Ways to Use Egg Yolks
If you do any amount of baking, you inevitably end up with a recipe that leaves you with leftover egg yolks. If you have leftover egg whites, you always have the option of having an egg white omelet or two (or check out my post on Ways to Use Egg Whites), but you don’t have that option with the yolks. Here are some ideas to help!
I’ve gathered here a list of my recipes that use two or more egg yolks, so you have a go-to spot to figure out what to do with the ones you have sitting in your refrigerator. I’ve separated the recipes below by number of egg yolks used, just to make it that much easier to navigate the recipes based on the number of egg yolks you have to use up.
2 Egg Yolks
Challah
If you have two egg yolks sitting in your fridge, this Homemade Challah is the perfect way to use them up! Chewy, eggy, and soft, this bread was made for breakfast glory.
Blueberry Curd Tart
This Blueberry Curd Tart is the perfect way to use up a few yolks! Plus, that COLOR!! <3
3 Egg Yolks
Strawberry Almond Tartlets
These Strawberry Almond Tartlets have a sweet vanilla almond crust filled with velvety strawberry curd, all topped in toasted meringue! Lemon curd gets all the attention, but these tarts will make strawberry curd your new obsession!
Coconut Pineapple Tart
This Coconut Pineapple Tart has a coconut crust filled with homemade pineapple curd! Topped with pineapple “flowers,” this beauty is a tropical dream dessert!
4 Egg Yolks
Caramel Banana Cream Pie
This Caramel Banana Cream Pie has a flaky pastry crust filled with homemade salted caramel sauce, caramel pastry cream, and sliced bananas, all topped with fresh whipped cream. Yes, it’s just as amazing as it sounds!
Caramel Apple Cream Puffs
These Caramel Apple Cream Puffs are classic cream puffs filled with caramel pastry cream and homemade chunky apple preserves. Then the whole thing is drizzled with homemade salted caramel sauce! A fabulous use of 4 yolks if you ask me! <3
5 Egg Yolks
Mocha Tart
This Mocha Tart has a crisp, crumbly chocolate shortbread crust filled with creamy chocolate-espresso custard and topped with (five shades of) chocolate whipped cream! This tart is a dream!
6 Egg Yolks
Apple & Maple Custard Tart
A unique take on a fruit tart, this Apple Maple Custard Tart has a classic pastry shell filled with maple custard and topped with fresh apples! Don’t worry about the apples browning! I have a (quick and easy) trick in the recipe that keeps them looking perfect!
Cereal Milk Tartlets
These Cereal Milk Tartlets have a funfetti blondie crust filled with Lucky Charms cereal milk pastry cream, all topped with homemade vanilla bean whipped cream! <3
Blood Orange Curd Tartlets
These Blood Orange Curd Tartlets have beautiful flavor, look gorgeous, and will use six egg yolks! These gems have sweet pastry filled with blood orange curd and topped with Swiss meringue buttercream and chopped pistachios.
Classic Fruit Tart
This Classic Fruit Tart has an orange-scented sweet pastry filled with vanilla bean pastry cream. While those components are completely delicious on their own, it’s even better topped with a rainbow of fresh fruit!
Rosé Glazed Strawberry Lemon Mascarpone Tart
This Rosé-Glazed Strawberry Lemon Mascarpone Tart has a sweet pastry crust with a lemon-mascarpone filling, topped with fresh strawberries and glazed in a rosé wine reduction. This beauty is a crowd-pleaser!
Mimosa Tart
This Mimosa Tart has sweet, orange-scented pastry filled with champagne pastry cream and topped with candied citrus slices! This tart makes a great dessert, but it works for brunch, too!
Strawberry Peach Tart
This Strawberry Peach Tart is sweet pastry filled with strawberry-vanilla pastry cream, topped with fresh strawberries and peaches!
7 Egg Yolks
Peach Rose Tart
This Peach Rose Tart will be the highlight of your table! A sweet pastry crust filled with homemade vanilla pastry cream and topped with fresh peach roses. One bite will brighten your day!
8 Egg Yolks
Black Forest Pie
Those aren’t black olives you see (like my husband thought they were 😀 ), those are beautiful Italian maraschino cherries! This Black Forest Pie has a chocolate pastry crust filled with dark chocolate cherry custard and chopped maraschino cherries, topped with fresh whipped cream, grated chocolate, and more cherries. Decadent and delicious!
I’ll come back and update this post every so often so that you have as many egg-yolk-saving recipes here as possible! No worries about wasting egg yolks anymore. 🙂
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(Last updated 4/11/2021)