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Egg Replacer

jonty's picture
jonty

Egg Replacer

My friend recently bought me a box of this egg replacer. I'm not a vegan, so I'm basically using it as a back-up when I don't have any eggs lying around (I do a lot of quick bread baking, so it comes in handy for cookies and the like).

I was wondering, though, how well this would work for breads. Egg is often used in bread as a softener, a source of fat, and for flavor, right? The replacer is really meant to emulate the chemical qualities of egg (that is, it's leavening abilities for things like cookies), so would it work well for yeasted breads? I especially wonder about breads like brioche, challah, and pain au lait where the egg flavor/fat would seem to be central. I know that there are some vegan recipes for these out there using egg replacer, but I wonder if you can just take any ol' bricohe recipe and substitute the replacer in.

I was also wondering if egg replacer would work well for egg washes.

Any thoughts?

martin's picture
martin

I make Vegan Products on a daily basis. As an example in the Bakers Apprentice there is a recipe for sticky buns. I have altered this recipe to use Coconut Oil and "ground flaxseed egg". This makes for very light and tasty buns. We use coconut (with mollases and Jaggery) and Pumpkin Kaya (pumkin and coconut milk jam) as fillings. If anyone wants the recipe of these fillings let me know).

I have not yet tried Brioche and yes it would have a distinct coconut taste from the oil (we use our home made oil , not RBD)instead of an egg taste, but the secret would be to "hide" this subtle taste with a more blatant one i.e coconut filling.

 

Regards,

 

Martin Prior 

www.bakerette-cafe.com