The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes: Amazing Cookies, Cakes, Muffins, Pies, Brownies and Breads

From classic breads, cakes, and desserts to imaginative new creations, the recipes in this book eliminate the dairy and eggs without reducing the flavor. These homemade delights have been taste-tested to tantalizing perfection. Each bite proves that vegan-baked goods can be just as delectable as their animal-product counterparts. Whether one is motivated to do something positive for the earth, to show compassion for animals, or to be good for one's health, these quick-to-make, easy-to-bake recipes offer a proven new approach for novice bakers and professional pastry chefs alike. The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes features alternatives for favorites like cupcakes, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies while also offering treats such as lime coconut bars, blueberry streusel muffins, and rosemary focaccia. The author refrains from exotic ingredient lists while presenting straightforward guidance on how baking works and what to use to veganize favorite recipes. From egg and butter replacers to nut and grain milks, The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes details all the tried, true, and tastiest substitutes.



Summary: I can't believe I haven't reviewed this before now!
Rating: 5

I absolutely LOVE this book! I think I am most excited about the garlic cheese (bettah chedda?)biscuits, absolute heaven, and something I had figured I would never have again. There are plenty of old favorites, like my favorite chocolate cake recipe, but veganized, and "gas station" pies as well as plenty of intersting muffins, cookies, and breads.

My absolute favorite part of this book is the kid's section, partially because it's so rare for kids to have their own special section in grown up cookbooks, especially vegan ones (I know many authors mark kid-friendly, but mainly because there are recipes suitable for easy bake ovens!!! I'm sure that's not on the top of the list for many, but as the mother of a toddler it's nice to know that my daughter can have tiny little recipes just for her. And even if you don't have the easy bake (I don't) instructions for a toaster oven are generously included. Not to mention the quick, easy recipes can be a lifesaver if you realize last minute you have to be somewhere with non-vegan cake and a 2 year old.

My only *small* complaint is the index could be slightly improved but the book is laid out well enough that really isn't much of an issue at all. I just like to be able to look up by a particular ingredient and for some reason the index doesn't work that way. No big deal, though, it's easy enough to read the index straight through what is there and find it that way.


Summary: finally
Rating: 5

oh dear god, chocolate chip cookies that actually taste like CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. it's been so long. i've been trying - and abandoning - vegan baking recipes for three years; they were almost all lousy. now i've had this cookbook for one week and i've already made excellent, carnivore-fooling chocolate chip cookies (twice), sugar cookies, and brownies. my dairy- and egg-allergic 4-year-old is thrilled, and so am i. i also love the info on what happens after the oven, such as how to cool and store. why doesn't every cookbook have this? thank you, thank you, thank you.