I’m trying to challenge myself, since I have been feeling a
little boring lately. So, I took on two baking challenges this weekend—1) I
“veganized” a recipe on my own and 2) I baked bread for the first time.
I started with a foray into “veganizing” recipes. I saw this post on
banana-chocolate-peanut butter cookies and was instantly in need of fifty of
them. This is fast becoming one of
my favorite flavor combinations (I know I’m a little late to the party, but for
years I hated bananas). I decided
this recipe would be a good start to experimenting with veganization (also a
challenge, coming up with as many derivatives of veganize as possible) because
it only required a few replacements.
The first replacement was easy; I substituted earth balance
for the butter. Replacing the egg
was a little more complicated. I
decided to try using silken tofu for one reason—I had some left over from the
brownies I made last weekend. I
used the Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar replacement guide and blended the
tofu with a tablespoon of cornstarch and the melted butter. I was concerned the cookies would be
hard and hockey puck-esque, but luckily the substitution worked! These cookies
are gooey and light (is it possible to be both at the same time?? Yes, yes it
is) and they taste like banana bread with a hint of peanut butter and yummy
chocolate.
My second challenge was making bread. I’ve never made bread before, but as I
mentioned in my previous post, my Aunt gave me part of her sourdough starter last week. I fed the starter (who
I named Edgar in case you’re curious…I prefer all inanimate objects have old
man names) five days after she gave it to me and all seemed to be going
according to plan. I decided to
make whole wheat sourdough bread and followed a recipe I found online. The process was long because you still
have to wait for the bread to rise (twice). I think I needed more liquid with this bread, because I used
whole-wheat flour and it seems a little flaky to me. Honestly, I think the whole-wheat flour taste overpowers the
sourdough taste, which I find a little disappointing. Next time I will probably try making regular sourdough bread
and skip the healthy whole-wheat substitution.
Overall it was a good baking weekend. I feel like I accomplished something
and I will certainly have plenty to eat for the rest of the week (well maybe
not in terms of cookies since there are only three left)!
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