Our Best Baking Tips: Here's The Easiest Way to Bring Eggs to Room Temperature Quickly

Just like cakes usually call for room temperature butter, they typically call for room temperature eggs, too.

And since most of us keep ours in the fridge, that can pose a problem when we're in a baking hurry.

(SO annoying, right?)

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Well, thankfully, culinary team member and Rach's resident baking expert, Grant Melton, has an easy fix!

"If you need room temperature eggs in a pinch," he explains, "all you have to do is put them in a bowl and cover them with warm water."

Just let them sit for a minute or two, and you're good to go.

(Pro tip: Don't use *hot* water, because you don't want to start cooking the eggs!)

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Oh, and if you get a piece of shell into your bowl with your cracked egg, take it from Rach and don't use your finger to fish it out!

Instead, use a larger piece of shell, because as Rach puts it, "shell is attracted to shell."