Apple sauce vs fat

Zend · 18 July 2006 at 8:18AM

Hi, can anyone help me? If I substitute apple sauce for margarine when baking, how much apple sauce do I need? Do I use the same amount of apple sauce as I would margarine or do I use more or less? I desparetly need to cut down on the amount of fat I'm eating.

lofty_cherrytree · 18 July 2006 at 3:53PM

Hi - can't say I've heard of substituting apple sauce for fat, but I would be interested to hear advice. I think I may have gall stones so will also need to limit my fat intake.

mcardinalblue · 18 July 2006 at 4:15PM

Hi Zend

I found this I havn't tried this out yet

http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kitchen/tips3.htm

Good luck

patchwork_cat · 18 July 2006 at 5:59PM

Found this http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/health/applesauce

Zend · 19 July 2006 at 10:28AM

Thanks. I'll have a look at both the sites and try giving the cakes a go.

Swan_2 · 20 July 2006 at 10:33AM

not exactly baking I know, but it does substitute apples for suet & makes a very nice tangy mincemeat

1lb soft brown sugar
3/4 pint apple juice
4lb cooking apples, peeled, cored & chopped
1-2 teaspoons ground allspice
1-2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1lb currants
1lb raisins or sultanas (or a mixture)
rind & juice of 1 lemon

dissolve sugar in juice in large pan over gentle heat
add rest of ingredients & mix well
bring to boil & simmer for 30 minutes or till it's a soft mush
put into sterile jars & cover*
keeps 3 months in a cool dark place**

*I put some of mine into a sterile tupperware-style container & kept it in the fridge
** I found it actually keeps a lot longer than 3 months

organic_wanabe · 5 March 2007 at 12:24PM

I have a couple of questions that I hope someone can help answer:

1. I have a carrot cake recipe that requires apple concentrate. Does anyone know where it is stocked?

2. I'm going to try substituting some fat/sugar in my baking recipes with apple sauce. Can it be homemade apple sauce and has anyone tried it with any success?

3. Do you think unsweetened apple sauce would work?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Seakay · 5 March 2007 at 1:46PM

You should be able to buy apple concentrate from a health food shop - Meridian is one company which produces it.

If you Google applesauce in cooking a few recipes come up, although I have to admit that I haven't tried any of them myself.

If you want to use apple sauce instead of sugar then it would seem silly to sweeten it first - if you are using homemade then the advantage would be that you could select an apple to use that gives the level of sweetness which suits you best.

eryn_kathleen · 5 March 2007 at 1:59PM

If you're using American recipes (applesauce in cakes and muffins is common there to reduce fat) then definitely make your own applesauce. The commercial stuff here is different to the commercial stuff in the US, and it won't work well at all!

You will want to add just a little bit of sugar (or sweetner) to the applesauce as you cook it, but it will be a much smaller quantity than you would have used otherwise. Cinamon really brings out the apple flavour and some sweetness too, so that may help.

organic_wanabe · 5 March 2007 at 3:00PM

eryn-kathleen, sorry to be a pest but do you have a tried recipe for the applesauce that I could copy? I want to make a carrot cake birthday cake and thought I could reduce the calories by trying a part substitution - still trying (unsuccessfully) to lose the 4lbs that I put on at Christmas!

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