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 tried this twice, didn’t work either time.
What happened? Three of my eggs practically exploded lol My oven is cooler so I did 30 mins @ 350 degrees. Not sure if they’re all cooked through I put them in the fridge for breakfast.
Resolution to Spots and a Lack of a Muffin Tin:
I didn’t have a muffin tin and wanted to find a way to get my eggs to stand up on a cookie sheet so they could cook evenly.
I decided to get a piece of tin foil about 1/2 the size of a standard sheet of paper and held it in one hand while I put the small end of the egg down into the foil. Then I just kind of molded the foil around the egg so that there would be a soft base that I could conform to the cookie sheet so that the egg would stand up right with the small end facing down. When I peeled my eggs, I noticed ZERO red/brown spots on the egg.
I’m not sure if it makes any difference but I after I got the egg situated and balanced on the cookie sheet, I pushed down the foil as far as I could so as to expose as much of the egg as possible while maintaining balance.
The only place where there were any spots were on the inside of the shell itself on the large end of the egg where the air pocket was. Problems solved. 2 birds. 1 stone. Many bird eggs!!!
This works great, except you can’t call them hard boiled anymore, haha!
I aligned the top of the muffin tin with tinfoil, and made sure the muffin cups had the tinfoil pocked slightly into each muffin pocket. This will suspend the egg above the surface of the metal muffin pan.