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i use stevia as my sole sweetener (no barley malt or agave nectar or fruit juices or brown rice syrup for me) and while its great as a drop or two in drinks like soya milk hot cocoa, i haven't had much success in using it in adapting recipes origionally made with a lot of sugar in them. i did use blended silken tofu once or twice to replace the bulk lost from liquid sugars, which worked out pretty much ok, but silken tofu doesn't sit well in my tummy, so thats out too.
so, getting to the point..... lol..... a minute ago, i found a recipe online which said i could switch 1 cup of honey/corn syrup/liquid sugar for a sweet gloop made from 1 cup of unsweetened ricemilk mixed with a heaped tablespoon of agar agar, and drops of stevia added to make the sweetness right.
this sounds intreuging... has anyone done this before? does it work? any clues on how many drops of stevia sounds right for the sweetness of a cup of honey? i'll probably try it myself sooner or later, but i'd have to go and buy agar agar especially to do so (and master using it, lol), so if anyone has done this before and can vouch for its plausability, i'd be more inclined to try it out sooner.
i also wonder if a mixture made with flax seeds would make a similar gloop which would work like this too, or not? *makes mental note to try using flax seeds generally, one of these days, too*.
anyway... any wisdom on the subject would be gratefully received and much appreciated!

so, getting to the point..... lol..... a minute ago, i found a recipe online which said i could switch 1 cup of honey/corn syrup/liquid sugar for a sweet gloop made from 1 cup of unsweetened ricemilk mixed with a heaped tablespoon of agar agar, and drops of stevia added to make the sweetness right.
this sounds intreuging... has anyone done this before? does it work? any clues on how many drops of stevia sounds right for the sweetness of a cup of honey? i'll probably try it myself sooner or later, but i'd have to go and buy agar agar especially to do so (and master using it, lol), so if anyone has done this before and can vouch for its plausability, i'd be more inclined to try it out sooner.
i also wonder if a mixture made with flax seeds would make a similar gloop which would work like this too, or not? *makes mental note to try using flax seeds generally, one of these days, too*.
anyway... any wisdom on the subject would be gratefully received and much appreciated!