Title: SWEETENERS FOR VEGANS
Categories: Info/tips, Vegetarian
Yield: 1 servings
---------------------------ALTERNATIVE SWEETENERS---------------------------
Amazake
-(Rice culture sweetener)
Maple Syrup
Maple sugar
Brown date sugar
Molasses
Fructose
Date spread
Fruit sugar (unrefined)
Fruit butter
Fruit juice
Fruit concentrate
Fruit juice concentrate
Honeyleaf (setvia)
Natural raw Sugar(SUCANAT)tm
Sorghum
Barley malt powder & syrup
Natural Granular sugar
(FRUITSOURCE tm)
Natural Liquid sweetener
(FRUITSOURCE tm)
Rice syrup
"SWEETENERS
The amount of sweetener called for in a recipe may be altered to suit
your own taste. if you like less sweetener, add less. A recipe can be made
sweetener by reducing the amount of flour by about 1/4-1/2 cup and adding
the same amount of granulated or powdered sweetener. Maple syrup or other
sweetener may be substituted for honey in most recipes from other books.
Fruit concentrates may be used in place of honey or maple syrup, in about
equal proportions.
Regular fruit juice may be used as a sole sweetening agent in some
recipes, with small variations in flavour. For example, if a recipe calls
for 2 cups maple syrup and 1 1/2 cups nut milk, use 3 1/2 cups of a thick
variety of peach or pear juice (other fruit juices are not sweet or as
light coloured.) There will be a slight change in flavour. If a recipe
using only fruit juice is not sweet enough, substitute 1/2 cup or so of one
of the recipe's dry ingredients (like flour) with the same amount of
natural powdered or granulated sweetener.
When a recipe calls for a liquid sweetener, it is best to use maple
syrup, fruit concentrate or natural liquid sweetener for the best flavour.
if any other liquid sweeteners are used, the amount of sweetening must be
increased. Some sweeteners, like molasses or sorghum, can greatly change
the flavour of the recipe and must be experimented with."
SOURCE: _Vegan Delights_ by Jeanne Marie Martin posted by Anne Maclellan
