Healthy Vegan Baking Substitutions
January 26th 2012 03:19
Baking without Butter
Just because the words muffins, cakes, cupcakes, brownies and cookies come up, doesnt mean you have to feel guilty about it. There are many ways to turn unhealthy treats into healthier ones, full of all natural ingredients and 100% Vegan! If you are skeptical, dont be You can make amazingly delicious vegan desserts without eggs, butter, dairy milk or even flour or refined sugar! And they wont taste odd, they will just taste wonderful, and you will be able to feel good about making them because they are made from non-GMO natural ingredients.
Lets get started! This post will help you for gluten-free baking, low fat, low sugar, low-glycemic and raw desserts.
Butter Substitutions
Unsweetened Apple Sauce Great for making moist desserts Cakes, muffins, brownies, pancakes and cupcakes.
Canned or Pureed Pumpkin Great for muffins, breads and certain cookies.
Pureed Fruits Great in fruit cakes and certain cookies (non-chocolate)
Avocado Amazing for Raw Desserts. Avocado can also be using to making creamy fillings and puddings
Coconut Oil and Coconut Butter Very healthy fats. Adding coconut oil into your diet may even help you lose weight because your body needs healthy fats.
Earth Balance Butter Substitute - Vegan Butter Substitute (Tastes VERY similar to dairy butter) *Earth Balance Ingredients: Expeller-pressed natural oil blend (soybean, palm fruit, canola and olive), filtered water, pure salt, natural flavour (derived from corn, no msg, no alcohol, no gluten), soy protein, soy lecithin, lactic acid (non-dairy, derived from sugar beets), and naturally extracted annatto for colour.
Non-Dairy Yogurt Works well in pancakes. Make sure to get the unsweetened kind.
Healthy Baking
Dairy Milk Substitutions
Soy Milk
Almond Milk
Rice Milk
Hemp Milk
Oat Milk
Coconut Milk
Some non-daily milk Brands:
Rice Dream
Pacific
Blue Diamond
Silk
So Delicious
Egg Substitutions
Ener-G Egg Replacer (http://www.ener-g.com/)
Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer - Made from wheat and soy.
Flax seeds - Add one tablespoon of flax meal to 3 tablespoon (or Ratio 1:3) of water and mix together and treat this as you would 1 egg.
Silken Tofu
Banana
Chia Seeds - Stir in 1 tbs of Chia seeds into 3 tbs of water and let it sit for a few minutes until the chia seeds expand and become gelatinous.
Refined Sugar Substitutions
Lucuma Powder
Pure Maple Syrup
Honey
Yacon Syrup
Brown Rice Syrup
Agave Syrup
Dates (sugar) or Paste
Coconut Sap
Stevia (powder or liquid)
White Flour Substitutions / Gluten Free Flour
Coconut Flour (This smells AMAZING)
Almond Flour (ground up almond)
Oat Flour (Good for oatmeal cookies, breads, muffins and pancakes)
Buckwheat Flour
Quinoa Flour
Tapioca Flour
Rye Flour
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