Did you know you can actually make baked hard boiled eggs in the oven? The eggs turn out perfectly and not a single one of them cracks! With Easter around the corner, I knew I had to try this and see for myself!
The thought had never occurred to me that baking a whole egg was even a possibility, but they turned out really well! Check out how perfect these baked hard boiled eggs are:
It’s pretty simple. Here’s the recipe, if you can even call this a recipe:
Baked Hard Boiled Eggs Recipe
- Place a dozen eggs (or however many you want) in a mini or regular muffin tin.
- Preheat the oven to 325F then put the eggs in and bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and instantly immerse in cold water for 10 minutes.
- For easiest peeling, remove the shells right away, otherwise refrigerate until needed.
What I loved about baking hard boiled eggs is that not a single egg cracked!
They came out of the oven looking a little speckled. I have no idea what this stuff is but it came off in the cold water bath.
Use tongs to move the hot eggs from the muffin tin to the cold water:
You can see that those brown dots dissolved in the water:
And they came out perfectly clean!
Well, almost perfectly clean, there was a very slight brown spot where the egg was touching the muffin tin, but it was pretty subtle:
Once I peeled the egg, the inside was also slightly discolored where it touched, but that wasn’t a very big deal to me:
The eggs were cooked to perfection:
This is such an amazing way to make lots of hard boiled eggs! Think about how easy it would be for Easter! You can even get 2 Dozen Mini Muffin Pans. Just pop a couple trays in the oven and you’ll be done in no time!
And you won’t have any cracked messes! Well, okay I can’t make any guarantees, but I can say I have never boiled a dozen eggs in water before without having one or two crack. I will definitely be doing this again!
[Edit: You can see how our oven baked eggs turned out when we dyed them for Easter here.]
Hannah says
thanks for the post! I am going to try this next time I make boiled eggs.
April says
I just tried this. The eggs cooked to perfection however peeling them was not easy😢
Janelle MacKay says
Love this!!
Beth @ Free Stylin' says
Genius! THANK YOU!!! 🙂
Carmen says
This sounds awesome – but I have a question. Did you puncture the eggs before putting them in the oven? I would think they might explode otherwise.
Debbie @ One Little Project says
No, I didn’t puncture the egg and definitely no explosions here. I’ve never heard of anyone having their eggs explode in the oven? Like I said in the post, mine didn’t even crack.
Carmen says
Thanks Debbie!
Alissa Mack says
I tried this and I had one egg explode in the oven. I am not sure if maybe it was because the eggs went from fridge to oven or not but I’m hoping the inside turned out ok. I’m not sure if I really like all the brown dots that appear on the eggs after baking….
Maureen says
Do you think that the use of a silicone cupcake holder might eliminate the burn mark?
Debbie @ One Little Project says
Maybe? I considered trying that, but I was worried about the silicone collapsing when you try to move it. But now that I think of it, you could always put it the silicone cupcake holder on a cookie sheet. It’s definitely worth a try!
Anita Wages says
Never had eggs to explode in the oven.
DimpsIN says
I had little brown spots on my peeled eggs. I shaved them off with a paring knife. They looked perfect. What a great way to do eggs.
Carlee says
Great idea, I am trying this out tomorrow! I am also showing you off tonight at my party, thanks for linking up!
Carlee
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Debbie @ One Little Project says
Thanks Carlee!
Amy says
A lot of mine cracked or broke and I have no idea why
Debbie @ One Little Project says
Oh no! I didn’t have any problems at all with mine! Did you follow the instructions exactly as I wrote them??
mnmom says
I wonder if turning them part way through would eliminate the brown spots.
disqus_tObYqppPWg says
Maybe a bit of water in the muffin tins, so the eggs are able to float?
Stephanie Fleming says
wonder how long I would bake my little bantam eggs for?
onlyi says
Good idea, though I don’t like the brown spots. Also, I can boil eggs in less time than it takes to bake these. Just put however many eggs you want in a pan of cool water, bring to rolling boil, cover and turn off the heat and let set for 12 minutes. Perfectly done. Then put in cold water until cool enough to handle and peel.
Anita Wages says
When I boil eggs too long, I get the brown spots where the egg touches the pan and also when I peel the egg, it is there. I just cut it off. I agree boiling is better but if you boil a dozen several of them will crack from bumping into each other.