Updated February 01, 2021. These easy recipes will add colors to your eggs the all-natural way. 6 Natural Egg Dyes for Your Most Homemade Easter Yet.
Completely submerge Easter.I decided to try my hand at natural dyed Easter eggs this year. BASIC EASTER EGG COLORING RECIPE: 1/2 cup boiling water + 1 teaspoon white vinegar + drops of food coloring as indicated below. Easter egg coloring is one of the highlights of the Easter season for many, but doing the same dyes.
Recipe For Coloring Easter Eggs How To Go About
Children and adults gather around kitchen counters and tabletops to dip hard-boiled eggs into miniature vats of homemade dye. Or, stir the rice in the cups until the rice is completely colored.A little research and I had an idea of how to go about dyeing the eggs using natural ingredients.Dyeing eggs is a cherished Easter tradition. Seal the bag and shake until the rice is completely colored. STEP TWO: Then add 15-20 drops of food coloring to each bag.
Recipe For Coloring Easter Eggs Full 5 Hours
I’m sharing the “how to” for each egg below.Here are the eggs after 9 hours in the liquid plus air drying time.The only exception is the two different blueberry eggs in the chart.The one in the upper right corner is blueberry and cranberry juice after nine hours and the eggs in the lower left is eggs just rolled in blueberry juice and removed immediately.The yellow onion was also only left in for a couple hours.I completed two sets of eggs the next day so didn’t include them in the 9 hour experiment.I displayed the eggs in these awesome martini glasses and LOVED how they looked.I just added a bit of Spanish moss to nestle them on.I used two different methods to make these eggs a cold method and a hot method.For the majority of these eggs I used the cold method. I could have been done at 2.5, perhaps sooner, for most of the eggs and 5 hours for the turmeric and red cabbage.Some of the eggs could have come out of the solution right away and some others needed at least the full 5 hours. Easter Eggs After 2 1/2 HoursAt 2.5 hours some of the eggs could have been considered done, but I wanted to see the results from leaving them in longer.At five hours the red cabbage eggs are turning a beautiful color blue.Nine hours was too long. How Long Does It Take to Make These Easter EggsI left the eggs in the solution for 2.5 hours, 5 hours, and 9 hours just to see what kind of colors occurred over long periods. He came home and saw my little experiment going on in the kitchen and just took it in stride.These bowls took up about 75% of my counter space so nothing else would be happening in the kitchen (ie: cooking dinner) until the experiment was over.The items that you see at the far left of the image are some of the ingredients for my super tonic that I’ll be sharing with you soon.
SAFETY NOTE ABOUT CONSUMING THESE EASTER EGGSDo not eat hard boiled eggs that have been left out for more than 2 hours. Instead of throwing dry onion skins away during the year you can save them to color Easter eggs in the Spring.The little dash of blue you see on the left side of the egg is from a rogue blueberry that ended up in the pan.HOW TO USE TEA FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS3 tea bags+1 cup steaming hot water+1/8 cup of white vinegar ( cold method).Steep the tea bags to make very strong tea.Add eggs and let sit in water until desired color is achieved.HOW TO USE BLUEBERRIES FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS1/2 cup frozen blueberries (thawed & smashed) + 2 Tablespoons white vinegar ( cold method).Roll eggs until color is achieved and then remove.These took just a couple minutes to make.HOW TO USE RED ONION SKINS FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS1 Cup water + dry peel from 1 large red onion + 1/8 cup white vinegar ( hot method).As with the yellow onion skins, red onion skins can be saved throughout the year as well.HOW TO USE TURMERIC FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS2 cups warm water+ 3 tablespoons turmeric + 1/8 cup white vinegar ( cold method).This ended up being one of my favorite colors.The turmeric creates a beautiful yellow color that reminds me of spring.The darker areas are where the egg sat on undissolved turmeric.HOW TO USE CAYENNE PEPPER FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS2 cups warm water + 3 tablespoons cayenne pepper + 1/8 cup white vinegar ( cold method).The speckles are created from the undissolved cayenne pepper.HOW TO USE RED CABBAGE FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS1/2 of red cabbage head, chopped up + 1/8 cup white vinegar + 4 eggs + enough water to cover eggs ( hot method).The egg with white speckles/lines was created by wrapping an egg in a cabbage leaf and securing with a rubber band and then adding to pan with the other ingredients.HOW TO USE BLUEBERRY/CRANBERRY JUICE FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS1 cup frozen blueberries, thawed and smashed, 1/2 cup 100% cranberry juice + 1/8 cup white vinegar ( cold method).I’m not sure how much impact the cranberry juice had on the color but I needed some liquid for the eggs to sit in and I didn’t want to dilute it with water so I used some cranberry juice.9 hours was too long, in my opinion, for these eggs.I thought they were perfect around 2.5 hours for a light spring color.HOW TO USE CHILI POWDER FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS2 cups warm water + 3 tablespoons chili powder + 1/8 cup white vinegar ( cold method).The color reminded me a lot of brown eggs.HOW TO USE COFFEE FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS1 cup of very strong brewed coffee + 1/8 cup white vinegar ( cold method).This egg was a little darker, but I wiped the egg off after taking it out of the liquid and ended up with this light tan color. Remove from heat and let sit until eggs achieve the desired color.The method used is noted in the directions below.NOTE: The eggs may take on the flavor of the coloring agent.HOW TO USE YELLOW ONION SKINS FOR NATURAL DYED EASTER EGGS1 cup of water, room temp + dry peel from one medium yellow onion + 1/8 cup of white vinegar ( cold method).This combination will color one egg. Let them sit until the desired color is achieved.For the hot method I added the ingredients and raw eggs to a non-aluminum pan, brought the mixture to a boil, reduced the heat and let simmer for 15 minutes.
My poor husband never knows exactly what he’ll find in the freezer in our garage at different times of the year…but I’m fairly good about labeling.One great thing for color is the little pistils from the day lilies we have here in abundance in the summer. I wonder if a “mash” of greens would yield a great egg dye, too? You’d have to pick them this year, freeze & label for next. Fresh blueberries – you’ve already used, along w/cranberries-one of the prettiest reds going.I have used – with great success – dandelion greens for dying fabric. For eggs you could experiment with the intensity by keeping the egg in “strawberry mash” for different times. NOT TO EAT, as I wasn’t too sure they were elderberries at the time), also something that really stains things around here – fresh strawberries. PIN TO PINTERESTBe sure to check out this fun post for Silk Tie Dyed Easter Eggs:HI DEB FROM DEB! VERRRRYYYY COOOOOLLLLL blog you have & the eggs are eggs-sellent! I wonder if some of the things I’ve done w/ fabric would be applicable? I have dyed fabric in the past with elderberries and also froze them to use at a different time(and wrote on pkg.
I know the guidelines say 2 hrs is ok, but why chance it? When dying in the past, I have dyed right in the fridge. It’s more caustic than you think! But these methods worked on fabric and I believe the egg shell would be porous enough to try these tricks too.Again, only blown out eggs are the best ones to use if you are keeping the cooked egg out of the fridge for any time over an hour. Something else that reacted w/ fabric and again same high level of caution applies to food & personal safety-is dish washer detergent.
I have used farm fresh eggs (I run a farmers’ market in my town)in the past and they seem to dye the best-someone told me it was due to the calcium being “extra good” and there may be something to that.One fun thing I used to do as a kid was wind rubber bands around the eggs too before dying them, sort of a random tie-dyed look.
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