Emergency Substitutions

These substitutions can help when you realize you are missing an ingredient...

ingredients	substitutions

4 Tbsp cocoa
3-4 Tbsp cocoa plus 1 tsp shortening
4 Tbsp cocoa
1 square chocolate and omit 1/2 Tbsp fat
1 Tbsp cornstarch
2 Tbsp flour
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks, plus 1 Tbsp water (in cookies)
or 2 egg yolks (in custard mixtures)

1 cup fresh sweet milk
1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1 cup water
or 1/2 cup powdered milk plus 1 cup water

mirin
sweet sherry
sake
dry sherry or dry white wine
daikon
raw turnip
shirataki noodles
vermicelli (fine spaghetti)
1 cup honey
3/4 cup sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid
1 cup canned tomatoes
about 1 cup cut up fresh tomatoes,
simmered for 10 minutes

1 cake of yeast
2 tsp dry yeast
1 cup dark corn syrup
1/2 cup light corn syrup plus 1/2 cup molasses
graham crackers (crushed)
vanilla cookies or digestive biscuits (crushed
sultanas)
large raisins
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup milk plus 1 tsp of vinegar or lemon