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Grunts, Slumps, Cobblers, Crisps and Sonkers

Fran Costigan - Grunts, Slumps, Cobblers, Crisps and Sonkers

This event was on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 1:00 pm Pacific, 4:00 pm Eastern

Join renowned pastry chef Fran Costigan for an unforgettable live event as she unravels the delightful world of Grunts, Slumps, Cobblers, Crisps, and Sonkers. Prepare your taste buds… Read More.

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Question:

I love to make crisps with a mixture of oatmeal and flour. Does it matter if I use vegan butter (Miyoko’s) or oil as the fat?

— Suzanne Lyons

Answer:

Actually it doesn't really matter. It might matter flavor-wise. Uh, if you're using an, you know, an oil like an extra virgin olive oil that's very green, you're going to taste it. When I use vegan butter to replace oil, when I use butter to replace, when I use oil, let me start again. When I use oil to replace butter, I use three quarters of the amount to take into consideration the, the milk salads that are in butter now. So I would use less oil than I would dairy butter, but of course vegan butter is all oil so it should be pretty close. Start by using a little bit less and you can use either I add my fat to something like a crisp mixture or a crumble mixture or even a crumb crust. I add it really cautiously because sometimes you need less than the recipe suggests or states and sometimes you need more. So thank you for that question.
Fran Costigan

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

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