Naturally Dyed Eggs
Easter is upon us! In this post you will learn how to easily dye your eggs without using artificial colors but natural ingredients. Naturally dyed eggs are super fun and easy to make and will be the perfect addition for your Easter Brunch.
Equipment
- 1 Stocking
- 1 String
- 1 Pot
- 1 Paper towel roll
Ingredients
- 12 Eggs
- 1 l Water
- Produce to dye (find ideas up in the post)
- Flowers, Leaves or herbs (find ideas up in the post)
- Butter or Neutral Oil (sunflower, vegetable, etc.)
Instructions
Homemade Natural Egg Dye
- To a saucepan add water and the ingredient you want to dye your eggs with.
- Cover the pot and bring everything to a boil. Let the mixture simmer for about 30 minutes so the water can extract the color from the produce to create the dye.
- Prepare an ice bad to shock the eggs after dying and stop the cooking process.
How To Dye Easter Eggs
- Take some flowers, herbs or leaves and place them on your eggs in a pattern that you like. If your decoration does not stay on the egg make it a bit wet and it should get easier.
- Next insert your egg (with the decoration on them) into the stocking. You can put as many that fit into the stocking. Simply make sure to leave some space, about fingers wide, in between each egg.
- With a string close the stocking in between the eggs to keep them from moving around in the stocking. That will keep the decoration in place and make sure to get the beautiful pattern.
- Take the lid of the pot and turn the heat down to medium-low. You do no longer want the water to bubble, else the eggs will brake.
- Insert the stockings with the eggs inside, making sure eggs are fully submerged in water. Then simply let them cook for about 10-20 minutes just the way you usually would cook hard boiled eggs. The longer the eggs are in the dye the darker the color.
- Remove the eggs from the pot and put them in the ice bath.
- Then dry them off with a paper towel.
- Use scissors to cut away the stocking, take off the herbs / flowers and wipe the eggs with a paper towel to dry.
- Add some butter / oil to another paper towel and gently rub it over the cooked eggs to give them a shiny finish.
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Your Notes
Nutrition
Serving: 12 eggsCalories: 755kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 67gFat: 50gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1964mgSodium: 800mgPotassium: 729mgSugar: 2gVitamin A: 2851IUCalcium: 326mgIron: 9mg
Nutrition information is calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.
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