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Substituting Sugar Substitutes

SlimLizzy

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Can anyone help?
I have recipe for low carb peanut butter cookies which uses light agave nectar for sweetening.
I have some Splenda.
How do I work out how much to use and if the recipe will work, when one type of sweetener is a syrupy liquid and the other a powder?
Am thinking I might need to add some water.
Hoping to cook these tonight in with the dinner. Saving gas.

Edited to add.
The peanut butter is unsweetened.
 
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I frequently make keto butter cookies and am currently using a branded stevia/erythritol sweetener (Truvia, I think). I find a heaped dessert spoon is enough, but perhaps you could add some and taste? You can always add more to the batter. Same just now, I made a one-egg 2-pancake almond flour batter and used roughly the same amount.

Sorry, just noticed you were really asking about consistency. These cookies don’t seem to be an exact science, if it’s a bit dry, just add a splash of water or any other liquid, I think it would be fine. Remembering if it’s an almond flour recipe, they probably won’t spread much in the oven. The dough I make is usually pretty moist - melted butter rather than water - moist is easier to press into shapes without having massively ragged edges.
 
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