Sweetener substitutions

[jen1975]

Hiya Umpa!  I'm thinking of playing with some of the recipes in the bakery book but have a couple questions.  You use Xylitol almost exclusively in your baking.  What would you recommend as a substitute for that?  I'm trying to cut back on my Splenda usage and am eagerly awaiting my FTS sweetener.  However my husband is incredibly sensitive to the Xylitol and any little bit causes him rather major intestinal upset!  Is there a way to substitute in stevia instead?  If so, what do you think the ratio would be?  Thank you!

[Doug Varrieur]

One of the main reasons for the development of our Zero Sweetener was to eliminate all Sugar Alcohols from our recipes, here's the conversions for the bakery book recipes

Xylitol to FAT TO SKINNY ZERO Conversions

1 drop FAT TO SKINNY ZERO sweetener = 1 Tsp Xylitol

3 drops FAT TO SKINNY ZERO sweetener = 1 Tbs Xylitol

8 drops FAT TO SKINNY ZERO sweetener = 1/3 cup Xylitol

12 drops FAT TO SKINNY ZERO sweetener = 1/4 cup Xylitol

16 drops FAT TO SKINNY ZERO sweetener = 2/3 cup Xylitol

24 drops FAT TO SKINNY ZERO sweetener = 1/2 cup Xylitol

36 drops FAT TO SKINNY ZERO sweetener = 3/4 cup Xylitol

48 drops FAT TO SKINNY ZERO sweetener = 1 cup Xylitol

[jen1975]

Yay!  Thanks Doug!!