Hard Cooked Eggs in the Oven (Baked Eggs)

I make my eggs this way all the time! Definitely easier to peel in the water, or while still dripping wet. The egg white comes out fluffier, less rubbery than traditional hard boiled eggs. I make these almost daily for my DH's breakfast the next day.

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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

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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

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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?

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I found this a very convenient way to hard cook eggs for my 5 year old to color for Easter. Luckily, she dropped one while coloring and it cracked, so we were able to peel and eat it earlier than tomorrow. I didn't try to peel the egg right after cooking though. The ice water bath cooled them, my daughter colored them and then we refrigerated them for several hours. We easily peeled the tester egg after refrigeration, and I was particularly impressed with the lightness of the egg white. It's not as rubbery as the boiling technique and the yolks were nicely centered. Next time I'll reduce the timing a little bit, to avoid overcooking. Although it wasn't as bad as when they're boiled, I still found the outer rim of the yolk slightly grayed. Also, I noticed tiny burnt spots on the shells that line up exactly where the eggs sat between the grates on the oven rack. These are really no big deal at all, just observations. I definitely prefer this method to boiling, and inevitably overcooking my eggs. Thanks for posting this recipe, basia1, I'll be using it again and again!

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Loved this! No matter how many times I have boiled eggs, they have never peeled nicely. This recipe was perfect! Put them in the oven, set timer for 30 minutes and walk away. Plunged eggs in ice bath and peeled one within a couple minutes. PERFECT. Seriously, you need to try this. Going to color eggs this weekend for Easter and this is how we will prepare. Thanks Alton!

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@GoKittenGo: Fresh eggs are extremely difficult to peel. You must use week-old eggs at the earliest.

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Was impressed on how these came out. I tried peeling these as other reviewers posted, even the Julia Child way. I would say I had 50% turn out nice and the other 50% didn't. I have farm fresh eggs though and they are harder to peel, the fresher they are. Didn't change the taste any! I thought they were better than boiling in water Thanks for sharing. This one I will use again!

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This recipe is taking longer than 30 min. I preheated the oven at 325, put eggs on cookie sheet for 30 min. cooled in ice water, as soon as started peeling the egg, I knew it wasn't done, put them in for 5 min, same thing, 10 more min. same thing, 15 more min. with 4 min. left. and waiting. They're on the center rack, my oven works great! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Just took them out, they're a lot better. Final baking time 1 hour, ice bath 15 min

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Works!

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I cooked some this way today. After taking them out of the oven, I put them in a bowl of water and ice for a few minutes. They peeled easier that way!!! I made deviled eggs with the eggs.

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If you hold the eggs underwater while peeling them it makes it much easier.

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