Adjusting amount of sugar in recipes. Advice needed.

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My dd1 has an egg allergy so I tend to make biscuits rather than cakey things when I bake.

Homemade ones are delicious but most recipes have quite a lot of sugar and often golden syrup too.

I'd say the syrup is needed to give the chewy texture but does anyone know if reducing the amount of sugar will alter the recipe too much for the biscuits to work.

For example today I made Anzac biscuits from Mary Berry's recipe. They are lovely but require 6oz sugar and tblsp of syrup to 3oz of flour and 4oz oats.

They are over sweet.

Thanks

I teach healthy eating in the community. I've a couple of great cake recipes that are both egg and sugar free & packed with goodness. If you want to send me a message with your email address I'll email you the recipes if you like. They're really easy & much healthier than most.

i've been using agave syrup in biscuits instead of honey/golden syrup. you can get it in sainsbury's. it's low GI - not sure if that counts as lower sugar. but it's not as sickly as biscuits made with syrup.

also upping the flavourings can help - vanilla makes things taste sweeter with less sugar. not sure what you do about texture though...

Thanks for the replies.

I'll have a look at the agave littleomar

Healthyeater I've sent you a PM.

Thanks

To the three mumnetters who have asked for my recipes and anyone else :) here they are...

Banana Cake

450g (1lb) mashed bananas
50g (2oz) dried dates
100ml sunflower oil
100g (4 oz) raisins
75g (3oz) rolled oat flakes
150g (6 oz) wholewheat flour

Mix all the ingredients together ? the consistency should be soft and moist. Spoon into a greased 450g loaf tin and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Cool for 10 minutes before turning out.

Assuming there is no whole wheat flour you could substitute plain without any problem. ? if no sunflower oil, vegetable would be OK.

A tin of apples (Asda, Waitrose) makes a perfect substitute for the bananas to make an apple cake.

ALL BRAN FRUIT LOAF
Makes one loaf
30 minutes preparation 45 minutes baking time

What ingredients to buy?
1 mug of All Bran
1½ mug dried fruit
1 mug of milk
1 mug of self-raising flour
1 teaspoon mixed spice or cinnamon (optional)

What to do?

1. Preheat oven to 180˚C/gas mark 4
2. Place the All Bran in a bowl and pour in the milk ? leave to soak for about half an hour
3. Then mix in the dried fruit
4. Add the flour and mix thoroughly
5. Grease a loaf tin or line it with grease proof paper
6. Transfer loaf mixture to tin
7. Place in oven and bake for approximately 45 minutes Other information? Can be served warm or cold Nutritional information This is a delicious and simple recipe which is high in fibre and rich in taste! Adding lots of dried fruit increases fibre intake and sweetness to the recipe.

Hope you enjoy trying these :O)