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