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Flaxseed Egg

Learn how to turn ground flax seeds and water into a flax egg! Just one minute to stir together and a 10 minute wait and you have the perfect egg substitute for baking or binding.
Prep Time1 minute
Setting Time7 minutes
Total Time8 minutes
Course: Condiment
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings: 1 "egg"
Calories: 37kcal
Author: Andrew Bernard

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed (sometimes referred as flaxmeal)

Instructions

  • To a small bowl, combine the hot water and ground flaxseed together with a spoon.
    water and ground flax seeds in a bowl before being stirred together.
  • Let the mixture set for 7-10 minutes.
    stirred water and ground flax seed in a bowl prior to it thickening.
  • After 10 minutes, your flax egg should have absorbed most or all of the liquid and be ready to use in the recipe of your choosing.
    a thickened flax egg in a bowl.

Notes

Limits : There are a couple of things to keep in mind
  • We do not recommend using more than 3 flax eggs in a recipe that you may be converting from traditional eggs to this substitute.  Something like a pound cake that requires 6 eggs, on average, would not work with 6 flax eggs substituted. 
  • Gluten Free baking recipes may or may not work with flax eggs since you're missing both gluten and traditional eggs - both of which have more structural properties that gluten free flour and flax eggs do not.
 
Flaxegg Substitute: Don't have ground flax? Chia seeds (whole or ground) can be substituted in equal amounts for the ground flaxseeds.
 
**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.

Nutrition

Serving: 1egg | Calories: 37kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 57mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 0.4mg

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