Cooking Substitutions
Last Update: 3.21.2009
If you're out of the ingredient on the left, you can substitute the ingredient on the right.
| Ingredient | Substitute |
| Active dry yeast, 1 package | 2 1/4 teaspoon dry or 1/3 cake compressed yeast, crumbled |
| Baking powder, 1 teaspoon | 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar |
| Buttermilk, 1 cup | 1 tablespoon (vinegar or lemon juice) plus enough milk to make 1 cup |
| Cake flour, 1 cup | 1 cup all propose flour minus 2 tablespoons |
| Cornstarch, 1 tablespoon | 2 tablespoons flour |
| Dairy sour cream, 1 cup | 1 cup plain yogurt |
| Flour (for thickening) 1 tablespoon | 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch |
| Half & Half, 1 cup | 7/8 cup (3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) milk plus 3 tablespoons margarine or butter |
| Honey, 1 cup | 1 1/4 cups sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid |
| Lemon, 1 meduim (fresh juice) | 2 to 3 tablespoons bottled lemon juice |
| Orange, 1 meduim (fresh juice) | 1/4 to 1/3 cup orange juice |
| Yogurt (plain) 1 cup | 1 cup dairy sour cream |
| Self rising flour, 1 cup | 1 cup all purpose flour plus 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| Semi-sweet chocolate, 1 ounce | 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate plus 1 tablespoon sugar or 3tablespoon semi-sweet chocolate chips |
| Unsweetened chocolate, 1 ounce | 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa plus 1 tablespoon shortening or margarine |