• @DogWater@lemmy.world
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    141 month ago

    I guess I don’t know for sure, but my vegan acquaintces say they use applesauce in brownie recipes and it fuckin slaps.

    • plz1
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      341 month ago

      They are replacing some of the sugar with it, not the fat. I’m a fan of both normal and the applesauce variants, but you need to understand the science behind the normal ingredients before you swap them out for others. Baking is science.

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        1 month ago

        Actually we replace eggs with it. You can also use a banana or something called a flaxseed egg, which is simply one part flaxseed and three parts water. Let it sit for ten minutes.

        • Firestorm Druid
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          31 month ago

          This is the correct answer. My SO baked a lot and has used all of these. However, most of the recipes she’s baked recently have been fully vegan recipes right off the get-go, so they didn’t require egg substitues iirc.

          Bianca Zapatka has a whole website dedicated to amazing vegan cooking and baking recipes - anyone interested in that should give them a shot:

          https://biancazapatka.com/en/