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From: Ed P <esp@snet.n>
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Subject: Re: Cheap egg substitute in baking
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 15:42:41 -0500
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On 3/8/2025 3:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 17:54:18 +0000, Lenona wrote:
> 
>> Soy flour and water! (That is, one tablespoon of soy flour and one
>> tablespoon of water. Use more flour if you want.)
>>
>> But, do NOT use it in cookies - it won't work.
>>
>> From October, 2023:
>>
>> It's a good egg substitute in bread, muffins, pancakes, and maybe at
>> least a few cakes that call for three whole eggs at the most. (It USED
>> to be a lot cheaper than using eggs, but if it's becoming hard to find,
>> that could mean the price would go up too.)
>>
>> I finally found a 1.87 lb. bag for $8.99 at a Japanese-Korean grocery
>> that's just  a 15-minute walk from my place.
>>
>> I'll have to keep it in the freezer after I open it, since there's no
>> way I'm going to be baking enough times per week. But it's good to know
>> I can buy fewer eggs in general.
>>
>> There were smaller bags of soybean POWDER next to it, but the price was
>> just over $7 a pound. Clearly not worth bothering with.
>>
>> Soy flour weighs 142 grams per cup.
>>
>> So that makes just under 6 cups per bag - or 95.648 eggs.
>>
>> Or just under $1.13 for a dozen "eggs."
>>
>> (Aside from cookies, which I already mentioned, one clearly would not
>> use this in, say, souffles!)
>>
>> Also, I recently made brownie pudding with real eggs and it was a big
>> hit at my workplace, even though I accidentally put in too much cocoa,
>> but since the recipe calls for four eggs, I doubt it's a good idea to
>> use soy powder for that either! Just a warning.
> 
> I've heard that tapioca starch can be used as a substitute for eggs.
> Dissolve 1 Tablespoon of tapioca flour into 3 T. of water. I haven't
> tried it - yet. I did try to use tapioca flour as a substitute for
> cornstarch to make haupia. Don't do it - it comes out all weird and
> gooey!
> 
> https://onolicioushawaii.com/haupia/


If i can't use eggs, I'm not baking it.

If I have to, the substitute for eggs at breakfast is a bagel with cream 
cheese.