I learned about Freezing Eggs from my sister, who just happens to have chickens! We talked about doing this during the last couple of years when egg prices were so high (at about $5.00 a dozen in this area - I was wishing at that time that I lived closer to her and could get a few at a discounted price - ha!), AND as I'm notorious for wanting to bake something and to be always out of something (sometimes eggs) what better way to have them always on hand than to have a few in the freezer. The last time I bought eggs the price at my store was $.99 a dozen! Now is the time to see how freezing the eggs works! Naturally, I did a little Google search and found that you can keep eggs for up to a year in the freezer, but no more than 4 months for optimum freshness. I'm only going to have some in the freezer for emergency baking. You could try them scrambled, but I don't think I'd want to eat them fried as regular eggs. I'll show you how I did it - it's really easy to do. Let's see how this goes.
Here is the recipe as I made it:
Freezing Eggs
I have some reusable silicone muffin cups, so that's what I used. I just broke the eggs into the cups and put them onto a baking sheet. Then they go into the freezer to freeze good and solid. I have seen people scramble the eggs before freezing, but this worked out just fine in the end.
After a couple of hours in the freezer, they are ready.
They are solid and just pop right out of the silicone cups!
I put them into a zip top freezer bag for future use. Don't forget to label the bag and date it.
When I was ready to use an egg for making some Sugar Cookies, I took an egg out of the freezer bag, put it into a container with a lid, and put it into the refrigerator to thaw overnight (if you're in a hurry, you can put the frozen egg into a zip top bag and run it under cold water). Not too appetizing to look at, but it worked just fine for cookies. That's why I don't think I'd use them to fry an egg, but scrambled might work out ok - I just haven't tried that.
See?!! The Sugar Cookies turned out just fine!
This is so easy to do, and it just takes a few minutes to get the eggs into the freezer. I'll be doing this from now on. You really would only need 4-6 eggs for an emergency stash, but you can always do more - especially if you're lucky enough to have your own chickens and find yourself with an abundance of eggs. It's a good way to keep them until the middle of winter when the chickens take a break from their egg laying. But then again, if it's as simple as being the kind of person who is continually out of eggs when you're in the mood to bake, try Freezing Eggs and you'll never have that problem again!
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