apple sauce in place of oils?

tgaul

Can someone please help me with this. I know people have said you can replace oils in a recipe with apple sauce to help with fat and calories. I am just not sure where to start on this.

Thank you in advance for the help.

questionablemethods

I have used applesauce to replace oil in pumpkin bread before. I wouldn't replace ALL of the oil with applesauce, but I think I replace about half, and it was okay. I also cut down on some of the sugar that the recipe called for because the applesauce was so sweet, I figured it could do double duty. Worked well--but it might take a bit of experimenting on your part to get the recipe perfected.

Jennplus2

I have done this in baking. It works but it does change the texture a bit. More cake like IMO.

SugarHi

HA! I can't stand apple sauce!!! I don't alternate any recipe or substitute either... if you try it and like it please share!

Mellie13

I do it in cake mixes, brownies, etc. You can replace applesauce for oil or eggs. For oil, just replace cup for cup, for eggs I think I used like 1/4 cup per egg. I have fooled the pickiest eaters with this trick.

tgaul

Thank you everyone. I am going to try this.

Raphi

Yes it works, and its a beautiful thing :bigsmile: !
I even use it to renovate my pizza dough! You really can't taste the apple sauce, btw.

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meagalayne

Yep! Tends to make things a bit sponge-y but if you don't mind that it's a great substitute. Depending on the flavours of the desserts you are making, you can also sub in pumpkin puree for oil + eggs. Again, the texture won't be exact but it's really much healthier and, well, pumpkin is delicious!

Good luck

medbery

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