Easy Vegan Baking : 80 Easy Vegan Recipes - Cookies, Cakes, Pizzas, Breads, and More

Want tasty vegan, vegetarian, eggless, or dairy-free bakes? This book is packed with vegan baking recipes that are quick, simple, and delicious. Packed with savory and sweet ideas for vegan desserts, breads, and even mains such as dairy-free pizza and eggless quiche, every recipe uses straightforward techniques and easy-to-source ingredients, and has a beautiful photograph to tempt your taste-buds. Authors Jérôme Eckmeier and Daniela Lais are longtime vegans with a passion for cooking, teaching you to bake irresistibly good treats such as gooey vegan brownies, light and fluffy vegan pancakes and eggless cakes, or a smooth and creamy vegan "cheesecake." Use their clever tips to avoid disappointing, dry, or unrisen results, and follow their instructions to make your own everyday vegan substitutions for mainstream baking ingredients such as cream cheese and buttermilk. With Jérôme and Daniela's reassuring guidance, even beginning bakers will triumph in the kitchen. So whether you're thinking about going vegan, are a longtime vegan or vegetarian, are egg- or dairy-free because of food allergies, or are simply looking for healthier alternatives to your favorite treats--look no further than Easy Vegan Baking . Get ready for scrumptious, sweet and savory vegan treats that just about everyone can eat! This is your foolproof guide to decadent, delicious, and dairy-free vegan baking. From cakes and muffins to pizza and bread, bake up all your favorite dishes without using eggs, milk, or butter. Inside the pages of this plant-based baking book, you'll discover: • Over 80 recipes for vegan baked goods that you'll love to eat and be proud to serve. • Easy-to-source and inexpensive ingredients that can be found in your local supermarket. • Straightforward techniques, easy-to-follow instructions and vegan baking tips. From raspberry cake to spinach quiche and spicy muffins, transform your plant-based diet with guilt-free vegan recipes that ooze, crunch, crumble and melt just like their originals. Whether you're vegetarian, vegan or suffering from intolerances, this vegan baking book serves up dishes sure to hit your sweet spot or savory craving! Vegan Cakes and Other Bakes proves that you don't need animal-based ingredients to create baking wonders. It's packed with vegan cooking advice on how you can easily make plant-based alternatives to butter, cream and eggs. Every recipe has a stunning photo of the finished bake, giving you the inspiration you need to start baking vegan snacks, mains and desserts! Contents 7 6 Preface 8 7 The veggie community top ten 9 VEGAN BASICS 10 8 Basic equipment 10 9 Pantry essentials 11 10 Know-how—techniques, tips, & tricks 12 11 Simply veganized 13 12 Brief product information 14 14 What’s what—pastry, dough, icing, and toppings quickly explained 16 15 Where to find it. Easy shopping—vegan style 17 16 SWEET BITES—FOR BREAKFAST, DESSERT, OR A TREAT 18 46 CAKES, ETC.—CLASSIC, MOUTH-WATERING, FRUITY 48 88 PIES & TARTS—IMPRESSIVE DISHES FOR GUESTS AND PARTIES 90 118 FILLING FOOD & SNACKS—PIZZAS, QUICHE, BREAD ROLLS, AND MORE 120 154 WINTRY & CHRISTMASSY—DELICIOUS TREATS FOR FESTIVE MONTHS 156 186 Basic recipes 188 190 Index 192 191 About the authors & acknowledgments 193 Offer sweet and savory baking recipes for vegan, vegetarian, eggless, and dairy-free baked goods and breads that are quick and simple, including such options as onion tart, Hawaiian pizza, banana bread, apricot strudel tart, and sesame bagels