Flax egg, an easy-to-make egg substitute that requires 2 ingredients: flaxseed meal and water. It’s ready in just 5 minutes!
A flax egg is the perfect egg substitute for baking. It’s affordable and very easy to make, as well as cholesterol-free, gluten-free, and high in omega-3 fatty acids.
This homemade version is not expensive at all and you can find flaxseed at pretty much every local store. However, keep in mind that this egg substitute only works for vegan baking and not for preparations like vegan scrambled eggs or omelets, for example.
I’ve used it to make all kinds of desserts, such as cakes, waffles, donuts, pancakes, cookies, and brownies, and it actually works really well. It doesn’t change their consistency nor its flavor and the recipes are as fluffy as if I were using regular eggs.
Flax egg, an amazing chicken egg substitute for baking recipes. It’s super easy to prepare and it doesn’t contain any additives or preservatives. It’s made in just 5 minutes with only 2 ingredients!
How to make a flax egg – Step by step
- Use store-bought flaxseed meal (ground flaxseed) or grind flaxseed in a coffee grinder, spice grinder, or a powerful blender (photo 1).
- Add 1 tbsp of flaxseed meal to a small bowl (photo 2).
- Add 3 tbsp of water and stir until the mixture is well combined (photo 3).
- Let your flax egg rest in the fridge for 10-15 minutes to thicken (photo 4).
Pro tips
- You can either use golden or brown flax seeds. A lot of bakers prefer to use golden flax seeds better because they are lighter in color and less noticeable in the finished product.
- If you can’t find flaxseed or have allergies, you could use chia seeds instead and make a chia egg. Just follow the same recipe (1 tablespoon of ground chia seeds + 3 tablespoons of water).
What is this flax egg ratio?
This flax egg recipe has a 1:1 ratio, meaning that you need 1 flax egg for every regular egg in a baking recipe.
Can I use a flax egg like a regular egg?
Flax eggs only work as an egg replacement in baking recipes. However, if you’d like to make vegan versions of recipes that contain regular eggs, I suggest you try this wonderful tofu scramble. You’re going to ADORE it!
How to use a flax egg
You can use flax eggs with plenty of sweet recipes. For example, you could make some vegan blueberry muffins, vegan brownies, vegan banana bread… And so many others!
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Flax Egg
- Prep: 5 mins
- Total: 5 mins
- 1 flax egg 1x
- How to
- American
- Vegan
Servings 1 flax egg 1x
Flax egg, an easy-to-make egg substitute that requires 2 ingredients: flaxseed meal and water. It’s ready in just 5 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp flaxseed meal (ground flaxseed)
- 3 tbsp water
Instructions
- Use store-bought flaxseed meal (ground flaxseed) or grind flaxseed in a coffee grinder, spice grinder, or a powerful blender.
- Add 1 tbsp of flaxseed meal to a small bowl.
- Add 3 tbsp of water and stir until the mixture is well combined.
- Let your flax egg rest in the fridge for 10-15 minutes to thicken.
- You can use your flax eggs in place of regular eggs in your baking recipes, such as vegan blueberry muffins, vegan brownies, vegan banana bread… And so many others!
Notes
- It’s a 1:1 ratio, so you need 1 flax egg for every regular egg in a recipe.
- Flax eggs only work in baking. However, if you’d like to make vegan versions of recipes that contain regular eggs, I suggest you try things like tofu scramble.
- You can either use golden or brown flax seeds. A lot of bakers prefer to use golden flax seeds better because they are lighter in color and less noticeable in the finished product.
- If you can’t find flaxseed or have allergies, you could use chia seeds instead and make a chia egg. Just follow the same recipe (1 tablespoon of ground chia seeds + 3 tablespoons of water).
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 flax egg
- Calories: 35
- Sodium: 3 mg
- Fat: 2.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 2.5 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
Update Notes: This post was originally published in May of 2019, but was republished with new photos, step-by-step instructions, and tips in January of 2022.
Worked perfectly. Made black bean burgers.
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Hi Sheila! So glad you liked it 🙂
just printed this up – YUM!
Hiiii I’ve used flax eggs on many occasions and they’ve always worked!!! Also I usually don’t put it in the fridge and it still works perfectly, thx for the recipe losune!!
How long can the flax egg last in the fridge?
Thank you, Great receipe.
Hi Gabriel, You can have it in the fridge a couple of days, but as it is an easy and quick recipe my advice is to make the quantity you need in the moment. Have a nice day!
Best vegan banana cake I ever baked and the flax egg are a revelation!
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Hi Laura! Thanks a lot 🙂
I found out that if I boil for a minute in the MW it will thicken faster and better.
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Hi Joe! Thanks for the info 😉