The Best Vegan Baking Ingredients, According to Cookbook Author Jenné Claiborne
The popular blogger and author shares her go-to egg substitute and other vegan baking swaps.
By Leah Bhabha
December 14, 2020
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The Best Vegan Baking Ingredients, According to Cookbook Author Jenné Claiborne Leah Bhabha
Since becoming vegan in 2011, Jenné Claiborne has established herself as a mainstay in the space by sharing her creative, inspired takes on classics all prepared sans animal products. She chronicles her recipes on her site Sweet Potato Soul, which is also the name of her cookbook
($15.29, amazon.com). In preparation for the holidays and all the associated kitchen projects, we asked Claiborne to share her go-to ingredient swaps and tips for vegan baking.
Egg Substitutes
The best vegan egg substitute says Claiborne is a flax egg. It s simply ground flax mixed with water, she explains. She uses a 1:2 ratio, so one tablespoon ground flax to two tablespoons water. You can use it for pancakes, muffins, cakes, and more. It ll even hold together veggie burgers and lentil meatloaf. (The Vegan Banana Bread shown above, uses a flax egg.) For extra airiness and rise in baked g