applesauce-to-oil ratio...
#207220 - 08/21/05 02:15 PM
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i read *somewhere* on this site that when baking, you can sub applesauce in and use less oil. i was thinking about making some strawberry muffins i found on vegweb.com but wanted to eliminate some of the oil, if possible. if anyone knows the typical quantity of applesauce that replaces oil?? that would be great! thanks in advance 
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The usualy standard is half applesauce, half oil to equal the original amount of oil. Depending on your fat tolerance, you can use more applesauce than that, it may just change the texture a bit.
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Melissa had some good advice. I find that it's usually best to keep the oil to 1/4 cup or less per 9x5 loaf of bread or 12 muffins. Which means that you replace whatever is over 1/4 cup with applesauce. 
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#207272 - 08/21/05 07:05 PM
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thats what i did--my recipe called for 4 OZ/marg. so i did 2OZ-to-2OZ and did the other half apricot applesauce. BTW i was making strawberry muffins
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-2 OZ/unsalted non-hydrogenated vegan margarine
-2 OZ/organic applesauce [your flavor preference]
-3/4 cup vegan sugar
-1 organic banana, cut in 4 chunks
-2 cups/unbleached organic white flour
-2 TSP/baking powder
-1/4 TSP/sea salt
-1/2 cup vegan soymilk
-1 TSP/organic vanilla extract
-2 cups/fresh or froz organic strawberries, chopped
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cream together margarine, applesauce and vegan sugar in a food processor until light and fluffy. add the banana-chunks, and continue to cream until well blended. rinse and dry the processor bowl and add in the flour, baking powder and salt. sift together for 1 minute. in a seperate dish combine soymilk with the vanilla extract and beat lightly w/a small fork. alternate adding wet and dry mixtures to creamed mixture of applesauce, margarine and banana. once all ingredients have been added, slowly fold in the strawberries, careful not to break them. lightly oil 2 mini-muffin trays and line with muffin liners. you may wish to add light oil to the liners to make sure the muffins dont stick when theyre done baking. fill each muffin cup 2/3 of the way full and bake on middle rack at 375F for 25 minutes or until light golden-brown.
i also added 2 TSP of organic flaxseed meal and they tasted so good!! my mom used to make me strawberry muffins by pillsberry but they stopped carrying the package. so yesterday i got creative!! try them im sure they'll turn out great!!
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