Recipe Substitutions
This is something I've had to deal with when cooking and I'd venture a guess that you have also had this happen: Missing ingredients! Now what can I do? Find a substitute!
| Recipe calls for: | Substitute with this: |
| 1 cup plain yogurt | 1 cup buttermilk |
| 1 cup whipping cream | 3 cups milk plus 1/3 cup melted butter |
| 1 cup half and half | 3/4 cup milk plus 1/4 cup melted butter |
| 1 cup whole milk | 1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water or 1 cup nonfat milk plus 2 tbsp. melted butter |
| 1 cup sour cream | 1/3 cup melted butter plus 3/4 cup sour milk (to make sour milk add 1 tbsp. lemon juice or white vinegar to 3/4 cup milk and let stand for 10 minutes) |
| 1 tsp. baking powder | 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar plus 1/3 tsp. baking soda |
| 1 tbsp. flour | 1/2 tbsp. potato flour or 1-1/2 tsp. cornstarch or arrowroot |
| 1 cup dry bread crumbs | 3/4 cup fine cracker crumbs |
| 1 cup honey | 1-1/4 cup sugar plus 1/4 cup water |
| 1 cup sugar | 3/4 cup honey and omit 1/4 cup of liquid called for in recipe |
| 1 tsp. lemon juice | 1/2 tsp. vinegar |
| 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper | 4 drops hot pepper sauce |
| 1 small clove garlic | 1/8 tsp. garlic powder |
| 1 tsp. dry mustard | 2-1/2 tsp. prepared mustard |
| 1 tbsp. fresh herbs | 1 tsp. dried herbs |
| 1 cup marshmallow creme | 16 large marshmallows (4 cups) |
| 1 large marshmallow | 10 miniature marshmallows |
