Freezing Fresh Eggs

added can be used for scrambled eggs, frittatas, quiches, omelets, and more. The packages to which honey or syrup has been added can be used for cookies, cakes, custards, or anything to which sugar will be added to the recipe.

If you freeze the yolks and whites separately, but find yourself needing a whole egg, add 2 Tablespoons white, and 1 Tablespoon yolk to equal approximately one whole eggs.

The most important thing to remember when freezing these eggs is to freeze them in small amounts, or amounts that will be used at once. Frozen, thawed eggs do not keep well, and should be used immediately upon thawing. Thawing will take about 9 hours in the refrigerator, for one cup.

My favorite way to freeze eggs:

Since I rarely use the same recipe twice, I can't really say "oh, I'll freeze 3 eggs together for this, or 6 eggs together for that." So, I like to freeze each in approximate amounts to equal one egg. The best what to do this is to use those tiny paper bathroom cups (but that seems a bit wasteful to me), or ice cube trays for freezing. The only drawback of the ice cube tray is that I have not found any large enough so that each cube will hold 3 Tablespoons of liquid. Mine hold about 2 ½ Tablespoons, so I use it and call that good. If a recipe calls for 5 or 6 eggs, I might add 6 or 7 of my cubes, to make up the difference. But, if the recipe only calls for 1 or 2 eggs, the slightly smaller cubes seems to work just fine. To freeze, stir together your eggs and salt or syrup, then pour into the ice cube tray. Freeze, pop the cubes from the tray, and then store in freezer bags.

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