Bakeries

Banana Nut Bread

1 stick Earth Balance Margarine (or any good vegan margarine)
1 cup vegan sugar
3 teaspoon EnerG egg substitute with 4 tablespoon water
3 ripe banana
2 cup unbleached enriched all purpose flour
1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon soy milk
1 handful of chopped walnuts
  1. Preheat oven at 325F.
  2. Allow margarine to warm to room temperature. With an electric mixer, cream margarine with sugar till light and fluffy.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  4. Mash peeled bananas on a plate with the back of a fork. Add soy milk to mashed banana and mix well.
  5. Mix EnerG with water and add mixture to creamed margarine and sugar. Mix well.
  6. Add mashed banana to mixture and mix well.
  7. Add flour and only mix till flour disappear. Stop mixer. Hand mix walnuts into batter.
  8. Pour batter into bread pan and bake for 1 hour. Cool bread in pan for at least 15 minutes. Remove from pan and invert on cooling rack and cool completely before slicing.


Pumpkin/ Mango Pie

1 premade vegan pie crust (graham cracker ones are good)
16 oz of canned pumpkin (spiced if you like) or canned Kesar mango
10 oz of silken tofu
1 tablespoon of corn starch
  1. Preheat oven at 425F.
  2. Blend pumpkin or mango with tofu and corn starch. Pour into pie crust.
  3. Bake at 425F for 15 minutes. Lower the temperature to 350F and bake for another 40 minutes.
  4. Let pie cool to room temperature before slicing. You can chill the pie in the fridge if you like.
  5. ** If you use fresh pumpkin, you will need to add salt and sugar and spices. I haven't tried doing that yet.
  6. *** The last we tried with frozen pie crust, the filler really can use some sugar!


Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 cup water
1 cup vegan sugar
1 bag (10-12oz) of vegan chocolate chips
2 cups unbleached enriched all purpose flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pure vanila extract
  1. Preheat oven at 325F.
  2. Whisk canola oil with sugar in a bowl till syrupy in consistency. Add water and vanila. Mix well.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Add and mix in chocolate chips. Make a well in the center.
  4. Add wet mixture to dry mixture. Fold with a spoon till combine. Shape cookies and arrange cookies on cookie sheets. Bake for 4 minutes. Rotate (Front to back, upper rack to lower rack) and bake for another 3-4 minutes. Do not overbake!
  5. Let cookies set and cool before transfering from cookie sheets.


Chocolate Chip Cookies (less chewy and less greasy)

2 sticks of vegan margarin (Earth Balance)
1 1/4 cup vegan sugar
2 teaspoons vanila extract
1 bag (10-12oz) of vegan chocolate chips
2.5 cups unbleached enriched all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt (I use No Salt -- salt substitute)
1-2 tablespoon of soy milk
  1. Preheat oven at 350F.
  2. Cream soy margarin with sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanila and mix.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Add into margarin mixture and mix well. The dough tends to look dry and crumbly. Add soy milk gradually until dough starts to combine in a ball.
  4. Fold in chocolate chips. Shape cookies and arrange cookies on cookie sheets. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.


Blueberry Muffins

2 cups unbleached enriched all purpose flour
1 stick vegan margarine, at room temperature
1 cup vegan sugar
2 tablespoons flax seeds blended with 6 tablespoons of water till gooey
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2.5 cups fresh blueberries
1 teaspoon pure vanila extract
1/2 cup soy milk
  1. Preheat oven at 375F. Line muffin tins with paper liners (unbleached and made from recycled material.
  2. With an electric mixer, cream margarine and sugar till light and fluffy. Add blended flax seed and continue mixing.
  3. Mash 3/4 cup of blueberries and set aside.
  4. Add vanilla, baking powder and salt to creamed mixture and mix.
  5. Add mashed blueberry to mixture and mix.
  6. With mixer running at low speed, add flour and soy milk alternatingly, starting with flour.
  7. With the mixer off, fold in remaining blueberries. Pour batter into muffin cups and bake 25 to 30 minutes.


Zucchini Bread

1.5 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1.5 cup firmly packed finely grated zucchini
2/3 cup vegan sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup raisins/crasins
3 teaspoons EnerG mixed with 4 tablespoons water
  1. Preheat oven at 350F. Grease a loaf pan.
  2. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, five-spice powder and salt.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine zucchini, sugar, oil, raisins/crasins.
  4. Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients.
  5. Beat EnerG mixture till light and fluffy. Fold into batter. Pour into loaf pan and bake 40-45 minutes.


Zucchini Brownies

2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups vegan sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cocoa
2 tablespoons vanilla
1/2 cup oil
1 cup water
1 cup chocolate chips/chunks
1 medium finely grated zucchini
  1. Preheat oven at 350F. Grease bottom of a 9x13in pan.
  2. Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cocoa in a bowl.
  3. Add vanilla, oil, zucchini and chocolate, and mix well. Add water and mix.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes.


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