"17 Egg Substitutes Every Baker Needs to Know" (allrecipes)

[eShirl]

I was looking this up and thought I'd share what I found. Some of these are new to me....
https://www.allrecipes.com/article/egg-substitute-for-baking/

Can’t eat eggs due to allergies or special diets? Or are you simply out of eggs? Try these egg substitutes. You probably have some on hand already.

The linked article above has more details like amounts, but the substitutes they have are:

Fruit: banana, unsweetened applesauce, avocado, pumpkin puree, and {rehydrated and pureed prunes, raisins, soaked dates}

Legumes and seeds: flax seed, chia seed, tofu, aquafaba (the liquid poured-off from canned chickpeas), chickpea flour, and soy flour

Dairy: yogurt, buttermilk, mayonaise (regular or vegan)

Pantry staples: {baking powder, oil and water}, {baking soda and vinegar}, and vegetable oil

[NJCher]

1. Very timely link

With the price of eggs now.

I’m printing this out and putting it on the front of my refrigerator.

[spinbaby]

2. Good to know

I still have eggs, but who knows for how long.

[biophile]

3. Mayonnaise is made from eggs and oil

So while it can be used, it’s not completely a substitute and the price is going up, because of the price of eggs 😏

[La Coliniere]

4. Flax eggs work well in many baked goods.

Use 1 tablespoon of ground flax seeds (flax meal) to 3 tablespoons of warm water and let sit for 15 minutes until it thickens up. I usually put it in the freezer to set up. You can’t use this to replace scrambled eggs or omelettes of course, only in baked goods. It works even with boxed cake mixes and sweet breads. Works well with Aldi’s apple muffin/loaf and banana bread mixes, but also when baking from scratch. My wife recently made a batch of cut out cookies from scratch using flax eggs and they came out perfect.

[ShazzieB]

5. That jumped out at me.

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I was very surprised to see mayo (other than the vegan kind) on the list, because it is in no way safe to use for people like my daughter who are allergic to eggs.

[eShirl]

9. it's not an error and they address the issue

[ShazzieB]

10. Yes, I see that now.

The info is in the article.

This trick may not work as an egg replacement for an allergy or egg-free diet (unless it's a vegan mayo) but it works for those who don't have eggs on hand in a pinch.

I would have worded it more strongly myself (something like "not recommended as an egg replacement for an allergy or egg-free diet" rather than "may not work" ), but at least they do point out the egg issue.

[ampm]

11. Yogurt

My husband just read a great article about using yogurt instead of eggs, My sister used to make mayonnaise cakes just the best. With the price of eggs, I'll try yogurt

[eppur_se_muova]

6. It can be soy lecithin, rather than egg yolk lecithin, that does the emulsifying.

Perhaps try vegannaise ?

[eShirl]

8. it also says "vegan mayonaise"

[eppur_se_muova]

7. As I posted earlier ...

https://democraticunderground.com/100219928167