this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It can work pretty well, usually in baked good that have a high moisture content like banana bread. It is certainly not a 1/1 substitute. Best practice is to follow a known recipe, or have played around enough to know what changing fat, sugar, water, levels will do. Just changing something like sugar level will change not just sweetness, but gluten formation, browning, moisture retention. It can be complex.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of advice I got from my grandma: Cooking is a hobby, baking is science.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Baking is black magic.

Convince me otherwise. 😛