How To Make A Flax Egg

By foodiva

The step by step guide to how to make a flax egg. Can replace a regular egg in vegan baking for cakes, pancakes, muffins and more!

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp Flaxseed Meal (ground or milled flaxseed)
• 3 Tbsp Hot Water

Details

Preparation time 3mins
Cooking time 3mins
Adapted from lovingitvegan.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Add the tablespoon of ground flaxseed to a bowl.
Add 3 tablespoons of hot water from the kettle (just boiled).
Allow to sit for a minute or two – using hot water makes the thickening process much faster, and it usually gets to the right (gloopy/gelatinous) consistency in only about one minute.
The gloopy/gelatinous consistency is how it functions like an egg in recipes!
Use it in place of an egg in recipes, it’s not an exact science, but usually 1 for 1, so 1 flax egg replaces 1 regular (chicken) egg in recipes.
Of course – it won’t work for things like meringues! You definitely can’t whip it (for that you need aquafaba!)
However, in cakes and breads and pancakes and biscuits, it works perfectly!