Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Brown Sugar Banana Bread

Karin:

Thank you for this great information on sugar-free/stevia baking!

Do you have any suggestions on how much I should increase the canola oil in the banana bread recipe by, in order to compensate for omitting the sugar? I would prefer not to add more egg whites. I think the recipe already calls for quite a few egg whites and, unfortunately, I have a mild allergy to eggs so I will have to keep them to a minimum.

Also, do you have any idea whether I will have to increase or decrease the baking time to compensate for the lack of sugar, and by how much time?

I'm afraid I can't tolerate any sugar at all so I will have to remove all of it from the recipe. I get dizzy spells after eating anything with sugar -- sometimes I get those spells the next day. It's very scary! I've had this problem for about 25 years now. My mother says she had the same thing before she was diagnosed in her early 40s as having onset diabetes.

I probably won't add the stevia on my first attempt at making this recipe. I am so used to not eating anything sweet that I actually prefer a dessert that isn't too sweet.

I'm a very, very inexperienced baker so this will be a very challenging project for me! I just reviewed Heather's banana bread recipe again and I may have to invest in an electric mixer and a sifter. I used to have this equipment, but it has been literally years since I baked anything and I'm not quite sure where my baking equipment has got to! I fear my first loaf of banana bread will be quite costly!!!

Thank you again!

Belinda

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