Not exact matches
«While almost all gluten - free breads have added sweeteners
like honey, molasses, agave nectar or
evaporated cane juice, there are several brands that offer healthy options to fulfill all your sandwich making needs.
2 1/2 cups hot water 3 tablespoons ground flax seed in 6 tablespoons water (lightly beaten) 1 cups agave nectar 3/4 cup vegan butter
like Earth Balance 1 1/2 cups sugar (
evaporated cane juice)-- use 1/2 cup less sugar if you don't want it very sweet 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 cups rice flour 1/2 cup sorghum flour 1 1/2 cups tapioca flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons xanthan gum 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon mace 1/2 cup ground almonds (if allergic to tree nuts, or use sunflower or pumpkin seeds) 1 cup finely grated carrots
I'd also use
evaporated cane juice, Sucanat, date sugar, or palm sugar for the sweetener — but really, you can use pretty much ANY dry granulated sugar you
like.
Would it be better to substitute organic sugar (
evaporated cane juice, texture
like white sugar), or refined brown sugar?
Helen - You can definitely try using stevia, however liquid stevia often tastes much better when paired with another type of sweetener (
like erythritol, xylitol,
evaporated cane juice, etc)
I also tried this recipe using a bit of sucanat (which looks
like brown chunks and smells
like molasses because it's even less processed than the
evaporated cane juice) and it worked!
I do
like them but would prefer them a little sweeter (I had used 1/4 cup
evaporated cane juice and 1/4 cup coconut sugar).
Many types of sugar are also hidden behind such names,
like «
evaporated cane juice», which may sound
like some natural ingredient, but is really only sugar.
Be on the lookout during this challenge for: dextrose, maltodextrin, sucrose, fructose,
cane sugar,
evaporated cane juice, acesulfame potassium (sold as Sweet One — often combined with aspartame or sucralose to sweeten gum, diet soda and other sweet products), aspartame (Nutri - sweet and equal), saccharin (sold as Sweet n» Low), stevia (combined with sugar alcohol and sold under brand names
like Truvia and Pure Via), erythritol (a sugar alcohol derivative of corn) xylitol, brown rice syrup (and other syrups), high fructose corn syrup (made by treating starch extracted from corn with enzymes to make fructose and glucose)-- and if there's anything on a food label that you think might be sugar, google it.
If you
like the slight crunch from the sugar in traditional candied ginger, you can also choose to add a bit of coconut sugar or
evaporated cane juice to this recipe as well.
So, in addition to the obvious ingredient listings
like «sugar,» «sucrose» and «
evaporated cane juice» keep in mind that these «natural sweeteners» still «count» as sugar, even if they're marketed as «paleo,» «low - glycemic,» «natural,» or «raw.»
All forms of added sugar — even «natural» sugars,
like brown sugar, maple syrup, agave nectar, stevia,
evaporated cane juice, and honey — are out.