75+ Dessert recipes to use up extra eggs (2024)

FAQs

What to do with a surplus of eggs? ›

Freezer Storage: If you have more eggs than you can use within a few weeks, you can freeze them, out of their shells. Freeze only clean, fresh eggs. Place them in freezer containers, seal tightly and label with the number of eggs, whites or yolks and the date. Defrost frozen eggs overnight in the refrigerator.

Preserving Eggs

Sprinkle each egg with either a small pinch of sugar or a tiny pink of salt. Scramble in the well. Place in the freezer for a few hours until completely solid. Pop out and place in a freezer safe plastic bag or airtight container.

What Is Mousse? Mousse is one of the most rich and decadent desserts and is often made with chocolate. Either whipped cream or beaten egg whites (sometimes both!) are folded into a mixture of melted chocolate, egg yolks, and sugar, then chilled.

Old eggs or rotten eggs are acceptable in composting programs - including your home compost pile. Contact your local recycling coordinator to find out whether your local transfer station offers municipal composting. Or consider starting your own home compost bin for your organic materials!

If the batter is runny enough to drip from the bowl without a spatula, you'll know you've added too much; to fix this, add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time until it reaches your recipe's ideal consistency.

On those egg cartons, if an expiration date appears, it can be no more than 30 days after the pack date. "As long as they're kept properly refrigerated at 40°F or lower, fresh eggs are safe to eat four to five weeks beyond the carton's Julian date," Maloberti says.

An egg kept in the fridge is more likely to "go off" as the porous shell will allow water to be absorbed. I have been led to believe that it is this water absorbtion that actually makes the egg inedible.

Freeze eggs for baking — really? Absolutely.

What not to do after egg freezing? ›

On the day after your retrieval, it is important to protect your ovaries: – Do not do any heavy exercise or high-impact activities such as running. – You may walk or do other light activities that you usually do. For 2 weeks after your retrieval, do not have sexual intercourse.

First of all, each egg needs to be cracked out of its shell. The egg white and yolk will expand when frozen so if left intact this could damage or break the shell. Only freeze eggs which are fresh and in date; all British Lion Eggs are labelled with a best-before date stamp on each individual egg shell.

According to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), you can freeze eggs for up to one year. When you're ready to use frozen eggs, thaw them overnight in the refrigerator or under running cold water. Use egg yolks or whole eggs as soon as they're thawed.

Tips for Refrigerating Fresh Eggs

Fresh eggs that are stored in a carton and kept on the coolest shelf in the fridge will last up to 5 weeks. They can last longer if the humidity is high to prevent too much evaporation. One way to make refrigerated eggs last even longer is to wrap each egg in plastic wrap.

For eggs, I'd break them, the local critters would eat the contents, and I'd be composting the shells. If it will be a while before trash is picked up on the curb, I crack them into the sink, put the shells in the trash and run through the garbage disposal or smush up the yolks and wash down with lots of water.

Collected fresh eggs can be stored in the refrigerator at 40°F or less for at least one month. If you have an abundance of eggs, it is important to date mark the outside of the egg carton with the date you collected the eggs. You could also write the date that they should be used by on the carton.