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It is truly amazing that bread, fucking bread, has been one of the hardest things for me to secure vegan options for. You can get bread that doesn't involve dairy or eggs, but it's usually the cheap, crappy stuff, and if you have the option of something better, it has one of the two in it. Shouldn't be an issue for me though. I know a guy who makes bread and we get loaves from him on the regular. I asked recently if he used milk or eggs and he said no, but turns out he was using butter all this time. A bit distressing that I've been consuming that ever since I've become vegan last year, but nobody asked until now so it's on me, really. Dude was nice enough to buy vegan margarine for me specifically. Genuinely grateful for that, he's a sweetheart for it.

deep inhale Why. Does margarine. Have palm oil. I ain't complaining to him again, he's been kind and accommodating enough, but I know this shit is awful for the environment and for me too. It's better then dairy butter but whyyyyy?? I just want oil and salt to put on some basic-ass bread! I literally want a food so basic that comparison to it is a universal stand in for "wow, that's bland as hell". It might not be the hardest thing to find a vegan version of (there are also still some toiletries like toothpaste that I haven't personally checked yet), but does anyone else struggle this much with bread of all things? Does margarine exist without palm oil? I've heard of people just drizzling toast with olive oil, so if I add a bit of salt to that will it amount to the same thing? infernal screeching

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[–] hex123456@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is coconut oil ok? That’s what I use instead of butter when I bake.

[–] cloudskater@pawb.social 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It is as far as I know! Are you really able to replace something more solid with liquid oil and get an alright result? I don't bake much so I wouldn't know.

[–] hex123456@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Coconut oil is about the same consistency as butter. I’ve had no issues using it in bread, cakes and pancakes and waffles. But I’m no expert.

You can get a bread machine for rather cheap and just use the simple recipes from the book that comes with it. Then substitute a few things.

  • coconut oil for butter/lard
  • oat milk for any milk/cream
  • a bit of ground flax with water for any eggs
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

When I've made bread or pizza dough I've just used canola oil in the past. Shouldn't need to be a solid fat/oil