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Three tablespoons of cocoa and one tablespoon of shortening is equal to one square of unsweetened chocolate. If your recipe calls for unsweetened chocolate it should work. If it calls for semi sweet or milk chocolate, you would not be able to add enough sugar to sweeten unsweetened chocolate. The end product would be too bitter.
Yes! For each ounce of unsweetened chocolates (where 1 ounce = 1 square), you can use 1 2/3 ounces of semisweet chocolate AND reduce the amount of sugar that is being used in the recipe by 2 teaspoons. 1 square = 1 ounce = 1/3 cup of chocolate chips That conversion, though, is a bit tricky. If you do not have unsweetened chocolate, it is actually easier to substitute it the following way: For each ounce of unsweetened chocolate, use 3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa AND 1 tablespoon or either butter, margarine, or shortening.
Sometimes, but it depends on what materials are being used exactly. If taking out baking chocolate squares, you have to use baking chocolate chips, not just average chocolate chips or else the recipe will not be correct. Another view: I've found that choc. chips usually substitute pretty well for chocolate squares. Just keep in mind that most chocolate chips are "semi-sweet" while chocolate squares may be "bitter-sweet" or completely "unsweetened." If the recipe calls for unsweetened squares, your product will turn out rather sweeter than the recipe intends. If you look on the chocolate chip package, you may find the equivalent listed.
In most recipes you can use an equivalent amount of dried fruit, like raisins, nuts or another flavor of chips like peanut butter, cinnamon or vanilla chips. Obviously this will not work in a recipe that calls for melting the chips to get a chocolate flavor in the recipe. If the recipe calls for melting the chocolate chips- you can use 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon butter or margarine for every 1 ounces of semi-sweet baking chocolate needed.
A suitable tomato substitute for a recipe that calls for fresh tomatoes is canned tomatoes.
Sometimes, but it depends on what materials are being used exactly. If taking out Baking Chocolate squares, you have to use baking Chocolate Chips, not just average chocolate chips or else the recipe will not be correct. Another view: I've found that choc. chips usually substitute pretty well for chocolate squares. Just keep in mind that most chocolate chips are "semi-sweet" while chocolate squares may be "bitter-sweet" or completely "unsweetened." If the recipe calls for unsweetened squares, your product will turn out rather sweeter than the recipe intends. If you look on the chocolate chip package, you may find the equivalent listed.
One delicious dessert recipe that calls for chocolate heavy cream as a key ingredient is chocolate mousse.
Paprika or cayenne pepper can be suitable substitutes for chili in a recipe that calls for it, like masa.
A good substitute for tamari in a recipe is soy sauce, as they both have a similar salty and savory flavor profile.
A suitable substitute for heavy whipping cream in a recipe is a combination of milk and butter.
A suitable substitute for applesauce in a recipe that calls for it, especially if you want to use oil instead, is mashed bananas. They can provide a similar moisture and binding effect in the recipe.
You can use ground cardamom as a substitute for cardamom pods in your recipe. Use half the amount of ground cardamom as the recipe calls for in cardamom pods.