Natural Substitutions for Better Baking
source: http://www.healthnews.com/nutrition-diet/natural-substitutions-better-baking-3809.html
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When the holidays roll around and the sun goes into hiding for the winter, bakers all around the country roll out their dough and go into pie mode. Although pies are not my specialty, holiday cookies, cakes, bars, or breads are always great gift ideas and should be savored, not stuffed down our gullets like sweets so often are. Even though there are guilty pleasures floating around the holiday season from pumpkin and pecan pies to gingerbread houses and sugar cookies with sprinkles, there are ways to get around using some of the heavier ingredients in your favorite treats.
Paula Deen’s favorite friend, the butter stick, is getting a bad reputation of late with obesity on the rise and butter being necessary in almost every commercial recipe. Why shouldn’t we like butter, its delicious! Both high in calories and saturated fat (the really bad kind of fat) butter in large quantities is never a good idea. If you use half of the butter in your favorite recipe you can swap in...
Paula Deen’s favorite friend, the butter stick, is getting a bad reputation of late with obesity on the rise and butter being necessary in almost every commercial recipe. Why shouldn’t we like butter, its delicious! Both high in calories and saturated fat (the really bad kind of fat) butter in large quantities is never a good idea. If you use half of the butter in your favorite recipe you can swap in...
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