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Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs Recipe

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These brightly colored eggs are so pretty they're sure to be noticed no matter where you hide them.

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Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

12 hard-cooked eggs
12 cheesecloth squares (about 8 inches)
1/4 cup vinegar
Liquid food coloring

Directions

Dry the eggs. Dampen cheesecloth with vinegar; wrap a square around each egg, gathering edges together and securing with a rubber band or string.
Holding tied end, squeeze drops of food colorings in random patterns on wrapped eggs. Repeat with other colors. Unwrap carefully; place in an egg carton to dry completely. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 1 dozen.

Note: Cheesecloth is available in the housewares section of most grocery stores. Cotton cloth or paper towels may be substituted for the cheesecloth.

Originally published as Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs in Taste of Home's Quick Cooking Annual Recipes Annual 1999, p45

Coloring Eggs for Easter

If coloring the eggs for Easter, return them to the refrigerator as soon as you're done dyeing them. Don't let hard-cooked eggs stand at room temperature for more than 2 hours. If you plan on using hard-cooked eggs as Easter decorations, cook extra eggs for eating and discard the eggs on display. Don't eat any colored eggs that have cracked. Either throw them out immediately or use them for display and then discard.

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Reviewed on Nov. 14, 2011 by rustyfawcett

I have not done this yet. I have been looking for Ruby Egg dye and they dont make it anymore. this is the closest thing to it. have to try this one.

Reviewed on Mar. 21, 2010 by nblibrary

We made these last year. We dyed the eggs while they were still hot. They were easy to handle because you could hold on to the cloth rather than the hot egg. The colors came out very bright and they dried right away because they were still hot. They all turned out beautifully.

Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2009 by Southernmama

We're doing Easter eggs today and having no cheesecloth and no time to go get any, the coffee filter hint is a life/time/saver. Love the novelty of tie-dyed eggs.

Reviewed on Apr. 03, 2009 by GrannyLove43Ne

My daughter and her children use coffee filters then you don't have to cut squares of cloth.