“Waste Not” is a series dedicated to reducing food waste in the kitchen. You can find older posts in this series for:
What to Do With Leftover Pesto What to Do With Leftover Whipping Cream What to Do With Leftover Buttermilk What to Do With Leftover Pumpkin Puree What to Do With Leftover Egg Yolks What to Do With Leftover Half and Half What to Do With Leftover Tomato Paste
Up this week: Egg Whites. Since I make mostly small-batch recipes for the site, and small-batch recipes often call for using only part of an egg, I end up with a lot of extra egg whites. And if you’re a regular reader of Baking Mischief, making frequent batches of Small-batch Chocolate Chip Cookies or Small-batch Chocolate Cupcakes, maybe you do too. Instead of throwing those whites down the sink, here are a few alternatives. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission if you make a purchase using them. There is absolutely no additional cost to you.
What to Do With Leftover Egg Whites
But if you don’t feel like scrambled eggs this week, there are a whole lot of other things you can do with leftover egg whites: To make storing simple, when separating your eggs, separate the whites directly into an airtight storage container (like these 1-cup pyrex storage containers), add the date and number of whites to the lid on a piece of masking tape, and store in the fridge for later use. To defrost, place whites in an airtight container in the refrigerator overnight, and they’re ready to use.
Egg White Recipes
1 Egg White
Small-batch Chocolate Banana Muffins Small-batch Frosted Sugar Cookies Small-batch Lemon Sugar Cookies With Strawberry Frosting Small-batch Pumpkin Cupcakes Small-batch Chocolate Chip Muffins Small-batch Blueberry Muffins Small-batch Orange Muffins Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins One Banana, One Bowl Small-batch Banana Muffins Cinnamon Apple Crumb Muffins Small-batch Vanilla Cupcakes Easy Mini Chocolate Sheet Cake Frey Pie
2 Egg Whites
Small-batch Angel Food Cupcakes Baked Coconut Shrimp from Fox and Briar Amaretti Biscuits from Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen Flourless Chocolate Cookies from As Easy as Apple Pie
3 Egg Whites
Strawberry & Rosé Wine Macarons from Baking Sense Royal Icing with Egg Whites from Fine Cooking Copycat Starbucks Egg White Wrap with Spinach and Feta from Rachel Cooks Basic Chocolate Mousse from Chow Hound Peanut Butter Clouds from Once Upon a Chef
4+ Egg Whites
(4 egg whites) Easy Marshmallow Frosting (4 egg whites) Christmas Meringue Cookies from Salt and Lavender (4 egg whites) Cherry Vanilla Baked Alaska from What The Fork (4 egg whites) Lemon Pavlova with Toasted Almonds & Coconut from The Unlikely Baker (4 egg whites) Haselnussmakronen (German Hazelnut Macaroons) from Adamant Kitchen (5 egg whites) White Cake Recipe from Live Well Bake Often (5 egg whites) Italian Meringue Buttercream from Cooking With Carlee (12 egg whites) Classic Angel Food Cake from Life Made Simple
