I didn’t realize we ran out of eggs again, which led me to experiment with baking without eggs. I hacked a raisin muffin recipe and it turned out to be just as tasty.

Vegans cook without eggs and milk so have more experience with it. Some people also have allergies to eggs or milk, so would need to know how to replace them in baking.

Here are some egg replacement options:

• I tablespoon of ground flax seed combined with three tablespoons of water

• Mashed banana or applesauce. Other fruits and vegetables would probably work.

• I tablespoon of potato starch, corn starch or tapioca combined with 3 tablespoons of water

• ¼ cup of tofu

• Vegetarian gelatin

Sometimes you can get away with simply increasing the liquid and baking powder by 1 teaspoon. There are also commercial egg replacements you can find in health food stores. One of most popular is Ener-G Egg Replacer. If you have any other ideas or suggestions, let me know.

• If you want to replace milk try soy milk, rice milk, almond milk or oatmeal milk.

If you’re interested in exploring vegan baking recipes, check out Veganbaking.net for some delicious ideas.

Here’s my simple raisin banana muffin recipe:

• ½ cup of water

• ½ cup of butter or margarine

• ¾ cup of sugar

• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour

• 2 teaspoons of baking powder

• 1 mashed banana

• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice

• ¾ cup of raisins

Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit. Cream sugar and butter and add the mashed banana, water and lemon juice. Combine flour and baking powder before adding to mixture. Fold raisins into batter.

This makes 12 muffins. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

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