Replacing Eggs
If you are new to veganism and have never baked a cake or made pancakes without eggs, don’t panic, you can still eat the same amount of desserts you used to indulge in! Eggs are generally used for 3 purposes: binding, moisturising and thickening and many vegan ingredients easily fill these requirements. Most basic baking recipes do not call for egg replacement, but some recipes will use vinegar, ground flax seeds, pureed fruit, or silken tofu to add more moisture to the mixture. See below for tips on how you can prepare meals without eggs. Making Biscuits & Cookies
No egg replacement is needed.
The basic ingredients are:
 See on the right column for recipes.
Making Scones, Muffins, cakes
To bake cakes, you do not have to bother about substitutes for eggs, although, sometimes recipes will call for vinegar, ground flaxseed, mashed bananas, etc, to add extra moisture or lighten the cake.
The basic ingredients are:
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Making Pies or Flan fillings
You can use agar flakes, arrowroot, and cornflour as a thickener.
Arrowroot and agar flakes act as a stabilizing and thickening agent once dissolved in water. Cornflour is a starch and also thickens once dissolved in water or plant-based milk. Tofu also makes a great filling. Simply blend the tofu with the flavouring of your choice and add to the mixture. See on the right column for recipes.
Making pancakes
No egg replacement is needed, although sometimes gram flour (made of chickpeas) is used to give consistency to the batter.
The basic ingredients are:
Add the flavour you want. See on the right column for recipes.
Making sauces, creams
No egg replacement is needed.
To make:
Eggless recipes
Some non-vegan recipes use eggs, not for binding ingredients together but as the main ingredient.
For example, scrambled eggs, omelettes, egg sandwiches, etc. It is possible to create a vegan version of these dishes. See below for the recipes.
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Vegan cookbooks
Tip for begninner:Buying vegan cookbooks for beginners or trying easy vegan recipes are a good way to boost your confidence in vegan cooking, rather than trying to turn an animal based recipe into a vegan one. See our cookbook section. "No Egg" Replacer
You can buy a product called “NO EGG” which is available at any health food store. It is made of different flours and starches and acts as a binder. Just add 1 tbsp of egg replacement + 2 tbsp of water to replace one egg.
This product can help at first but then, when you get more confident, you will find out you don’t need to use any egg replacement in your recipes. Biscuit recipes.Basic recipe for cake!
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