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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I have been looking for the best and most consistent way to make hard-boiled eggs. I have tried using cold eggs, room temperature eggs, dropping them into a rolling boil, bringing them to a boil in water, adding salt, adding vinegar, using older eggs, using new eggs, and even tried the impractical “golden” hard boiled eggs. I finally just gave up and that whole time this was all i had to do!! Works great, and is a great dieting option, thank you.
I just made these and had almost the whole dozen crack in the oven. I’m not sure where I went wrong, although I was too lazy to do the test batch. Not too big of a deal except these are for dying this weekend. Running to the store for another dozen and I’ll try it again. Should I try a lower temp or put the eggs in the oven as it pre-heats?
Honestly- and I know this is a pain- you have to do a test batch. Oven temps vary so much. I did and found my electric oven worked best at 335 for 30min. on eggs just out of the fridge. I have a silicone mini muffin pan and used that. Worked great. My suggestion would be to buy 2 dozen and keep trying. Once you figure it out, it’s soooo much easier than boiling. Good luck!
I just did this yesterday since we were going to be coloring Easter eggs and I hate boiling them for numerous reasons. Before I began, I read all of the other reviews and did a test run with 3 eggs first. I URGE EVERYONE TO DO THIS!!! I see so many people upset with Corey’s recipe unnecessarily because they haven’t found what works for their oven. I took the eggs directly from the fridge and placed them into a silicone mini muffin pan to try to avoid “brown burn spots” inside the eggs. I cooked them for 30 min at 335 degrees on the middle rack of my electric oven. When I took them out they had dark brown spots all over them. I put them in the ice water bath anyway. The spots were from steam coming out of the pinholes during the cooking process. For the most part, they disappeared while swishing around in the ice bath. The eggs colored beautifully. The 3 that I did the test run on peeled easily as they were older. The fresh dozen didn’t peel as well, but I didn’t expect them to peel as easily as older eggs. Not a big deal to me. The most important thing to me is that I DIDN’T HAVE TO BOIL EGGS THIS YEAR!!! I took the extra time to figure out what worked for my oven and will never go back. And, I didn’t immediately judge it as a fail when I saw all of the brown spots on my eggs. Thank goodness, since they all came off. 🙂 Good luck everyone. Thanks Corey for your tips. I loved it!
For some reason our eggs are cracking…. HELP!!!
OK, no more blew up and the rest were OK after washing off. They did all have a scorch mark on the shell where they were touching the pan. Would not care if they were just for eating but for decorating not so great. We used them anyway though.