Bake with Applesauce

Try replacing the cooking oil with delicious Musselman’s Natural Apple Sauce! You’ll find the exact conversions – along with a few helpful tips – below.

Cut Calories & Fat

Apple sauce will add moisture and flavor to your baking while cutting fat and calories.

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  • When substituting apple sauce for oil in baking, it is a 1:1 ratio. 1/4 cup apple sauce for 1/4 cup oil. (except for cookies)
  • Never add more than 1/2 cup apple sauce. If the recipe calls for more than 1/2 cup oil, substitute apple sauce for half of the oil.
  • Substituting apple sauce for butter/margarine can often change the consistency. Some brands of boxed mix provide alternative directions for oil instead of butter. Use the oil recipe.
  • Try using flavored apple sauce, like Musselman's Healthy Picks Raspberry Acai, to add flavor and fun color to baked goods.
  • To cut and serve reduced fat baked goods and prevent crumbling, allow to cool 10-15 minutes and cut using a plastic knife.

Boxed Mix Conversions

The following chart provides GENERAL GUIDELINES for substituting natural apple sauce for oil in boxed mixes. (Box size and ingredients will vary by brand and flavor.)

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