Imagine this: you’re in your kitchen, all set to make a new exciting recipe, maybe a silky carbonara, or a hot new banana bread. The recipe calls for only egg yolk, so you crack the eggs and separate the egg whites and yolks (maybe using the water bottle hack to suction the yolk inside?). You keep cooking, and your recipe is a success, hurray! What’s not so great is that leftover egg white sitting all by its lonesome on your counter. Do you trash it? Or save it, relegating it to the back of your fridge indefinitely? We’ve got a better idea — skip the food waste, and use it to make one of our 26 creative egg white recipes instead.
While egg yolks add fat and flavor to a recipe, egg whites are generally all about VOLUME. This means they’re great for making the fluffiest pancakes or meringue pie topping, but also for making lighter cakes and brownies. They also help crispy cookies, like pignoli or shortbread, achieve that perfect crunchy snap when you bite into them. Egg whites can also be used to help things stick together, like in our keto cereal or our homemade granola bars. Without the yolk, you can bake the nuts, seeds, and oats in the oven without the fear of getting your granola with a side of scrambled eggs.
We even like to use them to make classic co*cktails, like our gin fizz or whiskey sour. You could just mix whiskey and sour mix or gin and soda, but when you want to go above and beyond and really impress, you’re going to want to add an egg white. Sounds finicky, but you can add the egg white straight into your shaker, and voila — the perfect foamy sipper.
Want all the magic of egg whites, without the egg? Try aquafaba! Want more eggs in your life in general? Check out our favorite egg recipes for every meal.
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1
Flourless Fudge Cookies
Skip the flour, butter, and egg yolks for these fudgy cookies.
Get the Flourless Fudge Cookies recipe.
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2
Ginger Lime Whiskey Sour
Ginger adds a spicy kick to the traditional whiskey sour.
Get the Ginger Lime Whiskey Sour recipe.
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3
Best-Ever Macaroons
What's better than coconut macaroons? Chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons.
Get the Best-Ever Macaroons recipe recipe.
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4
Japanese Soufflé Pancakes
The FLUFFIEST pancakes of all time.
Get the Japanese Soufflé Pancakes recipe.
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5
Keto Cereal
Make a big batch of this granola and have an easy low-carb breakfast all week long.
Get the Keto Cereal recipe.
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6
Shortbread Cookies
One of the best parts about shortbread is that you can infinitely adapt it to your favorite flavors.
Get the Shortbread Cookies recipe.
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7
Lemon Meringue Pie
Our FAVORITE part is decorating the top with meringue. Have fun with it and give it some fun swoops and peaks with the back of a metal spoon.
Get the Lemon Meringue Pie recipe.
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8
Gluten-Free Brownies
If you're a lover of Nutella, you'll love these brownies.
Get the Gluten-Free Brownies recipe.
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9
Homemade Granola Bars
You get to decide what fruit and nuts to use when you make your own granola bars at home.
Get the Homemade Granola Bars recipe.
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10
Best-Ever Pavlova
Pavlova is basically a giant meringue that gets topped with whipped cream and berries.
Get the Best-Ever Pavlova recipe.
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11
Sweet Potato Soufflé
A new holiday take on sweet potato pie.
Get the Sweet Potato Soufflé recipe.
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12
Rosemary Gin Fizz
This classic gin fizz gets a major flavor boost from rosemary simple syrup.
Get the Rosemary Gin Fizz recipe.
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13
Angel Food Cake
Angel food cake can seem intimidating, but have no fear! It's basically just whipped egg whites and sugar.
Get the Angel Food Cake recipe.
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14
Sweet-n-Spicy Nuts
This simple sweet-spicy nut mix features quinoa, honey, cayenne, and ginger.
Get the Sweet-n-Spicy Nuts recipe.
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15
Pignoli Cookies
Egg whites help give the cookies an addictively chewy and airy texture, and also help make this cookie totally gluten-free—no flour required!
Get the Pignoli Cookies recipe.
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16
Best Meringue Cookies
Meringues may look fancy AF, but they're actually super easy to make—so long as you keep beating the egg white-sugar mixture until you get stiff and glossy peaks.
Get the Best Meringue Cookies recipe.
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17
Champagne Cake
You can use the cheapest bubbly possible, and this will still be delicious.
Get the Champagne Cake recipe.
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18
Slow-Cooker Candied Pecans
It's not the holidays without candied pecans.
Get the Slow-Cooker Candied Pecans recipe.
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19
Best French Macarons
Macarons take time, patience, and some technique, but are so worth it. You'll feel like such a pro once you master them!
Get the Best French Macarons recipe.
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20
Baked Alaska
Three layers of ice cream, a brownie crust, and toasty meringue make up this nostalgic ice cream cake.
Get the Baked Alaska recipe.
