reducing sugar in baking recipes?

Question

For this gingerbread men recipe i found at allrecipes.com

INGREDIENTS
1 (3.5 ounce) package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Answer 1

You can try Splenda for Baking as was suggested, but I have found that Splenda makes your cookies dry, so you'd have to add more oil to balance out the moisture.

With that said, the only true way to cute the sugar down is to use Splenda.

Also, you may want to see if you can find the Fat Free version of butterscotch pudding. That has less sugar too!

Answer 2

Honestly, I'd find a different recipe. Not for the sugar, but gingerbread men do not have butterscotch pudding in it! As for your sugar question, you really shouldn't change anything in a baking recipe. Baking is a science and if you mess with the ingredients or measurements, you could drastically alter the final result. 1/2 cup sugar isn't all that bad for a batch of cookies.

Answer 3

ok.. some recipes call for sugar for it flavor, & you could then replace STEVIA for ordinary sugar. whether, if the recipe says the sugar is for texture then you could persist with ordinary sugar.. There are some recipes available the place you ought to use applesauce as a replace... look up fat unfastened baking or much less sugar recipes

Answer 4

You can buy a Splenda Brown Sugar now and that would reduce the sugar in the recipe.

Answer 5

Try cuting the sugar with helf honey, or use splenda for baking or splenda brown sugar

Answer 6

Use sugar-free pudding mix, and keep the brown sugar as-is.

Answer 7

Buy cinnamon sticks and grind them yourself, because regualar grounded cinnamon ussually has added sugar to make it sweeter =]

Answer 8

Take out all sugar and add syrup, but half as much.