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When do you use granulated sugar substitutes like monkfruit or stevia vs. liquid sweeteners like coconut nectar, date syrup, and agave?

Vegan Holiday Showstopper Desserts for Everyone

Fran Costigan - Vegan Holiday Showstopper Desserts for Everyone

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This event was on December 6, 2022

Join Vegan Pastry Master Fran Costigan for an exploration of Holiday Showstopper desserts! Learn how to make the spectacular holiday log known as Buche de Noel complete with mushrooms and forest ‘dirt’ and how to make Baked Jelly Donut (Sufganiyot) for Chanukah. The Chef Fran way means making components ahead, a simpler shaped cake and variations for dietary considerations. Bring your questions and an appetite for some amazing holiday desserts. You won’t want to miss this event!

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Question

Linh Nguyen

When do you use granulated sugar substitutes like monkfruit or stevia vs. liquid sweeteners like coconut nectar, date syrup, and agave?

Answer

Granulated sweeteners and liquid sweeteners are not fully interchangeable. So that's something Lynn that really is a giant question and it's a very good question. We have a unit in the course because it is such a big question. Coconut nectar dates syrup. Agave all liquid sweeteners all have different flavor profiles all bake a little bit differently.

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

FranCostigan.com

Fran Costigan is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Trained at the New York Restaurant School and Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching over 20 years ago. A lifelong chocoholic and long time vegan, Fran’s latest book, Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy Free Desserts, (Running Press 2013) is for all who madly, deeply love chocolate desserts, whether or not dietary considerations are an issue. Her previous cookbook, More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally (Book Publishing Company 2006) is the basis of the Costigan Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive®. For more information, www.francostigan.com.