Healthy and natural baking substitutes

Suitable for a Paleo, vegan, ketogenic and low-carb/dairy lifestyles

Baking is one of life’s simple pleasures. However, when switching to a fitter, healthier lifestyle or when suffering from lactose/gluten intolerance and egg allergies, there are a diverse variety of substitute options at your local grocery store – no matter where you are.

When choosing substitutes, it’s important to read up on the correct recipes and the corresponding measurements. As an experiment, I had tried to substitute a variety of these products into my regular baking recipes and ended up with a disaster. The only situation where standard recipe protocols can be replaced to the letter are with whole-wheat flours and white whole-wheat. Even whole meal or standard brown whole-wheat needs to be combined with all-purpose to make something out of nothing.

Here are some great substitutes for standard baking ingredients. If you’d like to read extensively on sweetener replacements, here’s an article to get you started!

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