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My time to shine! Hazelnut Choc Chip cookies, designed for Aquafaba. NB. You can switch out more of the hazelnut/almond meal to adjust the taste, but don't go much below 1/2 cup of almond! https://imgur.com/a/G2M1QoE 1 & 1/4 cup almond meal 1 & 1/4 cup hazelnut meal 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips 2/3 cup flour (gluten free blend works fine) 2/3 cup raw sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt (ideally fine) Mix above tog…
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Why would you substitute egg in cookies if nearly all of calories come from sugar and flour anyway?
egg allergies are a thing. people also like to be vegan/vegetarian. also chicken farming is notoriously cruel in a lot of ways though it's getting better.
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I tried making a fried egg using this suggestion and it did not turn out as well as I had hoped.
This is gold
Aquafaba is amazing. But since we're talking about egg replacers, here's one even more remarkable: Carbonated water. No joke. Carbonated water can seamlessly replace egg in almost all things where the egg provides some rising / fluffy texture (not so much binding, like aquafaba does). It won't be stepping in your quiche any time soon, but cookies, brownies, cupcakes, anything with a fluffy inside. 1/4 cup of water eq…
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Cans are lined with plastic. So there's the whole BPA thing (or whatever they've replaced BPA with, which I'm sure leaches into to water as well)
I don't recall ever seeing plastic lining in canned food. Kind of would defeat the purpose of the can, no?
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Being from Europe I actually wondered how much of a difference there can be between US and EU when it comes to that issue, and this[0] StackExchange message was particularly interesting to see EU cases being much more prevalent than US ones. I grew up with unwashed eggs and never gave it much thought, but now I guess that's one more thing to keep in mind (although I live in North America these days) Somehow a little…
The big downside with washed eggs is the shelf life from what I understand, I happily keep unwashed eggs at room temp for ~a month, whereas I from what I understand eggs in the USA would need to be refrigerated and still wouldn't keep as long.
My time to shine! Hazelnut Choc Chip cookies, designed for Aquafaba. NB. You can switch out more of the hazelnut/almond meal to adjust the taste, but don't go much below 1/2 cup of almond! https://imgur.com/a/G2M1QoE 1 & 1/4 cup almond meal 1 & 1/4 cup hazelnut meal 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips 2/3 cup flour (gluten free blend works fine) 2/3 cup raw sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt (ideally fine) Mix above tog…
Those look really good -- how would it taste different if you used egg white instead of aquafaba?