[header] How to reduce sugar in baked goods [title] Start withholding only a little bit of sugar at a time. [step] Expect a lower amount of sugar to affect not only the taste, but the texture of baked goods as well. While you may be eager to cut back on sweetness, be conservative with how much sugar you leave out at first. 
Each time you bake a particular item, cut the recipe's sugar by only a tenth. Then cut an additional tenth from the original amount the next time and compare the results.