Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

One would not think that making hard boiled eggs was especially difficult, and it's not unless you don't like the ugly gray ring outside the pretty yellow yolk when you don't do it right. I know, because I've had ugly gray rings for many years and never thought about a different way to the method of boiling eggs. Lo and behold, there is a way to have boiled eggs without the gray ring and they are so easy. Nana was making deviled eggs for Easter one year and I noticed how nice the yolks looked. Just yellow in the white. No gray. Since deviled eggs, eggs in potato salad, golden rod eggs and just boiled eggs for eating are such favorites it is nice to know how to do them correctly.


PLACE eggs in saucepan large enough to hold them in single layer. ADD cold water to cover eggs by 1 inch. HEAT over high heat just to boiling. REMOVE from burner. COVER pan.



LET EGGS STAND in hot water about 12 minutes for large eggs (9 minutes for medium eggs; 15 minutes for extra large).

DRAIN immediately and serve warm. OR, cool completely under cold running water or in bowl of ice water, then REFRIGERATE.





I pulled these next directions off Pinterest. They are pretty much the same as Nana's way, but I liked the way she gets the shells off her eggs:

• 1. Fill a pot with water and set the temp to high. Add desired amount of eggs making sure the water covers the entire egg. Bring it to a boil. DON”T CONTINUE TO BOIL. Once it begins, remove it from the heat and put a lid on it. Set your timer for 15 minutes.
• 2. Ding! Pour the hot water off and immediately fill your pot with cold water. Add as much ice as you can to this water. If it melts in a few minutes, add more. The water should be icy cold when you put your hand in it. If not, continue adding ice.
• 3. After about 10-15 minutes (no set time), pour NEARLY all of the water off reserving about an inch.
• 4. Put the lid on and now it’s time to play bumper cars. You heard me, shake those babies bumping them together back and forth. You’ll look ridiculous, but I promise it’s worth the goofy look so you’re not peeling each one under cold running water. Just continue to shake, shake, shake for about a minute and voila! When you remove the lid nearly all of your shell has fallen off the egg and they EASILY peel off without peeling the egg off.

There you have it. Easy to make, easy to peel.