Hard Cooked Eggs in the Oven (Baked Eggs)

basia1's Note:

From Alton Brown's "I'm Just Here for the FOOD". Haven't tried this yet, but Alton says this provides a creamer egg than steaming or boiling. He says it is a bit harder to peel though. Posted in response to a recipe request. (NOTE: Servings depends on how many eggs you decide to cook!)

• Total Time: 32 mins
• Prep Time: 2 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 2 -4 dozen raw eggs
• ice
• water

Directions:

1. Position the oven racks in the center of the oven.
2. Place the eggs on the racks.
3. Place a baking sheet pan in the bottom of the oven (just in case an egg breaks).
4. Set the oven to 325F, and bake for 30 minutes.
5. When the eggs are done, fill a large bowl with ice water and move the eggs into the bowl.
6. Peel the eggs as soon as they're cool enough to handle, then return them to the ice water to thoroughly chill.

Reviews

[Chef #1554677]

The eggs came out great! I found an easy way to peel them: If you have a SonicBlade, use one of the prongs from the food holder that came with it. If you don't, just use a needle or pin. Poke a small hole in the top of the cooked egg andpull it towards the bottom, keeping the tip of the needle so that it's touching the inside of the shell. Using the long crack made by the needle/prong, peel one side of the shell off at a time

[Tibia]

Julia Child has a method to make eggs easier to peel: after the ice water plunge, put in boiling water for another 10 seconds or so and then cool again. The idea being that you submit the egg and peel to more thermodynamic shock which results in shrinking and expanding the shell. YMMV

[GoKittenGo]

I have this cookbook, and I tried these eggs. They *are* creamier than boiled eggs, or at least they seem so to me. And, for hard cooked eggs, they are pretty tasty. However, they are a royal pain in the patooty to peel. I tried peeling them warm and cold, and both ways were equally frustrating. Does anyone know of a way to make them easier to peel?