Substitute for lemon juice?

Question

I have a recipe for apple pie that calls for two tablespoons of lemon juice to mix with two tablespoons of cornstarch to thicken the filling of the pie. If I substitute water, do you think it will change the taste of the pie? Is there something else that I could use or would just water be okay?

Answer 1

You can use watered down vinegar

Answer 2

Lemon Juice Substitute

Answer 3

Substitute For Lemon Juice

Answer 4

Lemon juice substitute
The recipe calls for lemon juice, but you don't have lemons. Instead of running to the store, use 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar in place of 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.

Answer 5

Use lime, grapefruit, pineapple or orange juice. Any citrus will do. If you don't have any of those, you can use 1 tsp apple cider vinegar or white distilled vinegar mixed with 5 teaspoons apple juice mixed together. The lemon juice is not just to mix the cornstarch up. It's also an acid used to stop the apples from turning brown so you will need just a bit of acidity to stop that process.

Answer 6

You can use: Lime juice Pineapple Juice Apple cider Vinegar

Answer 7

does water and lemon juice taste the same? no.
you can try vinegar, but you might want to get a small thing of lemon juice at the store.

Answer 8

I do not use any lemon juice in my apple pie. Mostly it is used to keep the apples from turning brown, which you can use pineapple juice for that as well. But, I do not use either in my pies, and they are highly requested at family gatherings!

Answer 9

you could try some lemonade flavored cool aid mixed with water.

Answer 10

any citrus