What an EGG size?

When you go to the grocery store and see egg size listed on cartons, what does that truly mean?

What should I use for my recipes? should you use three medium eggs, two large eggs or a jumbo!? Today most recipes typically don’t mention egg size at all. Wish they did. Your recipe may just call for 2 eggs. They are usually referring to large eggs, and if you don’t use those it will affect the outcome of your baking. Oh now that’s why my daughter’s brownies don’t work.

Having backyard chickens, two eggs are truly not equal, even though they are all equally delicious! The good news is that there really is an official range for egg size. It took me some time to find it but I did. When the grocery store sells you large eggs or an extra-large egg, they weigh the eggs carefully before packaging so you have no doubt about egg size. But when you collect your own backyard eggs, how do you know what egg size you have?

A small egg size is about 1.5 OZ or less. A medium egg size is about 1.75 oz. A large egg is 2 oz. Extra-large egg size is 2.25 oz. and last but not least is the jumbo eggs 2.5 Oz and over.

Recently my layers have not left me anything lately. But today look what I found. I would say from a medium to an extra-large.

Well, the next time a recipe asks for a large egg, you know what you can use. Using a Jumbo in place of medium really can affect a recipe in a negative way. Maybe my daughter will not have brownies that are off.