How to Make Hard-Boiled Eggs in the Oven
All you need is a muffin tin and your oven to make perfect hard-cooked eggs.
Yield: 6 People
Cost: 5
Equipment
Materials
- 6 eggs (or as many as you want)
- Ice (as needed)
- Water (as needed)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Place a 6- or 12-cup muffin tin on the counter. Place a whole uncracked egg in each of the muffin cups. Bake for 30 minutes.
- Fill a large bowl with ice water. Using tongs or a large spoon, remove the eggs from the muffin tin and place them in the ice water. Let sit for about 5 to 10 minutes, adding ice if it starts to melt too quickly.
- Once the eggs have cooled a bit, peel off the shells and enjoy or use in the recipe of your choice.
Notes
- The muffin tin keeps the eggs from rolling around in a larger baking pan, but if you don’t have a muffin tin, you could use a baking pan.
- You can make as many or as few as you like.
- After the first batch, note if you want the eggs a little more or a little less cooked and adjust the cooking time accordingly.
- The cooking time is for extra-large eggs, so reduce it slightly if your eggs are smaller or increase it if you are using jumbo eggs.
- The 30-minute cooking time is for quite cooked eggs, but if you want a jammy yolk and softer whites, you can reduce the cooking time by several minutes. At 23 minutes, the eggs should be firm enough to peel, but the yolk will be fairly soft and even a little runny.
- Prepare the ice bath just before removing the eggs from the oven.