should i use applesauce instead of eggs or oil for baking brownies?

Answer 1

no, applesauce is used to replace oil not eggs.

Answer 2

If you substitute applesauce for oil in your brownies, there is absolutely no difference in taste, but a huge improvement in fat and calories! I always make the substitution. If the recipe calls for 1 cup oil, you'd need 1 cup applesauce. I would still use the eggs, as they are typically a binding agent you wouldn't get from the applesauce. If you're thinking about your health, you might want to use Egg Beaters, though.

Answer 3

I have heard that applesauce may be a substitute for oil in low fat baking. I think I would experiment first, especially if you are planning to take the brownies out for a pot luck or serve them to company. Try 'em out and see what your family thinks. Wishing you good luck.

Answer 4

You can use applesauce to substitute for up to half the fat in a recipe while baking. If you're going to use it as a substitute, use half the oil called for in the recipe and replace the rest with applesauce. The eggs, however, are a leavening agent, and you won't want to replace them with applesauce.

If you are concerned about fat content in your brownie recipe, there's a better way to go as far as substitutions. Prune butter does well as a fat substitute in chocolate items, and there is a commercially available product called Baker's Dream that is a fat substitute that can be used in any flavor baked good, including chocolate. Both of these things can be used to substitute for ALL of the fat in a recipe.

To substitute for the eggs, use EnerG Egg Replacer. It is a powder and can act as a substitute for all of the eggs in any baked item. Except quiche, obviously. (For that, use tofu.)

Both of these products are available at 'health food' stores and in the natural foods section of larger grocers and supermarkets. They are also both vegetarian/vegan. I use them frequently in baked goods as one friend is a vegan, another is allergic to all milk proteins and one of my sisters is allergic to eggs. My baked goods have always turned out well, and the non-allergic carnivores in my life have never been able to tell the difference between the vegan brownies and cookies and the 'traditional' recipes.

~Morg~

Answer 5

you can its not big a difference in taste, a bit in texture though

10 1/4 oz brownie mix unprepared
1/2 cup applesauce, unsweetened drain to yield about 1/3-cup
2 tbl lowfat buttermilk
44 gm egg one medium

Answer 6

The applesauce replaces most of the oil. You should still put 1/4 cup of oil in the mix.

Answer 7

Stick With Oil and Eggs

Answer 8

and so what are you using for the FAT in your brownies if you use either apple sauce or pureed carrots? They need some fat of some sort. GO SHOPPING!! making brownies is not a matter of life and death like making a meal would be. Wait til after shopping trip to make luxury items like desserts and treats.

Answer 9

Its not that you should, but you can.
Don't substitute both in the same recipe, just one, and I suggest substituting the oil, not the eggs (or the brownies may not rise at all...)

Answer 10

applesauce is used instead of the oil