Substituting ingredients?

luvmykid28

I have a recipe for banana nut bread. It calls for flour , but I'd like it to be more healthy and was wondering if I can sub whole wheat flour for regular flour? It also calls for a cup of sugar and wondered about using a sub for it as well. I have used splenda before in other recipes, but wondered about cooking with some other sweetener?

jluthersw

I was actually wondering the same thing. (Making banana bread tonight.) I hope someone can help us out with this

amyd03

not so sure about the flour thing but you can on the sugar. I like using truvia have never cooked with it but have use it on strawberries, in tea and what not.

misscfe

Never tried it but I think you would be safe doing both those. I also saw a post recently where people were using almond flour which would probably be a good substitute too. I would love to know how it turns out. Good luck!

nseuell

Yes, you can substitute whole wheat flour! It's never as fluffy, a bit flatter but still good. I've not tried substituting for sugar - I bet if you google 'sugar substitutes' you can come up with a good sweetener (what about honey?) Let us know how it goes!

chefchazz

ground quick oats in a processor to make oat flour. use 1/2 this and 1/2 wheat flour. youre not making any bread w/out some flour. i also use this oat flour to make pancakes and waffles.

1/2c oat flour
1 egg white
a pinch of salt(its needed)

whisk in enough water til its a batter. use immediately. have w/ sugar free syrup or low sugar jelly!:bigsmile:

Paulette56

Everything I've seen about substituting different flours recommends only replacing half the flour. It has something to do with it rising. You can probably find recipes with substitutions already made. Try Googling it.

dmest

I substitute a portion of the flour for whole wheat. I usually use 60% white flour, 40% whole wheat flour and then I add 1/4 cup or 1/3 cup toasted oat bran for extra fiber. I also do that for pancakes and waffles. I've heard you can add an extra banana or apple sauce to replace some of the sugar, but you may want to google that to be sure.

SimplyDeLish

You can substitute the flour easily. I will be a bit denser but still yummy. Sugar is much harder to substitute in baking for lots of reasons - the main being that they aren't substituted on a 1 to 1 ratio and they don't "bake" like sugar does. I'd sub the flour but leave the sugar!

Paulette56

You can substitute the flour easily. I will be a bit denser but still yummy. Sugar is much harder to substitute in baking for lots of reasons - the main being that they aren't substituted on a 1 to 1 ratio and they don't "bake" like sugar does. I'd sub the flour but leave the sugar!

What about the Splenda Sugar Blend for baking. Does it perform ok? or is it just not worth it?

kelsiehoagland

I always use whole wheat flour because that's all I have in my house. My banana bread turns out fine. You can also sub eggs and margarine/butter or oil for more bananas or unsweetened applesauce (1 banana per egg, 1 TBSP applesauce per TBSP oil or butter/margarine) and I'm sure some stevia would be a fabulous sugar replacement. I love stevia (:

niclan724

Splenda has a baking sugar substitute. I believe it's a mix of 1/2 sugar and 1/2 splenda. Might want to check that out.

auntiebabs

not so sure about the flour thing but you can on the sugar. I like using truvia have never cooked with it but have use it on strawberries, in tea and what not.

Some artificial sweeteners like EQUAL should not be used for cooking/baking because their chemical composition is altered with heat.

Oh, wait a quit google got me here:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/465498-can-you-bake-with-truvia/

I've heard that you shouldn't swap out ALL of the the white flour with whole wheat, BUT you can swap out some of it. I may be pulling this out of thin air, but I'm vaguely remembering 2/3s of the total amount of flour can be wheat and the remaining 1/3 leave as white. Also double or triple sifting the wheat flour will help keep the texture of what ever you are making a little closer to the original recipe.

cmvalent

yum! Can't wait to try!

bikingchick

This is a website that will most likely have some answers to your questions about the sugar substitution: http://simplysugarandglutenfree.com/
She does not use wheat at all, so if you're looking for something along those lines in the future, she uses several different flours in her recipes.

knegt

You can buy stevia (natural no-cal sugar substitute) formulated for baking in most health food stores. It is much healthier than any artificial sugar substitutes. Unsweetened applesauce can also be used in place of some of the oil in most baking recipes. (makes it nice and moist)

Wanda66

I'll use half white flour and the remainder 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 flax meal. You could also substitute the apple sauce for the sugar. But I find it is a bit bland, so I've substituted 1/2 apple sauce and 1/2 sugar - even raw sugar is a better choice than granulated sugar. And subsitute eggs with egg whites (1/4 cup of egg whites = 1 egg), just buy the carton of egg whites.

luvmykid28

Thanks for your suggestions. I think I will try this weekend and my recipe make 2 loafs so if it's good I will take 1 to our July 4th celebration. That way I will be able to enjoy something sweet, too.

wonnder1

I would leave the sugar as well. You can also trade out any oil with applesauce on a 1:1 ratio.