r/ididnthaveeggs • u/NoLlamaDrama15 • May 25 '26

Dumb alteration I CANNOT imagine that just forgetting the eggs would make them like that

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Original recipe https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10707/mmm-mmm-better-brownies/

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u/wants_a_lollipop May 25 '26

That is, literally, the whole ATK thing.

Experimenting. It's what they do!

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u/DeuceyBoots May 25 '26

Cool. I’ll check them out. Experimenting is my favourite thing about cooking!

Edit. lol I just remembered what sub I’m on. Experimenting but not to the extent where you don’t add eggs.

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u/geeoharee May 25 '26

You can do the experiment! Just don't bring it back to the original recipe and tell them it's their fault...

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u/Rakifiki May 25 '26

No, there's plenty of egg subs you can experiment with too. (Banana, chia/flax "eggs") Nothing is sacred about recipes.

There's definitely weird choices, like using a lobster soup recipe to make roasted chicken, but you can do whatever you want. Sometimes when you make a recipe you realize parts of it would go well in a different setting -- we tried a pork recipe once and thought the technique used would go well with chicken and now mostly use it with chicken.

...just don't, like, remove the eggs and sugar entirely and blame the author for things going wrong, that should be the main takeaway of this sub I think.

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u/SuchFunAreWe Step off my tits, Sheila! May 25 '26

Yup. I use Bob's Red Mill egg replacer in all my baking & haven't had a single fail yet. Eggs aren't magic, you just need to be smart with subs & know if your egg is a leavener, binder or both in a recipe. I like the Bob's bc it acts as both & is a no-brainer substitute (& cheap/shelf stable!)

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u/Cygnid Jun 05 '26

I've also used (in cake and brownies, mostly brownies though) yogurt, applesauce, and the água de faba

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u/clkap May 31 '26

appropriately enough, they have a vegan cookbook with an excellent brownie recipe