There are so many ways to replace eggs in vegan cooking, but my favorite choice for baking and making sweet recipes is flax egg because it has a consistency similar to a real egg and it doesn’t have much flavor unlike bananas or applesauce. Besides, it’s so easy to prepare. You just need to blend flax seeds and water until well combined or mix flaxseed meal with some water in a bowl and wait 5 minutes to thicken. It’s a pretty inexpensive, simple and healthy alternative and you can buy flax seeds at many supermarkets.
Tips:
- You can use golden or brown flax seeds to make this recipe.
- I prefer to use whole flax seeds instead of flaxseed meal because pre-ground flaxseed has been exposed to oxygen longer and it causes polyunsaturated fats to break down.
How To Make a Flax Egg
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: How-to
- Cuisine: Vegan
Flax egg is an inexpensive and healthy alternative to real eggs in baking or sweet recipes. It doesn’t have much flavor and is so easy to make.
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Leave us a review Ingredients
- 1 tbsp flax seeds
- 3 tbsp water
Instructions
- Place the flax seeds and the water in a blender and blend until smooth.
- If the flax seeds and the water don’t blend properly in your blender, you can grind the flax seeds first (I just blend them in my blender until I get a powder) and then add the water and blend until well combined. You can also mix the flaxseed meal and the water in a bowl with a fork.
- Let the mixture rest for 5 minutes to thicken.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 flax egg
- Calories: 55
- Sugar: 0.2 g
- Sodium: 4.9 mg
- Fat: 4.3 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 3 g
- Fiber: 2.8 g
- Protein: 1.9 g
joe says
December 7, 2018 at 19:24Found out if the powdered flax and water are boiled for a few seconds they come out better.
Iosune says
December 9, 2018 at 10:53Hi Joe! Thanks a lot for your comment 🙂
Jill says
March 31, 2018 at 07:13What type of blender do you have?
Iosune says
April 1, 2018 at 05:21Hi Jill! I use a Vitamix 🙂
Kate says
December 31, 2017 at 03:02Just made this to go in your Banana Bread recipe and it works perfectly! What a neat egg-replacement for binding, with bonus fiber factor 🙂
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Iosune says
January 6, 2018 at 13:19Hi Kate! So glad you liked it 🙂 This recipe has changed my life!
gemma cartwright says
December 11, 2017 at 04:58Is it still one tbsp if you use flax meal instead of flaxseed? Thanks
Iosune says
December 11, 2017 at 10:42Hi Gemma! I also add one tbsp when I use flax meal and it works great 🙂
Izzy Bruning says
May 10, 2017 at 22:54I love that you have made this so simple and easy to follow – simply perfect!
Izzy | Pinch of delight
Iosune says
May 15, 2017 at 17:33Hi Izzy! Thank you so much 😀
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joe says
May 10, 2017 at 14:13found out that if the mix is boiled for a few seconds the result will be thicker.
Iosune says
May 15, 2017 at 17:32Hi Joe! I’ll try it, thanks a lot!
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Sarah Lawrence says
May 9, 2017 at 21:00I was wondering if you could use this to replace eggs in pancakes?
Iosune says
May 15, 2017 at 17:31Hi Sarah! Yes, you can 😉 Have a nice day!
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Andrea says
May 9, 2017 at 18:45Can flax seed egg be used to bind thing s like egg does and also in baking will it make things rise like egg? If so how much do I use to replace 1 egg ?
Thanks
joe says
May 11, 2017 at 12:551tbs + 3 tbs water equiv to one egg.
Iosune says
May 15, 2017 at 17:30Thanks for your comment Joe 😉
Iosune says
May 15, 2017 at 17:30Hi Andrea! This recipe is for one egg, I’ve used it only to make sweet recipes and it works perfect 🙂
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