In this episode of The Sustainable Baker podcast, we learned that bakers can lower their carbon footprints by baking vegan. But can that be done deliciously?! Spoiler alert – yes. Just one example is the recipe plant-based pastry chef Juan Gutierrez was kind enough to share with us: these vegan oreo cruffins.
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Oreo cruffin dough filled with Oreo cream and Oreo glaze
INGREDIENTS
Pre-ferment
Dough
For the lamination
“Egg” wash
Cream filling
INSTRUCTIONS
We’ve all heard red meat is bad for the planet. But what about baked goods? In this episode, host Caroline Saunders talks with Kari Hamerschlag from Friends of the Earth to learn about the carbon impact of common baking ingredients like flour, eggs, and that holy grail of all things that flake – butter. And what we learn may require a new way of baking. We follow vegan pastry chef Juan Gutierrez through the practice of plant-based pastry, and come out the other end with some tips for low-carbon baking and a recipe for vegan oreo cruffins, available on www.sustainablebaker.com.