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I have mentioned in my earlier post that eggs act as either binders, leaveners or moisturizers. In the past 2 months we experimented substituting silken tofu and flax seed meal for eggs in a recipe, both being binders. Pureed fruit can either be a binder or a moisturizer. For detailed explanation on egg substitutes I recommend reading Carol Fenster’s book, Cooking Free: 200 Flavorful Recipes for People with Food Allergies and Multiple Food Sensitivities. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s long time since I have baked a quick bread. The last time I baked this for my friends and it was a hit. I had used bananas instead of eggs, so the bread tasted more like bananas. That’s the only reason I don’t like using bananas as an egg substitute because it’s flavor/smell will dominate the baked dish. Whether it’s a carrot cake or chocolate cake, it’s going to taste like a banana only. So this time I decided to use flax seed meal as the egg substitute. Read the rest of this entry »

After the success of egg free version of the classic chocolate chip cookies (both chewy and crispy), I wanted to try my hands on another American classic the “Oatmeal Raisin Cookies”. I didn’t know then that it’s going to cost me a lot of time and material to find the perfect recipe for an eggless version. I had one recipe in hand from a book called “Cookies”. Since I have baked earlier from this book, I thought of proceeding with a recipe from that book itself. Then I saw that it used 1 and 1/2 sticks of butter, so I thought why not search for a healthy version of the cookies and found one in the net. It used only 5 tablespoons of butter, if I remember right. I proceeded with that recipe, substituting flax seed meal for the eggs in the recipe. I think I went overboard by replacing 1/2 the quantity of all purpose flour with whole wheat flour, because the cookies did not taste any good. I guess it was because of too many substitutions. Read the rest of this entry »