<![CDATA[Favorites by larlartweety]]> http://www.veganbaking.net/ http://www.veganbaking.net/breads/pizza-crusts/241-easy-pizza-crust <![CDATA[Easy Pizza Crust]]> http://www.veganbaking.net/breads/pizza-crusts/241-easy-pizza-crust I haven't yet met anyone who isn't a raging pizza fan. It was one of the hardest foods for me to give up when I lit the vegan torch. Luckily, I've developed a vegan pizza crust recipe that's easy to make and features a rich flavor with a crispy exterior and chewy interior. This has come at a price. The uneven road leading to this crust has made past girlfriends almost dump me over failed pizza prospects. I've lost many highly anticipated meals and wasted lots of time. Yes, the lowly pizza crust depends on some fundamental ingredients and methods that are to be mastered in order to bake itself to crispy perfection.
]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 05:00:00 -0400 241 2011-05-23 5 http://www.veganbaking.net/egg-replacers/125-eggless-binder-powder <![CDATA[Egg Replacer Powder]]> http://www.veganbaking.net/egg-replacers/125-eggless-binder-powder Omitting the almighty egg in recipes can lead to serious baking disasters. It's rumored that the Romans put eggs in their concrete to improve it's strength. Egg Replacer Powder is a very effective egg replacer that's great for replacing eggs in most vegan baking recipes where heat is involved. It's an important piece of weaponry in your vegan baking arsenal. When I ran my baking company, Enchanted Oven Baking Co, I used this egg replacer extensively in my cookies to make them soft, dense and chewy.

This binding powder consists of a blend of starch, vegetable gum and a leavener. Arrowroot is used as the starch because it performs well and is one of the most tasteless starches. Baking powder is used to mimic the slight leavening properties that an egg would contribute. Guar or Xanthan gum improves emulsification of fats and oils much like an egg would. Use Egg Replacer Powder as a more affordable direct replacement for Ener-G Egg Replacer.  ]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:47:24 -0500 125 2008-03-03 5 http://www.veganbaking.net/egg-replacers/198-flax-seed-egg-replacer <![CDATA[Flax Seed Egg Replacer - An Egg Substitute That's Almost Magic]]> http://www.veganbaking.net/egg-replacers/198-flax-seed-egg-replacer Traditional bakers have been able to create a vast variety of foods over the last several hundred years of baking evolution. It’s surprising when you realise that everything form puddings to cakes to cookies vary little in the range of ingredients used. Versatile ingredients such as flour, sugar, fat and eggs make this sort of variation possible. These are the building blocks of pastry. Vegan baking is easy when all you have to worry about is manipulating flour, sugar and fat. So what are we do to do in regards to replacing the almighty egg? There is a legend that the Romans believed in chicken eggs so much, they mixed them into their concrete. To first understand what we need to replicate this building block we need to understand what an egg does in the world of baking.
]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:38:00 -0400 198 2013-04-02 5 http://www.veganbaking.net/pies/137-sweet-potato-pie <![CDATA[Sweet Potato Pie]]> http://www.veganbaking.net/pies/137-sweet-potato-pie

I always thought properly made pumpkin pie was amazing until I tried sweet potato pie. Sweet potatoes are sweeter and the flavor is considerably more complex than pumpkin purée so that's why I was so excited to develop this Sweet Potato Pie recipe. This vegan pie is further enhanced with cashew butter, barley malt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves to create a flavor that will leave pumpkin in the dust. Try making it with Flaky Pie Crust.

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