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Baking powder
1 t. |
1/2 t. cream of tartar plus 1/4 t. baking soda |
Broth, beef or chicken
1 cup |
1 t. or 1 cube instant beef or chicken bouillon plus 1 c. hot water |
| Buttermilk |
1 T. vinegar or lemon juice plus enough milk to make 1 c. (let stand 5 min. before using) |
Chocolate, sweet baking
4 oz. |
1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1/3 c. granulated sugar and 3 T. shortening |
Cornstarch
1 T. (for thickening) |
2 T. all-purpose flour |
Corn syrup
1 cup |
1 c. granulated sugar plus plus 1/4 water |
Flour, cake
1 cup |
1 c. minus 2 T. all-purpose flour |
Flour, self rising
1 cup |
1 c. all-purpose flour plus 1 t. baking powder, 1/2 t. salt & 1/4 t. baking soda |
Garlic
1 clove |
1/2 t. bottled minced garlic; or 1/8 t. garlic powder |
Gingerroot, grated
1 t. |
1/4 t. ground ginger |
| Half-and-half or light cream, 1 cup |
1 T. melted butter or margarine plus enough whole milk to make 1 c. |
Honey
1 cup |
1-1/4 c. granulated sugar plus 1/4 c. water |
Lemon juice
1 t. |
1/2 t. vinegar |
Margarine
1 cup |
1 c. butter; or 1 c.shortening plus, if desired, 1/4 t. salt |
Milk, whole
1 cup |
1/2 c. evaporated milk plus 1/2 c. water; or 1 c. water plus 1/3 nonfat dry milk powder |
Molasses
1 cup |
1 c. honey |
Mustard, dry
1 t. |
1 T. prepared mustard |
Onion, chopped
1 small (1/3 c.) |
1 t. onion powder; or 1 T. dried minced onion |
Pumpkin pie spice
1 t. |
1/2 t. ground cinnamon plus 1/4 t. ground ginger, 1/4 t. ground allspice and 1/8 t. ground nutmeg |
Sour cream, dairy
1 cup |
1 c. plain yogurt |
Sugar, granulated
1 cup |
1 c. packed brown sugar; or 2 c. sifted powdered sugar |
Tomato juice
1 cup |
1/2 c. tomato sauce plus 1/2 c. water |
Tomato sauce
2 cups |
3/4 c. tomato pasted plus 1 c. water |
Yeast, active dry
1 pkg. |
1 cake compressed yeast |
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