![]() ![]() Sometimes despite best efforts, some eggs just crack. This breaks that little air pocket in the bottom of the eggs and can help to prevent them from cracking. Still having trouble? Use a pushpin to poke one hole in the fatter end of the egg. Overpacking your pan or pot will always lead to a lot of cracked eggs. They’re going to shimmy around and need a little space to do so. Give your eggs room to move around in the pot. If you’re still experiencing cracking, allow the eggs a little warm up at half heat, then turning up the heat to catch a boil. If you’re getting a lot of cracked eggs, allow them to reach room temperature before placing in a pot of cool water. Perhaps the temperature of your eggs is changing too quickly. Boiled eggs should not be left out for more than 2 hours if they will be eaten. Quick Reminder – Always refrigerate boiled eggs that will be consumed. If you need to use your boiled eggs for something that will be pretty, like deviled eggs, you’re going to get better looking peeled eggs with older ones than fresh ones you just got from the store. Quick Tip * Older eggs do better when peeling. Once the time is up, remove the hard boiled eggs with a slotted spoon and place into ice water to stop further cooking. Note * If your burner doesn’t retain heat after it has been turned off, reduce the heat to the lowest setting. Once a boiling turn off the heat and allow the eggs to sit in the hot water on the heat source for 11-14 minutes depending on size. Place the pot on a cool burner, turn on the heat and bring the water to a boil. Adding vinegar or salt also helps your eggs peel more easily. Vinegar will also help prevent the whites from any eggs that cracked anyway from spilling out into the water, turning it into a foamy mess. Add vinegar and/or salt to help prevent the eggs from cracking. Start by carefully placing raw eggs into a pot or saucepan. With Easter happening pretty much now, why don’t we get started? :)īoiling eggs is as easy as set it and forget it. Heck, I’ll even teach you how to boil the things. If you have ever baked in your life I’m guessing you have at least one little package of four food colors.Īnd today we’re going to make some gorgeously dyed solid colored eggs. I mean, it’s technically what those little pellets of dye are in the kits you get, but when you DIY you have so many more options for colors. See those jewel tone beauties up there? Food coloring. Jello might be a bit out there for you, but I absolutely swear you can dye Easter eggs without a kit and get amazing results. I literally took the things out of my pantry that I though would dye eggs like Jello and Kool-Aid and I’m sharing the results of those totally last minute Easter egg dyes. If you want to dye Easter eggs with the kids but don’t want to get out, I’ve got you. ![]() So today you’re totally going to want me to be your BFF because I’m about to save Easter for the littles! Perhaps that is a bit dramatic, but… And maybe you don’t want to go out to the store and run around with all of the other people that left Easter stuff until the last minute. It’s pretty much Easter, right? And maybe you got here because you realize that you don’t have any time left to decorate eggs. No egg dyeing kit? Dye eggs without a kit instead using items you probably already have on hand like food coloring, Jello, gelatin, or Kool-Aid!
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