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Egg Whites 101

Whipping egg whites is a core technique for the seasoned baker, as well as one of the miracles of baking. Our recipe for Angel Food Cake illustrates some of the test kitchen's guiding egg white principles. 

Whipping egg whites is a core technique for the seasoned baker, as well as one of the miracles of baking. Our recipe for Angel Food Cake illustrates some of the test kitchen's guiding egg white principles. 

Crack eggs on a flat surface (not on a bowl's edge).

Open eggs over the first bowl and let the whites fall in. 

Drop yolks into the second bowl. 

Pour each white into a third "holding" bowl.

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