Has anyone tried coconut sugar? I saw it in my tiny health store, but it's a little pricey for me right now. Pros or Cons? Does it even taste like coconut? If it tastes like coconut, I would love to use it in baking, or even on my oatmeal with some tropical fruit. Mmmm...coconuty ( Read more... )

Hi all. I need help subbing two sweeteners in a cookie recipe. It calls for 1/2 cup agave, which I don't have in the house, and 1/3 cup maple syrup, which I'm allergic to. If I were only replacing one sweetener I'd just wing it, but replacing two with different flavors feels more complicated ( Read more... )

As redundant as this title might sound, for some odd reason about 99 percent of the recipes I find for scrumptious granola seems to almost always include the dreadful honey. For example:

"May's Simple & Delicious Granola"
8 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 cups wheat germ
1 1/2 cups oat bran
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
3/4 ( Read more... )

Trying to make Isa's oatmeal raisin cookies, cause I figured I'd have everything.

But she calls for 1/3 rice syrup. I have none.
I have wholesome sweeteners sugar and agave syrup.
How should I go about this?

I've been doing a lot of allergy testing lately and have learned of a sensitivity to sugar cane. I've found that most things can be substituted in baking but what about icing?! Is there any way to make icing without using icing sugar or other cane sugars? Are there other things to ice with that maybe I just haven't thought of?

What's a good vegan alternative to sugar? I want to start experimenting with a lot of baking, but simultaneously cut down on my sugar intake. What's a healthy sweetener I can use? What do you guys use? Thanks.

I am trying to develop vegan recipes for sweets that are diabetic-friendly, without using artificial sweeteners (ie. no Nutrisweet, Splenda etc). Today was the first time I've ever heard about erythritol and I'm very intrigued. I've tried stevia and found it unacceptable, did not like the flavour/mouthfeel xylitol gave my goodies, and so I'm ( Read more... )

I want to make cookies (ginger variety). The recipe I found calls for brown rice syrup and some other kind of syrup. Could I use granulated sugar instead?

Tx.

Hi guys! I want to make a good, crunchy granola ( Read more... )

Um, being the frugal person I am (aka poor) is it ok to use the fake maple syrup in recipes calling for the real thing?