egg replacer in Namaste brand mixes

[Elisha]

Hi! Has anyone here had to use a egg replacer for the Namaste food mixes? They are free of all the things my son is allergic to (gluten, wheat, soy, corn, dairy, etc.) but when I made the cookies with an egg replacer they were not very good. I was wondering if anyone has found the "best" egg replacer for their mixes. The package for the brownie mix says to add 3 eggs, 1 cup oil and 1/2 cup water. But it also recommends to cut the oil and water if you are using a egg replacer. Any experience out there with these mixes? Thanks.

[Pilgrim]

I have a bit of experience, but this may help you build your own experience. I bought that chocolate cake mix, and the lady who sold it to me said it tastes really great. I used the Ener-G brand egg replacer.

So, the lady said that if you use the egg replacer, to reduce the volume of liquid by the amount of egg replacer liquid. So if you egg replacer was 1 cup of liquid, then reduce the oil and water proportionately.

So what I did was to use the liquids called for on the instructions, and just added in the powdered egg replacer. I also didn't use an electric mixer (big mistake!)

This cake came out really disgusting! We threw it away!

My next attempt came with the Nemataste (sp?) spice cake mix. This time I used an electric mixer. I also made the Ener-G egg replacer according to the instructions, and then reduced the water called for on the cake recipe. That cake came out rather solid, but I served it at DD's birthday party and it got eaten up! (with chocolate chip frosting - very yummy!)

Also, I bought some chocolate chip cookie mix from Miss Robson's. Those cookies came out yummy (using Ener-G egg replacer), but I had to add some rice milk to the mix and some extra coconut oil before it turned into "cookie dough."

hth! Oh, please keep me updated. I'd love to hear your experiences too.

[wendy1221]

I have found that most commercial egg replacers just plain suck in baked goods. My sister told me to use this recipe: 1tsp baking soda, 1Tbs water and 1Tbs vinegar for each egg. It works really well in cookies and cakes. Better than any egg replacer I've tried anyway. Good luck!

P.S. My sister and I are moderately allergic to eggs, never had a severe reaction of any kind, but her ds goes into anaphylactic shock if he has something with a tiny bit of egg in it. She doesn't let him have any baked goods she hasn't baked herself, because some things don't say they have eggs, but they must have! We're also allergic to tomatoes and milk.

[safetymom]

When we were egg free, I used flax eggs. Take 1 tablespoon of flax seeds and grind in a clean coffee grinder. Then add to 1/4 cup boiling water. Decrease water or liquid by 1/4 cup. Carol Fenster writes several books that deal with multiple intolerances. I find her recipes to work better than any others.

[Elisha]

Thanks! If ds and I make it to the health food store today, I'm picking up some Ener-G. If not, I'll try the baking soda, water, vinegar. I've used that before, but I can't remember how it went. We're making the brownies this afternoon, so I'll let you know how they turn out. :

[Elisha]

We made the brownies! It was so fun to see ds with his face covered in chocolate. He hasn't eaten any chocolate in about a year.

I did have one problem. Although the brownies taste good--not as sweet as store bought mixes, but still very tasty--they are oily. I think I will cut back on the oil (1 cup oil, 1/2 cup water) that the packaging says to add. They still need the liquid, so maybe I'll slightly increase the water.

I used a egg replacer recipe from an allergy cookbook I have. For each egg, I used 1 t baking powder, 1 T water and 1 T vinegar. Total quantity was about 1/4 cup, so I decreased the oil/water mixture that much. (We didn't make it to the store for Ener-G and I didn't know if I should use baking powder or soda so I followed the cook book.)

But despite the oiliness we are still counting it as a success, because they taste so good.

[safetymom]

You can sub applesauce 1:1 for oil in the Namaste mixes with success.