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Paula Deen 16 Alcohol Substitutes for Cooking — PaulaDeen.com
Here is a helpful list of replacement ingredients for alcohols commonly found in recipes:
Beer or ale: for light ale use chicken broth or white grape juice, for darker ales use beef broth or mushroom stock. Non-alcoholic beer can also be used. In a batter recipe replace beer with soda water.
Red wine: chicken or beef broth, red wine vinegar diluted with water, grape juice mixed with a little red wine vinegar, water or tomato juice. Use 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar to 1-cup liquid for diluting. Add a tablespoon of sugar for sweet wine.
Amaretto: almond extract
Brandy: use fruit juice with corresponding flavor, for example apricot juice for apricot brandy.
Orange liquor: Frozen orange juice concentrate
Sake: white grape juice with lemon zest or rice vinegar diluted with water
Sherry: orange or pineapple juice
Dry vermouth: white grape juice or white wine vinegar
Sweet vermouth: apple or grape juice or balsamic vinegar
White wine: chicken broth, white wine vinegar diluted with water, ginger ale or white grape juice mixed with a little lemon juice. Use 1 TBSP vinegar or lemon juice to one-cup water or grape juice. Add a tablespoon of sugar for sweet wine.
Kahlua: chocolate extract mixed with espresso powder, coffee syrup or coffee extract
Bourbon: vanilla extract
Rum: rum flavoring or pineapple juice
Frangelico: hazelnut or almond extract
Hard cider: apple juice, sparkling apple juice or cider
Champagne: Sparkling grape juice or ginger ale
Sometimes it doesn’t make any difference and using water for those 2/3 tablespoons of water will do the trick.