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Being required to pay extra for everything that enters my mouth (yes protiens send my sugar levels up), I have made sure everything I choose to eat is good. Often I just won't partake in the bland dessert options others think are worth it. Learned to make a fantastic fudge at 14, amazing cakes from scratch, and how to adjust cookie recipes to be worth the extra insulin before graduating high-school...
Good for me is a different question.
How much sugar / sweeteners do you put in those cakes / cookies etc?
It depends on what I am baking. With carb counting, I need to take insulin for all my carbs, and extra if I have protien/fat heavy meals (ie 2nd or 3rd shot sometimes). Granted if I take the ultra fast acting inhalable stuff (Afrezza) I just set my CGM to a low level & huff some insulin every time I go above that line. Some meals have me huffing insulin every 30-40 minutes for a few hours. All the things that make me fat & should give me heart issues.
My mother taught me to use sugar like one should use garlic & vanilla. Estimate it until you like how it tastes 😅
Some recipes I have cut back a bit on sugar, though more often than not I use what a recipe calls for & if I am just going quick it will end up with a heaping instead of levelled cup so maybe 5%-10% extra.
If I have to take the insulin for it anyway, I better enjoy it 😜
edit - The biggest key is to love what you are doing & enjoy the bake. That love really does bring a much better flavor & a Japanese study showed how that emotion makes a better structure in water.
Of all the things sugar is one of the worst to put into the body. If baking is your passion, its gonna be tough fren!
It certainly is. I use honey & monk fruit too for various recipes. Though I just love backing & cooking in general.
That's so nice to read!!! I love baking from scratch too. Tastes so much better than store bought in most cases.
It almost always does, with very rare exception.