Hi Rosemary, I recently discovered Splenda for cooking.. it's great! No aftertaste, measures like sugar. It's made from sugar, but no calories, carbs, sodium, fat or protein, and no chemicals! You can use it at all temps, baking, freezing, even the microwave. There's a website: www.splenda.com and they say sucralose has no effect on blood glucose levels or insulin, doesn't promote cavities. It was approved by the FDA in 1998, and has been used internationally for 10 years. I like it much better than Sugar Twin which was my previous favorite for cooking. Carol Sunland, CA Zone 19 At 01:10 PM 8/5/2001 -0400, you wrote: >I know there are a couple of folks on the list who are diabetic - as am I. I >came across some nice June apples and I want to make chunky applesauce in >a crackpot today. Question -- has anyone ever done this using Equal >instead of sugar? I fear Equal would break down in the prolonged heat of >the crockpot. <snip> > >Rosemary, Zone 6a, on top of a mountain in Eastern KY Carol J. Bova bova@bovagems.com http://www.bovagems.com/ Lapidary Rough and The Eclectic Lapidary e-zine