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Cooking Without Refined Sugar

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I am supposed to stay away from gluten as well as refined sugar and sugar substitutes incl. molases, syrups etc. What could I use instead to cook and bake? Is there a natural sweetener out there? I use Stevia or Xylitol to sweeten certain things, but not sure if it's ok to bake with it? Any suggestions? :)

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I am supposed to stay away from gluten as well as refined sugar and sugar substitutes incl. molases, syrups etc. What could I use instead to cook and bake? Is there a natural sweetener out there? I use Stevia or Xylitol to sweeten certain things, but not sure if it's ok to bake with it? Any suggestions? :)

Can you have honey? If not, what about fruit juices or crushed fruits? I use applesauce to sweeten muffins etc.

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I have used Stevia to cook in the past, it is doable but in my opinion it doesn't taste as good baked as it does straight. Honey is a great tasting substitute in many recipes if you can have it.

I'm interested to see what you discover as I am also trying to avoid refined sugar. I seem to react to foods that have any "sugar" in it, but not so much to foods with "organic cane juice"/ non-"processed" sugar. (I guess it's probably off limits but if you can have organic cane juice you should try it- it's the same sugar just in a different form and processed in a different way.)

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dates are very sweet. You'd have to play with the texture a bit.

hineini Enthusiast
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I try to avoid refined sugar. I just posted in my blog a recipe for coconut flour muffins using only honey to sweeten.

I've used in the past:

-Granulated fructose (looks and feels just like sugar, very processed but metabolized differently than cane sugar)

-Blackstrap molasses

-Brown rice syrup

-Honey

-Maple syrup

-Turbinado sugar and other less refined sugars

-Fruit juice

-Fruit juice concentrate (you can buy shelf-stable concentrate or you can buy it frozen, just defrost and use without adding the water it calls for)

-Dates

-Prunes (they are a great replacement for fats and oils in recipes, too)

-Applesauce (ditto)

Then there are concentrated fruit sweeteners like these:

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HawkFire Explorer
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We have used dates in the past. You need a food processor to get a very nice consistency. Apple sauce is sweet. Stevia comes in many forms now. Try experimenting with the granulated vs the liquid. You may prefer one over the other.

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hineini
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I forgot agave nectar! It's super-sweet (sweeter than sugar) and metabolizes much more slowly than sugar.

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alexschatzi Rookie
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Everybody on here is wonderful and super helpful. Thank you all for your replies.

I had been diagnosed with Mercury toxcity and candida so have to stay away from the sugars incl. honey, fructose, maple syrups, splenda etc etc. Quiet a pain, especially when trying to bake or cook That's why I was trying to come up with an alternative. I will defenitely try out some of your suggestions. Once again, thanks everybody for all your expertise and insights! :)

Ksmith Contributor
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Could someone explain to me how/why refined sugar is bad for you? I guess I just thought sugar is "a sugar" you know? I'd love some education on this because sugar kinda makes me ill sometimes. Thanks in advance!

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Could someone explain to me how/why refined sugar is bad for you? I guess I just thought sugar is "a sugar" you know? I'd love some education on this because sugar kinda makes me ill sometimes. Thanks in advance!

Sorry I can't explain it well but here's one article about it:

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If you google "refined sugar dangers" lots and lots of info. comes up. :)

I am supposed to stay away from gluten as well as refined sugar and sugar substitutes incl. molases, syrups etc. What could I use instead to cook and bake? Is there a natural sweetener out there? I use Stevia or Xylitol to sweeten certain things, but not sure if it's ok to bake with it? Any suggestions? :)

You might check out a raw foods cook book. They seem to be able to make really sweet ice cream and "baked" goods with no sugar at all :)

tarnalberry Community Regular
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you can bake with stevia but i don"t know how well it'll turn out. you can usually cut the amount of sugar at least in half from most recipes.

hineini Enthusiast
hineini
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I just bought some granulated date sugar, I can't wait to bake with it!

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