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April 7, 2007
The Perfect Easter Eggs
This year I decided to make my own dye instead of buying a kit from the grocery store. Who knew it was this easy?
What You'll Need:
Eggs
Sea salt
Boiling water
White Vinegar
Food Coloring
Boil eggs by bringing your eggs to boil in a large covered pot of water with at least a tablespoon of sea salt. When the water starts a rolling boil turn off the heat and let the eggs remain in the covered pot for 10 minutes. At the end of ten minutes remove the eggs from the pot one at a time and place in a strainer carefully. (Note: When I'm not worried about the eggs cracking I just dump them into the strainer, but since these were Easter eggs, you need to be a bit more careful.) Let the eggs cool to room temperature or you can even put them in the fridge and color them later. The best way to store them is in the carton they came in. This is true after they are boiled and even after they are colored.
When you are ready to color your eggs bring a kettle full of water to a rolling boil. In large cups (I find large coffee mugs work the best...You're looking for containers that will let the egg be completely submered in the dye solution) place 1 tablespoon of white vinegar and as many drops of food coloring as you like. (Note: The more drops you put in the more vivid the colors, so if you want pastel colors stick to 5-10 drops. If you want darker then add as many drops as you like! Have fun with it!) Once the water is boiling add water to fill up each cup leaving enough room so that when you add your egg it won't overflow the top. Leave the eggs in the colored water mixture for 2-3 minutes or however long it takes to get the color you're looking for.
Here at our house we don't actually hunt the colored eggs, we actually make deviled eggs out of them and hunt plastic ones. We just do the egg coloring for fun. But no matter what you choose to do with them, this is a quick, easy and wonderful way to make the perfect Easter Egg!
Posted by Dianne at April 7, 2007 9:23 PM
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