reduce fat in baking

[cathy]

You can substitute up to 50% apple sauce or fruit puree in place of oil when you bake to reduce fat content, i.e. 8 oz fat or oil called in recipe, use 4 ounces of apple sauce

;D

[16011996]

ooh thats good to know.

[Chris25]

This works particularly well for fruit cakes. Just make sure your puree isn't made up of just prunes

[cathy]

if you use prunes only see my recipe for

"flatulence Pie"

[Chris25]

Doh... Cathy, I've just searched for it : ;D

[cathy]

[karebob]

Chris25, very honest of you PMSL

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Thanks

[rach]

;D ;D what a great idea - so does that mean you can eat twice as much cake?

[kolc]

Where can you buy apple sauce here? I used that trick all the time in America but haven't found it since I moved here.

[16011996]

is with ketchup and things in supermarkets, with branston etc. hope that helps you.

[cathy]

get some baking apples peel and core them add a good two palmfuls of sugar and a tablespoon of water

boil then simmer till its nice and thick and creamy

apple sauce !!

[Chris25]

you can use pureed pie filling or heinz apple baby food

[16011996]

can never find pie filling in my supermarket, what do they keep it near usually, any ideas?

[Chris25]

Either near the tinned fruit or the home baking aisle

[16011996]

never found it there, will look again next time i go. ???

[kolc]

That kind of applesauce isn't the same. :-/
Closest is the baby applesauce and using that isn't very frugal at all. I will just have to make some and bottle it.
Thanks for your help.

[16011996]

can you tell us how you make it, kolc?

[cathy]

apple pie filling is the same as apple sauce but more sugar

just chop the apple add sugar to taste and a drop of water and stew till soft

[MimiJane]

I remember making "apple snow" many years ago at school. Just stewed apple mixed with whipped egg white ... looks lovely and goes further.

[16011996]

never heard of apple snow, sounds nice, do you put sugar in the egg whites to make it sweet or is the apple enough??