Question for Heather
#13266 - 07/06/03 11:11 PM
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Trish
Reged: 01/29/03
Posts: 123
Loc: Australia
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Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me how to substitute butter for oil in a recipe. For example a recipe I saw asks for 150gms of butter (not sure what that is in ounces) but I would like to substitute because of the fat content and how do you work out the replacement for whole eggs, for example if a recipe asks for 2 whole eggs how many egg whites is that?
Thanks for your help!
Trish 
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Trish,
I know you directed this question to Heather and she might have a better answer for you but I thought I'd tell you what I have learnt.
1 egg is replaced by 2 egg whites, 2 eggs by 4 egg whites(so double it basically)
As far as butter goes I don't know whether it is a baking recipe or main meal you are making.
If it's cakes etc, I would substitute 2T canola oil and 5-6T applesauce for the 150g butter. As a rule I use 1-2 T canola oil for texture and the rest apple sauce. 1T is about 20g. I do it this way all the time and it always works.
As for main meals I always just sautee onions, chicken etc (whatever the reipe calls for) in 1T olive oil regardless of how much butter they ask for.
If you tell me more about the recipe I could probably help you. I've tried and converted heaps of recipes now and have a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn't.
Kerrie
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Kerrie,
Thanks for your answer. It is a cake I am going to try to make. Do you know any substitutes for sour cream?
How are you going with everything?
Trish
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In baking, whatever you do, don't use soy sour cream in place of dairy sour cream. From what I understand it isn't "sour" enough to react with the baking soda (or other leavener) and make the cake rise. If you can find plain soy yogurt that might work.
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You can drain plain soy yogurt in a paper towel or cheesecloth lined strainer overnight (place over bowl in fridge). A lot of liquid will drain out, and the yogurt will thicken up. Works great in place of sour cream!
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