Cooking substitution question...?

ali2005jason

I found a recipe for Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies. I really want to try this one but it calls for 1 cup of vegetable oil. Of course I don't want to use that much. What can i substitute? I like moist cookies but I don't know enough about baking to try anything. TIA!

jmarie238

applesauce

ougrad1

I believe you can use apple sauce.

kirbabe

Yeah, that's a lot of oil!  I would probably try 1 cup applesauce, yogurt (plain, but vanilla would work too), or mashed bananas.

If you're worried about them not turning out, maybe half or quarter the recipe and do a trial run with the substitutions.

ali2005jason

So would I just use a cup of applesauce?

 

ETA: And would I use the unsweetened kind since the recipe calls for sugar already? TIA

djandkellen

https://www.foodfit.com/cooking/askChef.asp?aeid=322

kirbabe

ali2005jason:

So would I just use a cup of applesauce?

 

ETA: And would I use the unsweetened kind since the recipe calls for sugar already? TIA

Yes, I would use unsweetened.