How to Make PERFECT Hard Boiled Eggs in the Oven
I love hard boiled eggs.
Why don’t I make them all the time? Well, the thought of getting a big old pot of water boiling, and then timing the boiling, flame on, flame off, lid on , lid off…. UGH!
Half the time I end up timing something wrong, and end up with over cooked, hard to peel eggs. OMG…. peeling hard boiled eggs is the pits!So when I kept seeing the idea on Pinterest, of hard boiling eggs in the oven, I HAD to give it a try.
Ok people. This is a game changer. Eggs go in the oven for 30 minutes, then in a bowl of ice water to cool. That’s IT! You wanna know the BEST part? The peel practically slides off in one piece. I kid you not!
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Easy peel hard boiled eggs = the best thing ever.
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Here is what you do.
PLEASE DO A TEST RUN with a couple eggs until you figure out the correct cooking temp for your oven.
How to Make PERFECT Hard Boiled Eggs in the Oven
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. If you know your oven runs cooler, try 350 temp. Place eggs in a muffin tin to prevent them from rolling around. Cook for 30 minutes.
- After the 30 minutes, remove eggs from the oven and place in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process. I left them in there for about 10 minutes.
- That’s it! Perfect eggs every time. I have cooked about 4 dozen so far and have had success with EVERY batch. Not an egg lover? Make sure to pin this one for Easter time.. it will be a life saver for coloring eggs 🙂
How to Make PERFECT Hard Boiled Eggs in the Oven
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Ingredients
- Dozen eggs
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325. Some of the posts I found said between 325-350. My eggs turned out perfect at 325. If you know your oven runs cooler, try out a higher temp. Otherwise, go for the 325.
- Place eggs in a muffin tin to prevent them from rolling around.
- Cook for 30 minutes.
- After the 30 minutes, remove eggs from the oven and place in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.I left them in there for about 10 minutes.
Nutrition
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Just made these to dye! (We have our own chickens, but they lay brown eggs, so I bought some whites from the store. So I can’t speak to how it works with fresh eggs) I washed them first to avoid the brown spots on the shell, cooked in an electric oven at 350 for 30 minutes in an aluminum mini muffin pan.
I got brown spots on the shells, because a pinhole on one egg sprayed over the other eggs, but they came right off in their ice bath. Cracked one open, and the first layer of egg white stuck to the shell, but came off easily when I got a butter knife between them. There was one tiny brown speck inside, but it didn’t effect the taste at all. Off to dye them now! Thanks for the tips!
First of all I LOVE that you have your own chickens! I am so glad this worked out for you 🙂 Hope you have fun coloring the eggs! XO
Just took mine out of a gas oven; which for the first time I used an oven themometer (fluctuated–yikkes) however look and smell ok although mine too came out w/ the brown spots. Not really an issue because it comes right off in the ice water — no biggy! thanks for the fun tip…
I read about this many times in the last few weeks and decided to try it tonight. When I Bing’d it i saw a few people say that you need to poke a hole in the end to avoid exploding eggs in the oven. I did that on 13 of 17 eggs before I misplaced my round file I was using to drill the holes.
The 13 drilled eggs came out perfect. The 4 not drilled split apart horribly (which I will use in deviled eggs).
Just wanted to let you know that this idea is really spreading on Facebook. I was at a local packaged liquor/convenience store. They had eggs for 99 cents a dozen. I bought 3 dozen and asked the clerk if he had heard about hard cooking eggs in the oven. A customer overheard me and he said, “I have! 325 degrees for 30 minutes!” The gentleman had to be in his late 70’s. I asked if he had heard about it on facebook and he said, “Yes!” Thank you for sharing this. It is a game changer for sure!
Hahahaha. That is awesome 🙂 Thanks for sharing Cindy!
Just tried a trial run on two eggs. 325 for 30 minutes in an electric oven. I used a silicone muffin pan sitting on a cookie sheet. PERFECT! THEY PEELED EASY AND LOOK AND TASTE WONDERFUL! I had only very fresh eggs as I have my own hens so peeling is always a problem. For anyone who hes chickens, try flooring the variously. Floored eggs. Our chickens lay white, blue, barely tinted, all the way to deep chocolate brown. The kids love seeing the variety of color from a single dye. Thanks for the fabulous tip, I have a dozen baking now.
Awesome Dallas! I love that you have your own hens 🙂 Have fun coloring the eggs! XO
Thanks for this! They turned out amazing! I totally suck at boiling eggs. Putting them in the oven – set it and forget it!
Happy Easter! 🙂
Happy Easter to you too Meesha! Glad you loved this 🙂 XO