Guest guest Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Hello all ) I made my children some (vegan) peanut-butter cookies yesterday with Mother’s margarine – and they had an awful, somewhat bitter aftertaste which I attributed to the margarine (OK, so I had a taste!). Which got me to looking into Crisco, but geez, I never realized how awful that stuff is!!! Thankfully, I never really used it at all. There seems to be some debate on whether or not it is even vegan: http://vegweb.com/food/sweets/cookies26.shtml Does anyone have any info on that? So I started wondering about my vegetable ghee (Dalda). How bad for us is that??? Has anyone ever baked with it? The Dalda brand certainly doesn’t have the stronger, more pungent flavor that clarified butter types do (as I recall) – so I thought it might be worth a try. If all else fails, I guess I can use applesauce, right? Lisa www.pbase.com/aljuwaie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 Sorry that happened to you. Yes, you could always replace the vegan butter with applesauce, but I have found that in certain recipes it lends too much sweetness and an apple flavor. How about trying another vegan shortening?.... I believe the one I have used in the past has been by EarthBalance, and it came in sticks like butter, but was white opaque like crisco. It also had no partially hydrogenated oils. Also, since shortening and butter are there in to lend smoothness and the proper texture to the cookie dough, you could try just adding enough vegetable oil to the dough until you got the desired " feel " to it. I might try using some applesauce blended with peanut oil, instead of plain applesauce in the peanutbutter cookies, and see how that works for you; might cut down that apple flavor. I like using applesauce, but find it pairs best with recipes like spice cookies, spice cakes, gingerbreads and the like. But cooking is all a matter of taste, so straight applesauce might be fine tasting to you. Just don't be timid to play around a bit to find the manner that suits you. *s* Good luck and happy baking! ~ PT ~ The proof of a thing being right is that it has power over the heart; that it excites us, wins us, or helps us. ~ John Ruskin (1819-1900) ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~> , " l. a l j u w a i e " <aljuwaie@c...> wrote: > I made my children some (vegan) peanut-butter cookies yesterday with > Mother's margarine – and they had an awful, somewhat bitter aftertaste > which I attributed to the margarine (OK, so I had a taste!). > > Which got me to looking into Crisco, but geez, I never realized how > awful that stuff is!!! Thankfully, I never really used it at all. There > seems to be some debate on whether or not it is even vegan: > http://vegweb.com/food/sweets/cookies26.shtml Does anyone have any info > on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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