipe substitutes for those times when you think you have all the ingredients. For instance, when you get ready to make a dessert and it calls for a can of sweetened condensed milk and you haven't any, you don't have to run out to the store to get some.

Sad Recipe
I didn't have potatoes so I substituted rice.
I didn't have paprika so I used another spice.
I didn't have tomato sauce. I used tomato paste...
A whole can, not a half can... I don't believe in waste.
A friend gave me the recipe, she said you couldn't beat it,
There must have been something wrong with her, I couldn't even EAT it!

Recipe Substitutes
~Allspice - 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
~Apple pie spice - 1 teaspoon =1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon cardamon
~Baking powder - 1 teaspoon = 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 5/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
~Baking powder - 1 teaspoon = 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk (decrease liquid by 1/2 cup)
~Baking powder - 1 teaspoon = 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 1/2 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice used with sweet milk to make 1/2 cup liquid (decrease liquid by 1/2 cup)
~Bread crumbs 1/3 cup, dry = 1 slice bread
~Bread crumbs 1/3 cup, dry = 1/4 cup, soft 1 slice bread
~Bread crumbs 1/3 cup, dry = 1/4 cup cracker crumbs or 1/4 cup cornmeal
~Bay leaf - 1 whole = 1/4 teaspoon crushed
~Broth - 1 cup = 1 bouillon cube
~Broth - 1 cup = 1 teaspoon powdered bouillon in 1 cup boiling water
~Bouillon - 1 cube = 1 teaspoon powdered bouillon
~Bell Pepper - 1 tablespoon dried = 3 tablespoon fresh chopped
~Butter - 1 cup = 7/8 cup shortening or 7/8 cup oil or 1 cup margarine
~Oil is not a direct substitute for solid fats in baked products.
Use recipes formulated for oil if a product made with oil is desired.
~Buttermilk - the same amount of yogurt can replace buttermilk
~Light Brown Sugar - 1 cup = 1 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon molasses
~Dark Brown Sugar - 1 cup = 1 cup white sugar and 1 tablespoon molasses
~Catsup - 1 cup = 1 cup tomato sauce plus 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tablespoon vinegar (for cooking use)
~Chocolate - 1 ounce= 3 tablespoon cocoa + 1 tablespoon shortening
~Chocolate chips - 1 ounce = 1 ounce sweet cooking semi-sweet chocolate
~Chocolate - 1 ounce = 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa plus 1 tablespoons fat
~Cocoa - 1/4 cup = 1 ounce chocolate and omit 1/2 tablespoon fat
~Corn syrup - 1 cup = 1 cup sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid
~Cracker crumbs - 3/4 cup = 1 cup bread crumbs
~Cornstarch - 1 tablespoon = 2 tablespoons flour
~Egg - 1 whole = 3 tablespoons beaten egg
~Egg - 1 whole = 2 egg whites or 2 egg yolks
~Egg - 1 whole = 1/4 cup egg substitute
~Flour, for thickening - 1 tablespoon = 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
~Flour, for baking - 1 cup sifted = 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons unsifted flour
~Flour, for cooking - 1 cup sifted = 3/4 cup whole wheat flour and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
~Flour for cake - 1 cup = 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
~Flour, self-rising - 1 cup = 1 cup minus 2 teaspoons flour plus 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt
~Garlic - 1 clove = 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
~Garlic - 1 clove = 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
~Ginger - 1/8 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon raw ginger
~Honey - 1 cup = 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1/4 cup liquid
~Horseradish - 1 tablespoon fresh = 2 tablespoons prepared
~Lemon Juice - 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
~Lemon - 1 whole = 3 tablespoons juice plus 2 teaspoons rind
~Lemon rind - 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon extract
~Milk - Believe it or not, 1 1/2 lbs of zucchinni, peeled and pureed, will replace 2 cups of milk when baking.
~Onion - 1 small = 1 tablespoon instant minced
~Onion powder - 1 tablespoon = 1 medium onion chopped
~Pumpkin pie spice - 1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon,
~1/4 teaspoon ginger, 1/8 teaspoon allspice & 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
~Sour Cream- 3/4 cup sour milk and 1/3 cup butter or use plain yogurt
~Sugar, white - 1 cup = 1 cup packed brown sugar
~Sugar, white - 1 cup = 1 cup honey minus 1/4 cup liquid in recipe
~Shortening, 1 cup = 1 cup and 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
~Tomatoes, fresh - 2 cups, chopped = 16 ounce can, drained
~Tomato sauce - 2 cups = 1 cup tomato paste plus 1 cup water
~Vinegar -1 teaspoon = 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
~Yeast - 1 package = 1 cake yeast
~Yeast - 1 package = 2 tablespoon dry yeast