How to Measure 1/2 An Egg?

[Jennalynn]

I'm trying to cut a recipe in half.

Unfortunately the recipe calls for one whole egg.

How do I measure 1/2 an egg?

[chowser]

If it's for sugar cookies, I'd just use the yolk.

[paulj]

Would it harm the dish to use a whole egg? Most baked goods will do fine with extra egg, though you could adjust the liquids a bit (e.g. cut back on water/milk by 1/8 cup).

paulj

[another_adam]

Isn't it a matter of proportions, though? True, most baked things will do fine with some extra egg, but what about with *twice* the number of eggs? Indeed, some things would be fine even with that much extra, but I suppose it would also throw some things off.

[Jennalynn]

Since this was for a cookie recipe that I need to be stiff, I did not add the extra 1/2 an egg.

I'm making sugar cookies to decorate and I don't want them to spread.

Thanks for all the help!

[JasmineG]

This is what I usually do, just use the whole egg and use less other liquid, and it works fine. Granted, I usually don't do it for something where the proportions are super important.

[another_adam]

A large egg should be about 1/4 cup, or 4 tablespoons -- so if you beat your egg, you just need to measure out 2Tbsp of it for the half recipe.

[MMRuth]

I usually beat the egg with a fork, measure it, then pour out half.

[grapevine]

Exactly, I had to do that this afternoon.