Substitutions

Buttermilk alternative:
  • 2-3 tsp lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, or cream of tartar
  • plain or unsweetened milk (rice, oat, etc)
Add enough milk to the juice or vinegar to make 1 cup.  Let solution stand 10 minutes before adding to recipe.  May need to add less than recipe calls for.

Egg substitutes:
  1. Ener-G egg replacer
  2. 1 tsp baking powder, 1 TBS liquid, 1 TBS vinegar
  3. 1 tsp yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water
  4. 1/ 1/2 TBS water, 1 1/2 TBS oil, 1 tsp baking powder
  5. 1/4 cup banana or other fruit puree (whipped or beaten)
As binders
  • 1/2 large mashed banana
  • 1/4 cup apple sauce or pureed prunes
  • 1 1/2 TBS water, 1 1/2 TBS oil, and 1 tsp baking powder
  • Combine 1 packet of unflavored gelatin with 1 cup boiling water.  3 TBS of this mixture equal 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup of soft tofu (SOY, not ok for Tia or Marix!)
As leavening
  • Dissolve 1 tsp yeast in 1/4 cup warm water
  • 1 TBS bean flour and 1 TBS oil
  • 1 TBS arrowroot powder mixed with 3 TBS water
  • 1 TBS starch mixed with 3 TBS water
  • For whipping 1/4 tsp xanthan gum with about 1/4 cup of water.  Let stand.  It thickens, and can be whipped like an egg white.  


Baking Powder: (very useful for when you don't have the Hain (corn-free) powder on hand.)
For 1 tsp baking powder, use 1/4 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp cream of tartar

Corn syrup alternative:

  • 1 1/4 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water, boiled until syrupy
  • Agave syrup
  • brown rice syrup