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Announcing Egg Replacement Event – Flax Seed Meal
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This page specifically describes how to use flax seed meal as an egg substitute in baking. Check out other possible egg substitute ingredients, quantity, and best suitable baking recipes here.
Do you know that flax is grown both for its seeds and for fiber? Yes, don’t be surprised. Various parts of this versatile plant are used to make fiber, dye, paper, medicines and soap. The next 30 days we are going to try recipes which use these flaxseeds as egg substitutes. Flax seeds come in 2 basic varieties, brown and yellow/golden and both these types are the most concentrated source of essential omega-3 fatty acids, so it should be a part of our diet even if it is not used as an egg substitute. I top it on both cold and hot cereals, smoothies, milkshakes and salads.
For each egg to be replaced, blend in a blender/food processor 1 tablespoon flax seed with 3 tablespoons water until the mixture is thick and creamy. Update: I have a book “Sinfully Vegan” by Lois Dieterly, she has mentioned the ratio as 1 teaspoon of flax seed powder and 1/4 cup of water for every egg to be replaced. I did try her Vegan Brownies with that ratio and it came out very good. “The Joy of Vegan Baking” suggests to whisk 1 tablespoon flax seed powder and 3 tablespoons water.
Check out the recipes using flax seed meal as egg substitute from here.
When can this be used as an egg substitute? Flax seed has a nutty flavor and so it works in baked goods that are grainier and nuttier, such as waffles, pancakes, bran muffins, breads and oatmeal cookies. (Source: The Joy of Vegan Cooking by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau)
Other interesting facts about flax seed (from Bob’s Red Mill pack):
1. Just 2 tablespoons of flax seed meal delivers 4 grams of fiber, as much fiber as 1 and 1/2 cups of cooked oatmeal! Studies prove that when this is added to the diet, harmful LDL cholesterol drops,
while good HDL cholesterol stays put.
2. Flax seed contains high levels of lignans, a natural antioxidant, which can maintain breast and colon health by binding circulating estrogens that might promote unchecked cell growth. To get the
lignans that are in just 2 tablespoons of flax seed meal, you’d need to eat about 30 cups of fresh broccoli.
3. Flax seed is a mega-source for the plant version of omega-3 called Alpha-Linolenic Acid. The oil in flaxseed is about 50% ALA. One serving (which is 2 tablespoons) contains 2400 milligrams of omega-3.
Isn’t the above information enough to start including flax seed meal in our diet regularly?
Now for the rules of the event:
2. Post the recipe in your blog, with a picture and link back to this post. Also feel free to share your experiences and tips while using the substitute regardless of the outcome. This would provide the much needed insight about that particular egg substitute.
3. Since the idea behind the event is to help those who are searching for tried and tested eggless baking recipes, you can also send me the recipes which you have posted earlier in your blog using flaxseed meal as an egg substitute. Reposting is not necessary. That being said, I would really appreciate if you could try new recipes too and post it, because eggless recipes are never enough.
4. Also multiple entries are welcome more than ever for this event.
5. Email me your name, blog URL, name of the recipe, recipe URL, photo in 150wx120h size to ere(at)egglesscooking.com with Flax Seed Meal as the subject.
6. Non bloggers are also welcome to send your recipes, tips and picture of your creation and I will include it in the round up.
7. Last date to send your entries is the 14th of Nov 2008 and the round up will be posted after the 15th.
I will do the round-up for the Egg Replacement Event – Silken Tofu shortly.
Stay Tuned!
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Nope didn’t work. I premixed & pureed 1 tb powdered flax with 3 tb of water. The muffins I made were just glug inside – not even remotely cooked.
Fiona, try using 1 teaspoon flax seed powder and 1/4 cup water. It works well. I have tried it in a couple of recipes.
I measure out a tablespoon of whole flaxseeds. Then I grind them in the coffee grinder. I put the ground mixture in a small bowl and add water… heat in the microwave… until it’s a paste that works great in baked goods. I’m not vegan, but I like this as a substitute.
You can even use toasted flaxseeds for an added flair. I plan on doing that today for my cornbread stuffing for Thanksgiving.
Hi, Madhuram!
I haven’t tried this yet because I have all ready ground flax seed meal that I would like to use instead of flax seed.
How much water would I want to add for the replacement of one egg?
Pam, there are a couple of measurements being followed by different people. But I have so far tried only 1 teaspoon of flax seed powder blended thoroughly with 1/4 cup water and it works fine.
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I made a banana bread and replaced the eggs with 2 tablespoon flax seed ground then added 6 tablespoons water (to replace 2 eggs) and ground that together and put it in the fridge for about 15 minutes. I mixed all of the ingredients together dry into wet then I added the flax seed. The texture and consistency turned out GREAT!! I was very surprised and very pleased with the result.
That’s great to know Mistie. Thank you for sharing the tip here.
Hey, Can we replace eggs with Flax seed powder even in Cheesecakes?
The best substitute for eggs in cheescake would be tofu and some cornstarch/tapioca starch to bind it. Flax seed is good in muffins, brownies, quick breads and in some cookies.
Thanks. I am from a small city in India, Tofu is not readily avaiable in the market. Instead of Tofu can I use Cottage cheese?How to bind with cornstarch? Any specification for the quantity proportion to replace eggs?
Also please let me know if I can use Flaxseed powder for replacing egg in Cake Mixes?
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Hi there. I made cheesecake which required 6 large eggs. So I substituted it with 6tbsp. of flax seed powder and 12 tbsp of water, but the top of cheesecake was brown in colour instead of regular cream colour n was puffed up. Can you suggest me if I can use it or not and how much?
Rinkal, I haven’t tried an eggless cheesecake so far but I very well know that flax seed powder is not a good egg substitute for cheesecakes, except for chocolate cheesecakes maybe. Even that not so much. Tofu is the best choice and I have seen quite a few recipes using tofu as substitute. Google for vegan cheesecakes and you should come up with a lot of recipes.
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Hi – I use flax seed all the time. I grind up some and keep it in an airtight jar to use when necessary (1 tablespoon to 3 tablespoons of hot water). I use it mostly in pancakes and when making waffles. They always turn out fine. Haven’t tried it for Yorkshire pudding though. Must try it as had a failure when using a proprietary egg replacer. They were nice and crunchy but looked more like hockey pucks as they didn’t rise!!
Thanks for sharing your experience Rosemary.