Cooking ingredient substitutions. Want to try a recipe and no buttermilk on hand? Follow our handy guide to many substitutions.

 

 

IngredientSubstitution
Baking  Powder - 1 tsp.
1/4 tsp. soda plus 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
Bread Crumbs Dry - 1/4 cup
1/4 cup cracker crumbs or 2/3 cup rolled oats
Buttermilk - 1 cup

1 tsp. vinegar or lemon juice plus milk to make one cup

1 cup yogurt

Chocolate Unsweetened - 1 ounce (1 square)

3 Tbs. unsweetened cocoa plus one

teaspoon of butter or margarine

Chocolate Semi-Sweet - 2 ounces
1/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Cornstarch for thickening
2 Tbs. all purpose flour
Corn Syrup - 1 cup
1 cup granulated sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid
Cream Whipped - 1 cup
2 cups whipped dessert topping
Cream Light - 1 cup
7/8 cup milk plus 3 Tbs. butter
Cream Whipped Sweetened
4 1/2 package frozen whipped topping
Egg - 1
2 egg yolks (add 1 Tbs. water if used for baking
Flour All purpose - 1 cup
1 cup cake flour plus 2 Tbs. flour
Flour Cake - 1 cup
1 cup all purpose (minus 2 Tbs.) plus 2 Tbs. cornstarch
Garlic - 1 clove
1/8 tsp. garlic powder or 1/2 tesp. garlic salt
Pepper Green or Red - 2 Tbs.
1 Tbs. sweet pepper flakes
Herbs Dried - 1 tsp.
1/4 tsp. powdered herbs
Honey - 1 cup
1 3/4 cup sugar plus 1 cup liquid
Lemon Peel - tsp.1/2 tsp. dried peel
Milk Whole - 1 cup

1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water

1 cup reconstituted dry milk plus 2 tsp. butter

Mustard Dry - 1 teaspoon
1 Tbs. prepared mustard
Onion - 1 small
1 Tbs. instant minced onion or 1 tsp. onion powder 
Sugar - 1 cup
1 cup brown sugar well packed or 1 1/2 cup molasses and reduce liquid
Tomato Juice - 1 cup
1/2 tomato sauce plus 1/2 cup water
Tomato Sauce - 2 cups
3/4 cup tomato paste plus 1 cup water
Yeast Active Dry
1 cake compressed yeast
  

Teaspoon - tsp.

Tablespoon - Tbs.