Wondering Which Egg Wash Is Best? We Have The Answer

If you've ever wondered which egg wash you should use for your baked goods, then check out our Senior Food Editor Makinze Gore's ranking.

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00:00Ever thought about or even cared which egg wash is best? Because I do. I think about it a lot.

00:06So I'm testing out a whole egg. Just an egg yolk. Just an egg white. Egg white with some water.

00:12Heavy cream and butter. My least favorite. Definitely the egg yolk. I just don't like how

00:17thick it is. How yellow it is. It's unappetizing. I don't think I would have a recommendation to use

00:23just an egg yolk. The butter and the heavy cream don't have a lot of color to them

00:28but they're really good toppers for things like biscuits and scones. The butter especially

00:33for a biscuit. It will make it even flakier on top. Whole egg and egg white without water

00:39are my top two favorites. For most other things I would just stick with the whole egg. I think it

00:44works the best. It gives you the most amount of color and a good amount of shine and it's pretty

00:51even. If you beat that really well you should get an even coating. Sometimes you need to stick with

00:56the classics.