Dairy/soy free baked treats
I need to bake some treats for someone who is maintaining a dairy free (no milk products, no eggs) and soy free diet. Any suggestions? Cookbooks? Recipes?
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16 Comments:
All I can think of is Rice Crispies treats made with margerine instead of butter - but, ewwww ... I wouldn't want to eat that!
Does it have to be a baked treat? How about sorbet?
SSMom at 11:11AM on 03/18/08
I've seen variations on this recipe for a peanut butter confection. The recipe calls for milk but you could substitute soy milk for it.
kjgibson at 12:01PM on 03/18/08
Try googling the Soy Foods Council - those folks do a lot of work.
lemons at 12:07PM on 03/18/08
Honestly? I would probably suggest giving up. I am lactose intolerant, and a friend of mine can no longer eat eggs. The only desserts I have ever found that work for both of us are soy/tofu based (which you said is out) or "creamy" dessert based on coconut milk. (Like panacotta.) No baked treats at all, that I have found. It's easy to work around any of these limitations, but to work around all that is going to be super hard for baked goods. Like, I can think of a lot of baked good that don't need milk (muffins, some cakes, creamy coconut desserts) and lots without eggs, but all together... Not much. For desserts you can do things like apple crisps if you use margarine. Or sorbets/granitas with fruit and sugar...
Let us know if you eventually find some good options, because I could use them myself!
Peasantwench at 3:55PM on 03/18/08
Check some of these out on this blog--the peanut butter ones sound yummy, I keep meaning to try them!
http://www.cookiemadness.net/?cat=37
HeartofGlass at 4:02PM on 03/18/08
Are you certain about the 'no eggs' restriction? Because they aren't dairy (i.e. cow) products, obviously (although your friend may have an egg sensitivity of some sort as well), and a lot of baked goods can be pretty hard to pull off without eggs, since they tend to provide structure.
I'd suggest pies with fruit fillings.
Most pie crusts require no dairy or eggs, and there are heaps of fruit to choose from. You could even work chocolate in (crust or filling, or both), it's great with most red berries!
I've had great pie crust results with suet, and I've heard that vegetable shortening can work too, although if your friend is avoiding eggs on account of a cholesterol problem, it may be worse news than the suet.
Another alternative would be a flavoured bread:
Just make a very simple lean dough (flour, yeast, water), and either mix the flavouring ingredients right in, or stretch the dough into a sheet, spread a layer of dried/preserved fruit, chocolate, nuts, cinnamon, raisins, anything you please, and roll the thing up into a loaf. Seal the ends well to prevent leakage, and bake as usual. You can even ice it (confectioners sugar, liquid of choice, flavouring)
A fresh warm loaf of cinnamon or chocolate swirl bread is hard to beat when it's cold out :)
mongoose at 8:42PM on 03/18/08
I am surprised that these has so many people stumped--soy-free vegan baking is not impossible, it's actually quite easy if you are willing to get a few ingredients (ex., egg replacer, vegan chocolate chips), which it sounds like you are.
Many of the cookie and cupcake recipes here http://havecakewilltravel.com/2007/01/19/recipe-index/ are soy-free, and all are vegan.
http://dietdessertndogs.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/pumpkinseed-shortbread-buttons/
Christina at 9:27PM on 03/18/08
there are a bunch of recipes here. i haven't tried any of them, but they seem to get some pretty good reviews. plus, isa moskowitz published an entire book dedicated to vegan cupcakes, so i imagine she knows a bit about dairy and egg-free baking.
emmab at 10:18PM on 03/18/08
Strawberry Pie?
First, bake a pie crust. While it's baking, make a strawberry glaze. After they've cooled, take some Tofutti "cream cheese", mix it with a tbp of lemon juice, layer on some fresh sliced strawberries, pour glaze over. Chill a few hours, the serve! Great w ice cream or "whipped cream"
machellebelle at 5:02AM on 03/19/08
Thank you guys so much for your help!!!!!!
Mich23 at 7:45AM on 03/19/08
There are wonderful products that can be used to sub for eggs, dairy, and soy. We use; an egg replacer from Bob's Red Mill, and we just love EarthBalance for a vegan sub for butter, and rice milk is a good sub for dairy and soy-free milk. We often take a traditional recipe for a crisp, cobbler, cookies, cake, pie, and sub the eggs, soy, dairy with the other products. If you experiment using these subs, you'll be pleased with the results, and surely the person you are baking/cooking for will be so grateful for your efforts.
Clairesinnewhaven at 9:17AM on 03/19/08
Thanks so much, Christina, for mentioning my blog here. I thought I'd just clarify that ALL of my recipes are egg free and dairy free! Where I use soymilk occasionally in my baking, you can replace almond milk with virtually no change in results.
The site again is http://dietdessertndogs.wordpress.com
Thanks!
Ricki :)
Ricki at 9:38AM on 03/19/08
One of my favorite recipes happens to satisfy this:
Applesauce Cake
1/2 c oil
1 1/2 c sugar
1 1/2 c applesauce
2 c flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
spices (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg) to taste
raisins (about two handfuls) optional
45 minutes at 350 in a greased bundt pan
add vanilla frosting for sweet tooths
ansate at 6:32PM on 03/19/08
@SSmom--my friend's son is allergic to dairy and soy and wheat and a whole bunch of other stuff, so he'd never had a cookie in his young life. One day his mom made Rice Krispy Treats with margarine. He LOVED them and told his mom, he loved her. Sometimes a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do.
wookie at 7:00PM on 03/19/08
@Ricki-- Thanks! I should have been more specific. :)
Christina at 9:09PM on 03/19/08
I found it interesting when reading this, which took me some time to find again once I signed up, that so may of you have suggested the use of soy to replace milk, and the use of margerine. I posted something someplace else saying I can help with recipes like what you are looking for but margerine is NOT soy free. I have not found ONE single margerine yet that does not contain soy, including Earth Balance brand. Milk itself, if the cows are fed conventional feed, contains soy, as do eggs and meat. It is possible to get alternatives, grass fed beef and hard to find soyfree grain fed eggs but they are costly. I have come up with many good ways to get past what I can't have . It takes time and effort but one can accumuate a good cache of foods to eat free of soy, eggs, meat and dairy. Beware though of the hidden soy names. Synthetic vitamin E is soy based. It goes by the name Tocopherol. Also, if your product specifies "natural flavoring" soy is likely a part of that as well. You would be amazed at how many teas include soy and or natural flavorings.
jomariac at 11:11PM on 03/26/08