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I stink at hard boiling eggs. Always have, always will. And it's because the directions I read are never well defined. "Wait 'til the water boils, toss in some vinegar, then let it simmer for a bit, and then turn it off and do three summersaults while they continue cooking."
Ok, so I kid a little. BUT, what exactly is meant by boiling? Is it a rolling boil? I know what that looks like. Or is it when those itty bitty bubbles start rising up to the top of water? I know that that looks like too. But there's quite a big difference between the two. Or how about the simmer? How low do they want my simmer to go? It's so confusing! And I never know what's exactly right, so making my favorite eggs just always ends up with me having full on anxiety and lots of eggs with stinky brown/green yolks. Yuck!
But then my life was forever changed when I realized I could BAKE the eggs in the oven and get the same (but better!) hard-boily result. And these directions are WAY easier to follow, WAY more defined, WAY impossible to mess up. So that's how I do it now. And I share this little recipe with anyone who'll listen, because for me, it's a life saver. I hope you enjoy it. And just in time for all those Easter Eggs!
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Baked Hard "Boiled" Eggs
Ingredients
Eggs
Directions
Preheat your oven to 325.
Put 6 (or fewer) eggs in a 12-muffin tin. Spread them out! (Don't let them get too crowded or it will affect baking time.) Put the egg-filled muffin tin in your preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes. In the meantime, prepare an ice bath for your eggs by filling a bowl with ice and water.
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Remove the eggs from the oven and immediately use an oven mitt or tongs to move the eggs from the muffin tin to the ice bath. Make sure those eggs are completely submerged! Add water if needed. Let the eggs sit in the ice bath for 10 minutes.
For best results, peel immediately after removal from ice bath. The shock from the ice bath will make the shells come off very easily. Otherwise, refrigerate until ready to peel and eat (up to 3 days).
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And that's it! Easy peasy, right??? I've never made a stinky, discolored hard "boiled" egg since! My only tip is this: ovens vary, so you may need to adjust the temperature based on how your first batch turns out. The general range for baking your eggs is 325 - 350, so play around with your oven temp 'til those eggs come out perfect.
Happy baking!
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| Perfection. No eggs-aggeration! |
Be sure to tune in tomorrow when I'll share a devilishly delicious recipe, perfect for your new obsession with baked hard "boiled" eggs.
Where is that plate from??? It's crazy cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! They're from Crate & Barrel. We had them on our wedding registry. :)
DeleteI'm glad you like them because they will be heavily featured in tomorrow's post!
Thanks for the tip! I am very bad at boiling eggs but I like to make hard boiled eggs for a quick snack or egg salad.
ReplyDeleteMe too!! When I learned this new method of making them, my hard boiled egg intake went WAY up. So good, so easy, and so nutritious!
DeleteI have never tried this but I am always failing at getting hard boiled eggs... Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear I'm not alone. Why is hard boiling eggs so hard?? Happy to have found the perfect solution! I hope it works for you too!
DeleteNever in a million years has baking hard-boiling eggs crossed my mind! Wow! I'm glad you get to enjoy a hard-boiled egg now. I love them a lot.
ReplyDeleteIf you'd ever like to boil them, this works for me every time: put eggs in pot and cover with water. Bring water to a boil and as soon as it starts boiling (= water is bubbling vigorously, pot lid is clanging a little - it's easy because I don't need to watch them, I just listen for the lid to make noise) remove pot from heat. Let alone for 13 minutes. Take out of water (I pour them into a colander). Done! If you want to eat them right away, you have to put them under cold water or give them an ice bath like you did. Or just let them cool.
I might try your method too! With boiling the way I described, the yolks are cooked but not over-cooked and definitely not green =)
p.s. never ever heard of or used vinegar in boiling eggs...
DeleteSee, your method is very descriptive. I think I could follow that! :) But knowing my luck, I'd still mess them up. I suppose if I'm feeling really lucky one day, I could give it a try! That "pot lit is clanging" tip is very helpful!
DeleteWhen I was doing my "research" for this post (aka found one hard boiled egg recipe online) it called for vinegar! Weird, right?! I'm sure it has some scientific purpose, but still. Too many extra steps makes my head hurt. As do the summersautls. :P
*summersaults
DeleteLove! I HATE boiling eggs! I'm definitely going to try this!
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you! Glad this helps! Let me know how they turn out. :)
DeleteVery cute plate! I have to admit I hate boiled eggs... in high school we had a passover meal in religion class and my mom was supposed to cook the hard boiled eggs and they ended being half raw! Everyone laid into me about how my mom couldn't cook! It was awful! I'll have to pass along this tip to her:-)
ReplyDeleteOh no!!! I feel so embarrassed for you! Half raw eggs just sound so ICK! Yes, please pass this on to your mom. Hopefully it'll help!! :D
DeleteOkay, evidently I fail at boiling eggs and baking them. 30 min at 325 equals total raw. Guess I should not have started with the entire 24. Sigh. Doubt I could recook them longer post ice bath so I am starting fresh using 350 and 30 min. Here's to hoping I don't end up at the store buying more eggs :(
ReplyDeleteHopefully the issue wasn't that I used a mini muffin tin b/c trying that again. But I couldn't think of why it would matter...
DeleteI really hope it worked out for you!! I feel so bad that that first batch was bad!! :( Did the higher temp help? I don't think the mini muffin tin would have done it b/c that's what you're actually supposed to use. I just don't own a mini muffin tin, so I use the big one. Let me know how it turned out!! I hope this didn't ruin your Easter eggs. :(
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