What would Easter be without a basket filled with
brightly colored eggs?
Decorating eggs is easy and inexpensive, using a simple mix of
food coloring, water and vinegar.
To create a rainbow of beautiful eggs, here's what to do.
Step One: Choose and prep the eggs.
Select large white eggs. Brown eggs don't show color as well.
Before you color, you'll need to hard boil the eggs, or removed the yolks
and whites by blowing them out.
To blow out an egg poke a small hole in each end of the egg with a large needle.
Hold the egg over the dish, and blow into the top hole.
The raw egg will drip into the bowl, and leave an empty, and intact, eggshell
ready for color.
For hard-boiled easter eggs, make sure they are completely cooled to room
temperature before coloring.
Step Two: Assemble Materials.
Here's what you need to transform white eggs into colorful, easter orbs.
Newspaper, to cover your table or workspace,
eggs, blown or hard-boiled,
food coloring,
white vinegar,
smile bowls, or cups of hot water,
tablespoons, for dipping.
Step Three: Make the dye.
Fill each bowl three-quarters full
with warm to hot water.
The waters shouldn't be so hot it will burn your hand.
Leave enough room in the cups so the water won't overflow when you drop in an egg.
Add one tablespoon of white vinegar to each cup of water.
This helps set the color.
Next, add the food coloring.
If you plan to eat the eggs later, use food grade dye.
Drop in about 40 drops, or a half a teaspoon, and stir well.
The more dye you add, the more vibrant the color.
Get creative and mix up an assortment of colors.
Step Four: Dye your eggs.
Set and egg on a spoon and lower it gently into the dye.
Let the egg sit in the dye until it reaches the desired color.
The longer you let it sit, the darker the color.
Stir the egg gently to encourage even coloring.
Remove the egg from the dye, and set it sideways on an empty egg carton to dry.
Gloss up your eggs by adding a couple drops of vegetable oil to a paper towel,
and gently wiping the eggs.
Dying eggs all the colors of the rainbow is easy, so make lots.
Use colored eggs in your Easter brunch centerpiece, tuck them
into baskets and hide them around the house or yard for a
traditional egg hunt.