Non-alcoholic substitute for brandy? - Seasoned Advice That said, if you wish to substitute for brandy then your best choice is whiskey Brandy is a distilled wine (fermented grape mash) which has been aged in oak barrels Whiskey is distilled from a fermented grain mash and then aged in oak barrels
Can you use brandy instead of rum in cake recipe FWIW, most spirits in baking recipes are interchangeable because they're only used for flavouring anyway, so it comes down to a question of whether you think brandy tastes similar enough to rum to qualify
How to replace booze in eggnog? - Seasoned Advice Alcohol-free vanilla extract (available in the US from Trader Joe's) is a decent substitute for the flavor you need for eggnog To echo other answers, you could also simply make the eggnog without the spirits
baking - looking for a substitute for liquor in a cake recipe . . . For these seeking a general substitute for liquor in cake recipe (as opposed to substitute brandy in Lady Baltimore) - the usual approach is caramel syrup Caramelize some sugar in saucepan (thoroughly, near burning), then dilute it with water until you have a syrup of thickness roughly halfway between molten sugar and water
Fishhouse Punch: Peach Brandy vs Schnapps - Seasoned Advice If I substitute peach schnapps for peach brandy, will it throw off the balance of the drink? Or possibly add any unwanted flavors? ETA: When I went to the store, I discovered Paramount brand "Peach-flavored Brandy" The back of the bottle suggests using it in a Fuzzy Naval, which is one of the drinks I usually make with Peach Schnapps
Nonalcoholic Substitute for Marsala Wine - Seasoned Advice For personal reasons I won't purchase alcohol or have it in my home, but I'm a bit of a foodie and love Chicken and Steak Marsala I've found decent nonalcoholic substitutes for dry and sweet white
Recommended cooking uses for applejack? - Seasoned Advice Apple brandy goes particularly well with pork chops or pork tenderloin It would also be a good substitute when a dessert calls for brandy, such as Baked Fruit (maybe Pears?), or an apple cake
pasta - Can you replace red wine with apera sherry in a ragout sauce . . . You can absolutely substitute a sherry (fortified wine) for red wine in your sauce The point of adding the red wine into the saucy is not to make it boozy, but to help develop the flavors of ingredients which contain alcohol-soluble flavor compounds, and to add some of the flavors from the wine (though in that recipe, I am going to guess that