https://fragileflour.com/Whisk & Oat is an independent guide to vegan baking at home: what replaces eggs, butter and milk, plus cakes, cookies, pies, bread and the best vegan bakeries.en-ushttps://fragileflour.com/vegan-chocolate-chip-cookies/https://fragileflour.com/vegan-chocolate-chip-cookies/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:49:18 +0200These vegan chocolate chip cookies have crisp golden edges, chewy centers and pools of melted chocolate, and they need no egg substitute at all. The secret is the right fat, a little plant milk and a short rest in the fridge.https://fragileflour.com/vegan-butter/https://fragileflour.com/vegan-butter/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:49:18 +0200Vegan butter is a plant-based fat made to behave like dairy butter. Here is what it is made of, how it compares with butter and margarine, and how to choose and use it so your cookies, pastry and frosting turn out right.https://fragileflour.com/vegan-banana-bread/https://fragileflour.com/vegan-banana-bread/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:49:18 +0200Banana bread is one of the easiest bakes to make vegan, because ripe bananas already do much of the work eggs usually do. This one-bowl loaf is moist, deeply flavored and ready for the oven in 10 minutes.https://fragileflour.com/is-flour-vegan/https://fragileflour.com/is-flour-vegan/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:49:18 +0200Ordinary wheat flour is vegan: it is ground grain and nothing else. Enriched, bleached and self-rising flours are vegan too in practice, but here is exactly what is added and what to check on flour-based products.https://fragileflour.com/is-bread-vegan/https://fragileflour.com/is-bread-vegan/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:49:18 +0200Most basic bread is vegan, because the essentials are flour, water, yeast and salt. But US rules allow milk, eggs and other extras, so here is which breads are usually vegan, which usually are not and what to look for on the label.https://fragileflour.com/egg-substitute-for-baking/https://fragileflour.com/egg-substitute-for-baking/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:49:18 +0200There is no single perfect egg substitute for baking, because eggs do several jobs at once. Here is what each common swap replaces, how much equals one egg and which recipes it suits.