Room Temperature Eggs in 10-Minutes!
Room temperature eggs: you’ve seen them in many of my recipes, from my 1-hour cinnamon rolls to my cheesecake. If you’ve made those recipes with straight-from-the-fridge eggs and they’ve turned out decently–great! But if you want truly spectacular results, you’ll use room temperature eggs. I know not everyone has the time to bring eggs to room temperature (sometimes it can take up to 2 hours!), so today I’m letting you in on my favorite little trick! Using room temperature eggs (unless noted otherwise) will make it easier to combine your ingredients, producing more cohesive batters and doughs and ultimately, better results. The method I’m sharing today is quick and easy; it’s perfect for times when you make a spur-the-moment decision to bake chocolate chip cookies, or when you accidentally overlook a recipe note to use room temperature eggs (it happens to all of us!).
What You Need
You don’t need any fancy tools to bring eggs to room temperature; in fact all you need are:
Eggs. Use as many cold, raw, whole eggs (straight from the fridge!) as your recipe calls for. Warm water. I recommend using 1½ cups of warm water per egg. Make sure your water is warm, but not hot. We don’t want to accidentally cook our eggs!
SAM’S TIP: I recommend that you bring your eggs to room temperature before you start measuring the rest of your ingredients, that way everything will be ready at the same time. Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Bring Eggs to Room Temperature
SAM’S TIP: You can bring your eggs to room temperature even faster by placing them in a bowl under a tap of warm running water. To do this, simply let the water continuously flow over the eggs for 2-5 minutes, then dry them off and use as desired. I typically don’t recommend this method since it can waste a lot of water, but if you’re in a rush and don’t have time to wait the full 10-15 minutes, you can do this instead. I hope this technique is helpful for some of you! If you’d like to see more posts like this one (maybe how to quickly soften butter?!), let me know in the comments below 👇 Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook
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