Substitution help
Posted by auntie on Dec 12, 2008 · Member since May 2005 · 2 posts
Can anyone point me to a place where I can find vegan substitutes for recipe items? For Christmas this year we will be celebrating with my vegan niece and I want to bake some things that she can eat.
More specifically, does anyone have a good vegan gingerbread recipe? We always make and decorate gingerbread houses and i want to make sure that she can enjoy the eating after
thanks!
My understanding with regards to gingerbread house construction is that it's VERY VERY difficult to get it to stay together without royal icing, which contains egg whites. The icings without don't harden enough to support the weight of the house. Anyway, check out this blog post: http://tofu-n-sproutz.blogspot.com/2008/11/gingerbread-houses-and-15th-birthdays.html -- The blog author is super nice too and if you asked her questions she'd probably be happy to help you.
I can't help with the gingerbread, but here are some resources on substitutions:
http://theppk.com/veganbaking.html
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Vegan_Substitutions
Aw, that is so thoughtful and kind of you!