How to Use Applesauce as Egg Replacement for Egg Allergy

Eggs are a common allergy-causing foods, especially in children. The only way to avoid symptoms such as rashes, hives or even anaphylaxis, is to completely eliminate eggs from the diet. Some people also choose to eliminate eggs from their diet for health or ethical reasons. In some recipes, applesauce can be used as a tasty and inexpensive replacement for eggs.

Things You'll Need

• Applesauce
• Measuring cup

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Instructions

• 1

  Determine if your recipe is suitable for egg replacement. Eggs are used in recipes as binders to help hold the ingredients together, as leavening agents to make a food rise, and as a thickener or moisturizer to improve the texture of a recipe. If there is no other binding agent, such as flour, nuts or bread crumbs in a recipe, eggs are likely being used as a binder. Applesauce will not make a suitable replacement for eggs if they are being used as a binder, but it can often replace eggs in desserts and sweet baked goods.

• 2

  Follow the directions of your recipe as usual, stopping when the recipe calls for eggs.

• 3

  Add 1/4 cup of applesauce for each egg the recipe calls for.

• 4

  Add the rest of the ingredients and follow the remainder of the recipe as written.