• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Baked logo

  • Winter
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Work With Us
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Winter
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Work With Us
×

Baked » Vegan

Our 6 Favourite Egg Substitutes

Published: Jul 24, 2018 · Modified: Aug 30, 2022 by Sophie Mackenzie · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

The best egg substitutes and replacements for vegans #vegan #eggsubstitutes

There are a few key ingredients that come to mind when we think of baking: flour, sugar, butter, and eggs are all essentials. Or are they? For those of us who choose not to eat eggs, or those who are allergic, baking without eggs has become a bit of an experiment. Like many experiments the fruits are sometimes disastrous, and sometimes miraculous, and often in between. Yet baking without eggs shouldn’t be as hit and miss as it often is.

When it comes to baking, eggs play five key roles that can often be emulated with the addition of seeds, fruits, or beans.

1) Leaven – Sometimes eggs are beaten to incorporate air. This helps a product rise, creating a lofty structure much like baking powder or soda would.

2) Bind – As eggs bake, the proteins congeal helping them hold all the little bits and pieces together, making for a less crumbly product.

3) Moisture – Adding eggs often adds moisture and richness to a dish. This is often the case when there is already enough leavening agent and bind the mix.

4) Thicken – Foods like curds and custards often rely on eggs to help thicken and set.

5) Colour – Using eggs helps add a golden colour to a products’ interior, or a shiny glaze for crusts.

When subbing something for an egg, these are our favourites. Some will help bind, others will help leven, while others will add moisture. Find out what the egg does in your recipe and choose the substitute accordingly.

close up of chia seeds

Our 6 Favourite Egg Substitutes

Chickpea Water (aka aquafaba) – New on the scene a couple of years ago, aquafaba or “chickpea water” quickly became revolutionary to vegan baking. Full of starchy proteins, the water from a can of chickpeas (unsalted beans is best) can be beaten or whipped and used to make vegan marshmallows, meringues, and cake. You can also use the liquid as-is in cakes, muffins, and cookies.

Use 3 Tbps. in place of 1 egg.

Best in cakes, muffins, cookies, and to make meringues, pavlovas, marshmallows, and macaroons.

Recipe using aquafaba

Flax or Chia – When mixed with water, ground flax or chia seeds make a goopy mixture which acts as a great binder in place of eggs. Because of their fibre and healthy taste, they work best in wholegrain or heartier baking.

Use 1 tbsp. ground seeds mixed with 3 tbsp. water per egg replaced. Let sit 5 minutes before adding to baking.

Best in pancakes, seedy muffins, healthy cookies, veggie burgers, and oaty items.

Here’s our post on how to make a flax egg with step-by-step photos.

Recipe using Flax

Chickpea Flour –  Its high protein content means that this flour acts a lot like eggs, but its  distinct flavour works best in savoury dishes. It helps bind without making dishes too heavy.

Use ¼ cup flour added to your dry ingredients and ¼ cup water added to your wet mix per egg replaced. Try not to replace more than one egg due to the strong flavour of the flour.

Best in savoury items, bean and veggie patties/loafs, savoury waffles and muffins.

Recipe using chickpea flour

Close up of vegan banana pancakes

Banana – Mashed banana adds great moisture and works as a binder while also adding natural sweetness. Because of its strong flavour it is best used in sweet dishes.

Use ½ a whole banana or ¼ cup mashed

Best in denser foods like quick breads, pancakes, and cookies.

Recipe using Banana

Fruit Puree – Items like pumpkin puree, mashed yam, or unsweetened apple sauce are very versatile and can be used in sweet or savoury baking.

Use ¼ of a cup per egg replaced.

Best in muffins, cakes, and loaves.

Recipe using applesauce

Powdered Mix – Found in every grocery store, powdered egg replacer is a combination of starches for binding plus leveners for rise. To make your own version at home, combine baking soda and powder along with corn and potato starch. Here is a good recipe that will keep you going for ages.

Use ½ tbsp. power and 2 tbsp. water per egg replace

Best in cakes, muffins, scones, and anything that requires a good dose of leavener.

Recipe using powdered mix

close up of vegan jam breakfast cookies
« Tutorial Tuesday: Using piping tips to elevate your cake
10 Essential Items for Food Styling »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Winter recipes in large text over a picture of cookies.

About Baked

Baked is a collaborative project brought to you by five Canadian women food bloggers. Our mission is to bring accessible baking recipes into your home kitchen with beautiful photography, lots of step-by-step images, and thorough, easy-to-read information. At Baked, there's something for everyone!
Join Our Mailing List
Get our recipes & baking tips direct to your inbox each week!

Get Baking!

A pile of English muffins in a shallow tray.

Sourdough English Muffins

A jar of active sourdough starter.

How to Make Sourdough Starter From Scratch

Stack of square waffles topped with strawberries.

Our Favourite Sourdough Discard Recipes

Sourdough crackers topped with Za'atar.

Sourdough Crackers with Discard

Hi, I'm Skylar! This is a fake profile talking about how I switched to a paleo diet and it helped my eczema and I grew 4". Trust me, I'm an online doctor.

More about me →

Popular

  • 15 cookies lined up in rows.
    Drop Sugar Cookies
  • Several soft sugar cookies topped with frosting.
    Vegan Pumpkin Cookies
  • Halloween-themed cookies on a plate with gourds.
    Halloween Sugar Cookies
  • Halloween decorated cookies.
    Royal Icing Without Meringue Powder

You can duplicate your homepage's trending recipes section in the sidebar to reinforce the internal linking.

We no longer recommend using a search bar, newsletter form or category drop-down menu in the sidebar. See the Modern Sidebar post for details.

If the block editor is not narrower than usual, simply save the page and refresh it.

Footer

Featured In

© 2022 Baked The Blog. This site uses affiliate links.

Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Copyright© 2023