Common Last Minute Thanksgiving Ingredient Substitutions | #thanksgiving
It never fails. You live in a small community, and you wake up on Thanksgiving morning to continue with baking and cooking… and you’re out of baking powder! Most of the major ingredients, you’re going to make sure that you have, but there are some that you think you have hiding in the pantry or fridge.. but don’t.
Check out this list of last minute common ingredient substitutions!
Allspice
This is a BIG BIG spice commonly used at Thanksgiving! It’s what gives us that warm, fall flavors to our foods.
- 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
Baking Powder (1 teaspoon substitution)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Who has cream of tartar??? Pfft You can use this for Baking Powder!
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (decrease liquid in recipe by 1/2 cup)
Breadcrumbs
I usually toast a piece of bread really good and crumble it up, but if for some reason you don’t have bread, here are some substitutes.
- 1 cup of cracker crumbs
or
- 1 cup of ground oats
or
- 1 cup of crushed potato chips (ha!)
Broth (Beef/Chicken)
- Cut one leg off of your turkey and boil it and use the stock
or
- 1 boullion cube dissolved in one cup of water
or
- 1 cup boiling water with 1/2 tsp salt
Butter (1 cup)
Use this if you don’t have enough butter for a recipe.
- 1/2 cup of applesauce
- 1/2 cup of butter
Use this if you’re completely out of butter.
- 7/8 cup of oil
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
Buttermilk
- Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar (or lemon) to just about 1 cup of milk. Don’t add too much!!
Egg (1 egg)
- 1/3 cup of applesauce
or
- 3 tablespoons of mayo (it’s ok for cookies or savory items, but something really sweet and fluffy like cake or cupcakes, you may want to use applesauce!)
Evaporated Milk (1 cup)
It’s Thanksgiving… SURELY you didn’t forget this!?!
- 1 cup of whole milk
or
- 1 cup of cream
Lime or Lemon Juice (1 teaspoon)
- 1 teaspoon of vinegar
or
- 1 teaspoon of white wine
Lemon Zest (1 teaspoon)
This is one that I always have to do, because I always freeze the juice from freshly picked lemons. I just didn’t realize that the substitute was for MORE lemon juice.
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
or
- 1/2 teaspoon of lemon extract
Milk (1 cup)
There may be a time when you’re out of milk. But, it’s Thanksgiving, so I KNOW you remembered the evap milk!
- 1/2 cup of evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup of water
Shortening (1 cup)
- 1 cup of butter
or
- 1 cup of margarine (Take out 1/2 teaspoon salt from recipe.)
Sanity (a day’s worth)
- Eat out
or
- 1 bottle of wine, consumed moderately (I’m not a drinker, but I can definitely see why people will want to drink wine moderately on a day like Thanksgiving!
HAPPY EATS, and have a safe and fun Thanksgiving!
Thanks for this post! There is no doubt that I am going to need this on Thanksgiving, it seems like every year I run out of something lol!
This is a very handy list – thanks for sharing it! We have had to make substitutions before when something got left off the holiday shopping list. I am printing this to keep it handy!
I follow every recipe to a T I wouldn’t have known anything about substitutes.
Thanks for this! I am not cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year but have a tendency to need substitutes pretty often in my normal cooking.
It’s nice to have all of these substitutions. I know there have been some that I have googled when I have been out of a certain ingredient.
I have to print this list out. I am constantly running out of an ingredient right in the middle of a recipe.
This is a great list! Buttermilk and eggs are two I have had to look up before.
I think the baking soda/ cream of tartar ratios are off in the baking powder substitution. All cream of tartar does in this is provide acid for the baking soda to react with.
Thanks, sorry, I typoed!
This is such a great list to keep on hand!
this is awesome – I know I could use this for other than just Thanksgiving too 🙂
Thanks for the list! I’m bookmarking now just in case I need it!
This is a great list. Thanks for sharing!
I am bookmarking this post! I am basically the queen of baking substitutions. LOL!
Great list! I always forget buttermilk!
I just sent this to the printer. This is so helpful, and I’m going to pin it inside my cupboard.
Absolutely plan to have this list on hand for turkey day and beyond!
This is a GREAT post expecially for the new young cooks and your right cream of tarter?? LOL
Bookmarked for future reference. 🙂 Thanks!
Wow this is an awesome list thank you so much!!!
Oh, this will be so helpful for me, thank you!!!