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How Much Lemon Extract do i use instead of real lemon or lemon juice?

i want to make a lemon loaf, but all the recipes i see are asking for real lemons or lemon juice, i have lemon extract & imagine it would work just as well, but how much should i use??

any help thanks & happy holidays!

Update:

the easiest recipe i found is asking for 1 lemon, rind of! :S

iam new to baking so going with easy first, hehe!!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Don't substitute extract for juice. It's not the same thing. Extract is more like the oil from the skin of the lemon and has no or very little water, which is mostly what lemon juice has in it. Lemon juice also adds some acidity for tartness, as well as having an effect in other ways but it doesn't have a lot of lemon flavour in baked goods. Can't tell you what effect the acid has exactly, I'm no chemist. If I really had no choice, I might substitute water and vinegar, half and half, for the lemon juice. That would give the needed acidity, and the vinegar smell will dissipate when the loaf is baked, trust me here. Use the extract as you would normally use an extract for flavouring, a teaspoon or two in a recipe. Ah, here we are. I just checked my reliable old Joy of Cooking, and it suggests substituting 1/2 tsp of vinegar for 1 tsp of lemon juice.

  • 1 decade ago

    It would depend on how much juice the recipe calls for. You can sub extract for juice. Edit with the info and we can help more.

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