Best Golden Eggs Recipes

GOLDEN EGGS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F. Spray your molds with nonstick spray (I, obviously, use egg-shaped molds. You can use a muffin pan or any other small baking molds.)
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In an electric mixer fitted with either the paddle or the whisk attachment, whip the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• This can take up to 10 minutes, depending on the temperature of your butter.
• As you're whipping away, stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure all the butter is incorporated into the sugar.
• You can't make magic without a lot of patience. So keep whipping and keep scraping.
• Add the eggs one at a time, whipping after each one until the egg is fully incorporated into the batter.
• Scrape down the bowl every now and again as well.
• Add the vanilla.
• Once all the eggs are incorporated, alternate adding the flour mixture and the buttermilk, mixing slowly.
• After they are well incorporated but not overbeaten, take a rubber spatula and fold the batter a few times to make sure everything is evenly distributed and the batter is smooth.
• Distribute the batter into your molds, filling each cavity a little less than halfway.
• Bake for about 15 minutes. Baking time varies depending on the size of your mold, so check for a very light golden brown color and make sure the cake springs back when you touch it.
• Unmold your little cakes and while they are still warm, dunk them quickly in the melted butter, then dredge them in the cinnamon and sugar.
• One warning: people are going to call you a stinking liar. They will not believe that these precious morsels aren't fried like a donut. But that's the cost of making magic.

GOLDEN EGGS IN CREOLE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Peel eggs and cut in quarters. Reserve yolks from 2 of the eggs and press through a sieve. Set egg quarters and sieved yolks aside.
• Melt butter in a skillet set over medium heat. When butter has melted, add flour, mustard, salt and cayenne and whisk to combine. Add milk and continue to whisk until sauce starts to bubble and is thick and blended, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Gently fold egg quarters into sauce, and divide mixture on top of the 8 toasted English muffin halves. Sprinkle with the reserved sieved egg yolks and serve immediately.

GOLDEN AND PURPLE BEET-PICKLED EGGS

Steps:

• In a medium pot, cover the beets with cold water and boil until tender. Remove the beets and reserve for another use. Add the vinegar, sugar, turmeric if using golden beets, peppercorns and pickling spice. Boil, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves.
• Remove the pot from the heat and let stand until the cooking liquid reaches room temperature. Add the eggs and onions. Cover tightly and refrigerate, turning the eggs occasionally, at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours. Remove the eggs from the liquid and serve.

GOLDEN PICKLED EGGS WITH CARROTS

Steps:

• Bring the vinegar, 3/4 cup water, 3 tablespoons salt, the coriander seeds, mustard seeds, sugar, bay leaf, onions, turmeric and pepper flakes to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the salt and sugar. Reduce the heat, cover and let the brine simmer for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pierce each egg all the way through about 6 times with a cake tester or toothpick. Put half the carrots in the bottom of 3 glass pint jars with lids. Add 2 eggs to each jar and then the remaining carrots. Ladle in enough brine to cover the eggs, add 2 more eggs to each jar and ladle in more brine to cover, leaving about 1/4 inch of space at the top. Close the jars, let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for at least 24 hours before serving. (The eggs will keep, covered by liquid and refrigerated, up to 5 days.)