Apples turned into applesauce can make a healthy substitute for cooking oil.
Applesauce, particularly unsweetened applesauce, can be a low-calorie substitute for cooking oil in baking recipes. Cooking oil adds moistness to cakes and sweet breads, and replacing the oil with applesauce will do the same. Applesauce has a mild, almost non-detectable flavor in baked items, but, depending on the amount of applesauce replacing oil, it can change the texture. Determining how much applesauce to use as a replacement for oil in your recipes may take a little experimenting of making your recipe a few times with varying applesauce quantities.
Instructions
1. Replace half of the oil amount with applesauce in your recipe. If the recipe calls for one cup, use 1/2 cup applesauce and 1/2 cup oil. Measure the applesauce and oil using a measuring cup designed for measuring liquids.
2. Use an electric mixer, either a standing or hand mixer, to blend the oil, applesauce with any other liquid ingredients, such as eggs and flavoring. Then, add and blend in the sugar.
3. Add the dry ingredients, like flour, baking powder, or baking soda, to the liquid. Gently mix the dry and wet ingredients together using a spatula, instead of the mixer. Using a spatula and mixing gently until the ingredients are combined will help the texture of the final produce remain light and moist, not thick and rubbery.
4. Taste your baked item with half and half applesauce and oil to determine how much, if any, the applesauce altered the dish. If you cannot taste a difference, the next time you bake the dish, try using 2/3 applesauce to 1/3 oil. Again, see how much it affected the end result. You may decide you can completely eliminate the oil, or use only one or two tablespoons of oil, replacing it with 100 percent applesauce.
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