This Infographic Guides You to Healthy, Tasty Baking Substitutions

Whether you're trying to cut down on white flour or sugar, or you're just looking for some creative substitutions for better baking, this guide from our friends at Greatist will help you cut the sugar, wheat, or even the fat from your baked goods if you want to.

Regardless of your opinions on what should or shouldn't be part of a healthy diet, this guide probably has a substitution or two you can agree with (and a few you might not). For example, cup for cup, skim milk could be used in place of heavy cream, or bananas in the place of oil or butter. Similarly, you could use a cup of unsweetened applesauce for a cup of sugar (although the graphic warns you that you'll introduce moisture with applsauce, so for every cup used you should reduce the amount of liquid in the recipe by 1/4 cup overall). If you're cutting wheat flour from your diet, 1/3 cup of coconut flour or every cup of wheat flour works wonders in pancakes, cookies, or cakes.

Check out the full graphic below, and make note of the caveats to each substitution where they apply. Like we said, not all of them will be useful to all diets, but there are plenty of them, so you're likely to find one that works for you.

The Ultimate Guide to Healthier Baking | Greatist

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