If you are accustomed to sugary baked goods, stevia-sweetened foods may not seem sweet enough at first. You can try adding a little more stevia than the recipe calls for, but too much stevia overwhelms the taste buds and does not improve the sweetness or flavor. It works better to try some methods that use the ability of stevia to enhance flavors.
I have also sometimes noticed that baked goods taste sweeter the next day, or after they have been frozen, than they do when they first come out of the oven.
Try these tips to improve on the sweetness and flavor of your baked foods. Soon you may be overwhelmed by the taste of sugar-laden desserts.
Utilize fruit, fruit juices, fruit sauces and purées, and dairy products in your recipes. Add a tablespoon or two of frozen fruit juice concentrate to recipes to add flavor and zing. Stevia enhances their natural sugars and flavors.
Soak cranberries or other fruit in stevia extract for 15 minutes to several hours, or even overnight prior to use. The fruit gets sweeter as it soaks.
When softening or stewing dried fruit in juice or water, mix the stevia extract in with it.
While thawing frozen berries, mix a little stevia extract into them in the bowl or cup.
Add 1 or 2 teaspoons of powdered dried stevia herb to batter for extra sweetness and flavor.
Replace some or all of the liquid in a recipe with stevia tea (an infusion of stevia leaves in hot water).
Refrigerate or freeze cookie dough for 4 hours to overnight before baking. The dough will handle better and taste sweeter.
Refrigerate or freeze baked goods. Cut up into individual servings and freeze. Freshen up in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
Add 1 to 3 tablespoons of another sweetener such as date sugar, malt syrup, or honey. The stevia will enhance these natural sweeteners. Disregard this suggestion if you can’t have any sweeteners.