#askaveganbaker

First of, can we just take a second to commiserate about how terrible it is to go through all the trouble of baking something and have it come out all sorts of wrong? Urgh, I hate that, so my heart goes out to you if you’ve had that problem.

Here are some possible solutions for this grease issue:

1) If you’re using the creaming method to making vegan cookies, you might not be beating the vegan butter and the sugar enough. Make sure you beat them until fluffy so the mixture is not split.

2) if you’re using oil instead of butter, try letting your dough rest. Listen, I know, that's super hard! When you are craving some cookies, you want to get that dough in the oven ASAP so you can get to the fun part — eating them! But leaving your dough to rest in the fridge overnight or for 12 hours or so can really make a difference. It will allow the fat in that dough to solidify and so when you do bake it, the cookies won’t spread as much or get greasy by the end.

And here’s an extra tip so you don’t feel like you’re being deprived of your cookie enjoyment: make the dough ahead of time and freeze it. Then thaw it when you’re craving some cookies. You’re welcome!

Have any vegan baking questions of your own? Send them over to me at [email protected]. I’ll be answering them on Mondays and Wednesdays here and on the Curious Cat Bakery Instagram.

Stay curious,

Natalia