Can you substitute apple sauce for oil butter or margarine in a recipe?

Answer 1

It's might be better to substitute oils, butter and margarine with applesauce in oil-based baked goods like muffins and breads, or moist cakes. Substitute applesauce one for one with the oil, and it helps to add in 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. They say a little oil goes a long way in contributing to a better taste and texture. I've done this a few times with a zucchini bread recipe that calls for 1/2 cup of oil. I use 1/4 cup oil and 1/4 cup applesauce and the bread tastes great.

Answer 2

Sometimes. you can substitute applesauce for OIL or butter in many recipes but not all. If the success of the recipe depends on fat - such as in pie crust and other flaky pastries, applesauce will not work. by the way...applesauce works well in brownies.

Answer 3

Depends on the cake recipe; pound cakes or Victoria sponges rely on their fat content to tast right. Don't substitute apple sauce in these. For other cake recipes, you should be able to substitute 1/3 of the fat for apple sauce - you may need to reduce the quantity of any other liquids in the recipe (since apple sauce is far more liquid than butter).

Answer 4

In some recipes yes, but you cannot replace the full quantity of butter with applesauce. The recipe will come out oddly if you do that. If it's a brownie/muffin recipe it'll be fine to replace some of the butter, but in cookies and sponge cakes it won't work so well. Only do it in sloppy batters that have enough flavor to cover up any apple flavor.

Answer 5

Depends on the recipe. Usually you can replace some of the fat with apple sauce, but not all of the fat; this gives odd results. I think you can safely replace around 30% of the shortening with apple sauce, but use your own judgment according to the recipe. Some shortening will still be required, otherwise you will have a dense, soggy, (appley) cake.

Answer 6

Yes, applesauce can be used to replace butter when cooking. Applesauce is commonly used as a healthy substitute for butter and oil.

Answer 7

Recipetips.com - Go to tips and advice, lowfat receipt substitutions. Good luck.

Answer 8

Using apple sauce instead of butter would not give you a thick enough consistency for frosting, although you could still use this as a fruit filling in a layer cake or jelly donut.

Answer 9

Yes