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!
Email Me This Recipe!
Need to save time? Have this article emailed straight to your inbox + sign up for all the latest recipes!
Easy peel hard boiled eggs = the best thing ever.
Looking for an Instant Pot Hard Boiled Egg Recipe? I have one here!
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
Email this recipe!
Get this recipe emailed straight to your inbox!
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
Nutritional Disclaimer: Family Fresh Meals is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is only an estimate. We recommend running the ingredients through an online nutritional calculator if you need to verify any information.
Did You Make This Recipe?
Make sure to share it with me below!
To peel eggs fill a glass half full of cold water. Drop cooked egg in. Cover glass w/hand. Shake back and forth about thirty seconds or so. It’ll be somewhat peeled.
mine came out perfect but i have the brown spots. I will try the silicone pan next time.
No need really to fuss with cotton balls if you don’t want to. The point of the muffin pan is just to keep them from rolling. My first batch I baked, I used only the unlined tin and did get a few tiny brown/heat spots. This morning, I decided to lightly line the muffin tin with foil (by molding slightly first on the reverse side) which basically kept the eggs like half-way up in the tin, then also took advantage of the rumpled foil between the wells and managed to add about 6 or 8 additional eggs. Had the eggs out of the fridge for about 20-30 mins first and then put the tin of them in the oven about 5 mins. after I turned it on at 350 (adjust as others note per your oven) instead of preheating fully. Not one brown spot this time since no direct metal contact. Peeled a sample one after cooling in bowl adding cold running water and perfectly cooked! Peeled great and yolk a perfect creamy/fluffy yellow. My total “go to” now for hard ‘boiled’ eggs. YAY!!
Seriously what is wrong with these people ? She’s only said it about 74 bajillion times: TEST a FEW before so if it doesn’t work for you, you won’t waste a whole dozen. Jeez Louweeze!!!
Haha. Thanks Ann 🙂
If you need a chuckle read this! When I saw this I thought “Great we love hard boiled eggs but I can never get them right. I also read some where about putting the cooked egg in a small container with water and shake hard. The shell is suppose to come off easy. So I thought I will try both at the same time. When the time was up I put in ice water for 10 mins. Then I put a egg in the container n shook. And I thought it’s not done, i could see runny yellow. well here is the good part. I had just baked a pie. And I automatically turned the oven off. A little later i was Thinking oh it’s preheated I just proceeded. I FORGOT to turn the oven back on. So of course mine were raw. Trying again with the oven on.
Tried this — it did not work. All of the eggs had at least one crack in them, and they had condensation spots in the beginning on the outside that burned and resulted in little brown spots all over the eggs. Not so great for dying! : (
Sorry it didn’t work out for you Nora.