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Cooking & Baking

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

4. not really "substitute"

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Fri Nov 29, 2019, 02:43 PM

Nov 2019

but in right recipe (ginger molasses the best) tahini is really good! also coconut oil... there are a number of brands that make vegan "cheeses and creams" although they are expensive Miyokos is my favorite... Kite Hill is another

there are good recipes out there to make your own cashew sour cream.. not difficult

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vegan butter substitute for cookie baking? [View all] Grasswire2 Nov 2019 OP

There is no substitute for butter in cookie baking anywhere in the universe. Good luck! The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #1

Just curious why they (the just turned vegans) don't bring their stuff w/ them? Not everyone is... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #2

because I'm the mom who has made food memories over the years.. Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #7

I have used Ohiogal Nov 2019 #3

I did see that about butter flavored crisco. Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #5

not really "substitute" handmade34 Nov 2019 #4

the sour cream is for dough for a rugelach type cookie Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #6

actually handmade34 Nov 2019 #8

coconut cream might work with this cookie because there's grated coconut inside. nt Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #10

I posted this earlier, but still haven't found the link to the sweet potato/carrot solution .... eppur_se_muova Nov 2019 #9

There are lots of dairy free sour cream solutions, including make it yourself recipes. hedda_foil Nov 2019 #11

Earth Balance. Jirel Nov 2019 #12

good to know, thanks. nt Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #14

For sour cream, you can make it. Jirel Nov 2019 #13