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What size eggs for baking? February 17, 2013 10:58PM |
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Re: What size eggs for baking? February 18, 2013 05:28AM |
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Same as Marnie, except lately sometimes I get the Frenz free range/organic size 7 egg packs but, if anything, they seem a bit big. This is because when I was growing up and being chief baker in our household, the eggs sold were dozen packs of either Size 5, 6, or 7 and my mother always bought size 6.
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Re: What size eggs for baking? February 18, 2013 05:34AM |
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*Dork Alert*
Our chickens provide our eggs, and they are usually quite big (75-100g). A size 7 is around 65g incl shell (62g excl shell). If a recipe calls for just 1 or 2, then I'll just pick out the smallest of what I have in the fridge.
However, when something is needing more than 2 eggs, I'll weigh the contents to get close to (62g x no. of eggs). If you're 10g over with each egg when you're only using 2, not a huge problem. If you're using 4 eggs that is 40g more, which is very nearly another whole egg = can make a difference.
Our chickens provide our eggs, and they are usually quite big (75-100g). A size 7 is around 65g incl shell (62g excl shell). If a recipe calls for just 1 or 2, then I'll just pick out the smallest of what I have in the fridge.
However, when something is needing more than 2 eggs, I'll weigh the contents to get close to (62g x no. of eggs). If you're 10g over with each egg when you're only using 2, not a huge problem. If you're using 4 eggs that is 40g more, which is very nearly another whole egg = can make a difference.
Re: What size eggs for baking? February 18, 2013 11:15PM |
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Re: What size eggs for baking? February 19, 2013 10:58PM |
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I use a mix - if buying on size I choose a 7 but often free range or market eggs are not sold this way. Occasionally I will add or reduce if it feels wrong. I have had some failures but mostly related to overcooking/burning when trying to do other things at the same time, can't blame it on the egg size!!
Re: What size eggs for baking? February 23, 2013 05:34AM |
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