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Flaxseed Egg: Flaxseed "eggs" are useful in bread, muffins, waffles, pancakes, cakes, quick bread, cupcakes, fritters, cookies, and other recipes. I reference making a flaxseed "egg" in some of my recipes and I am sharing this tutorial on how to do this useful basic recipe.
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
Hey Everyone, why make a flaxseed egg for use in baking? It's Good For You! Health benefits of flaxseed include Omega-3 essential fatty acids, fiber, and lignans (which have antioxidant qualities).
Certain baking recipes taste exceptionally well without eggs, for example, when I was working on my Soft Strawberry Scones recipe, I liked how they turned out so well without the eggs, I decided to publish the vegan version of the recipe.
If I am out of eggs, having flaxseed on hand, allows me to bake without eggs.
With the soaring price of eggs, using flaxseed in your baked goods allows you to save those precious eggs for your morning scramble instead!
Flaxseed is beneficial to lactating mothers as well!
You can buy stabilized flaxseed, for example, I like Hodgson Mill Flaxseed and I always keep a box of it in my refrigerator.
You can also get whole flaxseed and grind it yourself, using a spice grinder or a coffee grinder (make sure it's cleaned out first!).
I prefer to use a simple, small, inexpensive coffee grinder.
Make sure to use it right away or store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator because freshly ground flaxseed will go rancid relatively, if left out.
Gather your ingredients: 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed, plus 2.5 tablespoons of water:
Combine the ingredients:
Mix the flaxseed and water until combined evenly:
Cover the flaxseed mixture and let sit at least 5-10 minutes until thickened or if using later, put in the refrigerator until ready to use:
A flaxseed egg, ready to use!
• Flaxseed might change the texture and will definitely have some effect on the color of your recipe's end result.
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Get more flax in your diet! Flaxseed "eggs" are useful in bread, muffins, waffles, pancakes, cakes, quick bread, cupcakes, fritters, cookies, and other recipes.
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isabella says
best thing ever i love the flax seed eggs for the cookies we made yesterday bcasue you could eat the cookie dough as we made them
Sara says
Thanks for stopping by the blog Isabella! We had so much fun didn't we? Wasn't it fun eating the cookie dough made with flaxseed eggs?? Let's make some more!
Fareeha says
I have always wondered how to incorporate the flaxseed in my diet more often.. what an idea.. simply love it
Sara says
I know right? Thank you Fareeha!
Gin says
I absolutely love using flaxseed eggs! Thanks for doing this nice how-to showing how easy they are to make. Pinned!
Sara says
Hi Gin, thank you, I use them all the time, it's a nice way to get flaxseed into one's diet and I do it if I don't happen to have farm fresh eggs available.
Krystal says
I use flaxseed eggs all the time. It's really nice when you bake to be able to lick the bowl without worrying.. lol
Sara says
Hi Krystal, yeah, that is the added benefit to baking with flaxseed eggs! Thank you for visiting!
Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says
What a great alternative to egg!!! I have a friend who is allergic to eggs, so I'll have to sent this link through to her! Thanks for linking up with our Fabulous Foodie Fridays party! xx