Elegant Easter Eggs Recipes

Steps:

• Other items you will need:-MATERIALS NEEDED: three-quart pot/s (or larger), slotted spoon, small bowls- for cold process, paper towels drying rack DYE PROCESS.
• Select a natural dyeing agent, and place the recommended amount in the pot.
• Add 1 quart of soft or purified water and 2 tablespoons white vinegar* per pot.
• If you are making larger lots of eggs, increase the vinegar at the rate of 1 tablespoon per 16 oz.
• water.
• Bring everything to the boil, then lower the heat.
• Allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
• Strain dye into a bowl, and let cool a bit.
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• HOT PROCESS EGG DYING:.
• This method involves boiling the eggs in water with the natural colorant.
• The heat forces the color into the porous egg shell and allows the dye to saturate it thoroughly.
• This gives a really intense and completely uniform color to the shells.
• Vinegar fixes the color.
• Vinegar can"morph" certain colors, such as berries and herbs.
• Place raw eggs in a pot of strained dye; bring to a boil and allow eggs to cook in the dye-water for the amount of time required to get the color you want, up to 20 minutes.
• You can allow the eggs to sit in the dye water off the heat for as long as you wish, but place the eggs and dye-water in the refrigerator.
• Remove eggs, pat dry with paper towel and allow to thoroughly air dry on a drying rack.
• COLD PROCESS EGG DYING:.
• This is the method I use most with my kids.
• First, we boil our white eggs, remove from water and set aside to cool.
• With the slotted spoon, carefully lower the eggs into the bowl of strained dye and allow to soak for 20 mins to overnight, til you reach the color intensity desired.
• Follow drying technique for hot process egg dyeing, above.
• You can, of course, mix colors.
• First, dip or soak your egg in color#1, then remove soak in color#2, til you reach the desired shade.