Ever wonder how to get that delicious looking shiny finish and golden brown color pie crust, puff pastry or dinner rolls? It’s so easy, you won’t believe it and all you will need is a whole egg, egg white or some heavy cream! No joke! This Easy Egg Wash Recipe to Use for Baking will have all of your pastry dough turning a golden color in no time at all!
That nice shine you see on baked goods is no longer out of reach! It’s such a simple technique to get a beautiful golden-brown finish or beautiful glossy finish that professional pastry shops have for a final product look.
It is a very simple process for a glossy sheen on baked goods!
There are different types of egg washes and egg wash mixture s so don’t worry that you’ll do it wrong, you won’t!
What Is the Purpose Egg Wash?
An Egg wash is a beaten egg (white or whole) or a mixture of beaten egg and water (or you can use milk or cream), that is brushed onto the top of pastries and doughs before baking. The egg wash provides a golden brown, shiny finish like you see on bakery items.
Usually an egg wash is only for the shiny golden appearance, but it also helps raw sugar stick to the surface of pie dough and brings baked goods to the next level.
You’ll see that in this Blueberry Pie Recipe.
Egg wash is also pre baked onto the bottom surface of a pie shell to help prevent a soggy bottom.
What You’ll Need
- A large egg
- A bit of water
- Natural bristle brush (traditional pastry brushes) or silicone pastry brushes
- A small bowl
- A fork for whisking or a small whisk.
*** No worries if you don’t have any brushes, the back of a spoon will work just fine.
Optional:
- Sugar crystals or raw sugar
- A bit ow ater
- Milk
- Pinch of Salt
How to Use an Egg Wash?
Use on any type of pastry dough where you want to brown the edges of pastry. For example: hand pies, pumpkin pie edges, rolls or any type of upper pie crust.
Pro Tips
Make sure that your egg wash is very well mixed or it creates an uneven shine on the finished product. As an example, my egg wash wasn’t very well mixed in these photos for “How To Freeze Apple Pie“. You want to avoid that uneven and lumpy shine.
Your pastry will taste just fine without an egg wash. The best way to give a finished professional look to your work is by using an egg wash, and this is probably the easiest and most basic egg wash out there.
3 days if kept in the fridge.
Store to add to tomorrows scrambled eggs. Cook up and add to the dogs food for a treat!
Tips and Tricks
- You can substitute milk or cream for the egg in this egg wash recipe
- Use leftover egg wash in tomorrow mornings scrambled eggs, scramble up for your dogs food as a treat.
- Store leftover egg wash in an airtight container.
- If you do not have a pastry brush or natural bristles brush, use the back of a spoon. It’s more cumbersome, but it works.
- Whisk the egg and water very well so that it brushes on smoothly.
- Add a pinch of salt or sugar to give it a touch of flavor.
- Use an egg wash to help raw sugar adhere better to your baked goods like a sort of glue.
Watch Sarah Make an Egg Wash
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Easy and Basic Egg Wash Recipe to use for Baking
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tbs cool water
Instructions
- Break the egg into a small bowl.
- Add 1 Tbs of cool water to the egg.
- Whisk the egg and water together well.
- Pain the egg mixture onto the surface of the prepared pastry.
- Bake per recipe instructions for the baked good.
Notes
- You can substitute milk or cream for the egg in this egg wash recipe
- Use leftover egg wash in tomorrow mornings scrambled eggs, scramble up for your dogs food as a treat.
- Store leftover egg wash in an airtight container.
- If you do not have a pastry brush or natural bristles brush, use the back of a spoon. It’s more cumbersome, but it works.
- Whisk the egg and water very well so that it brushes on smoothly.
- Add a pinch of salt or sugar to give it a touch of flavor.
- Use an egg wash to help raw sugar adhere better to your baked goods like a sort of glue.
Nutrition
Yesterday I saw a foreign woman and her child asking for food and money at a local store. People were turning them away, putting their hand on their concealed weapon as a warning and telling them to go get the food that our tax dollars pay for at the local mission.
Is that how Jesus called us to be?
Matthew 25: 34-36
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, “I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
