Cooking Eggs In The Oven

plate with two oven-baked eggs with drippy yolks and a fork — Baking hard-boiled and soft-boiled eggs in a 12-cup muffin tin couldn't be more simple. The secret is in how long you allow them to cook.

This recipe is perfect if you meal prep and want to batch prep some Oven-Baked Eggs in a Muffin Tin. They're perfect for breakfast or snacking throughout the day.

Today I'm going to show you how to make both hard-boiled and soft-boiled eggs in your oven so you can customize the type of egg depending how you like it!

Tips for making perfect oven-baked eggs in a muffin tin:

1. Hard-boiled oven-baked eggs

Cook time: 20 min
Oven temperature: Preheat your oven to 350F
Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with your favorite cooking oil. Gently crack the eggs into the muffin tin.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake the eggs for 20 minutes until the clear part of the eggs are white.
Use a butter knife to slide around the edges to remove the eggs from the muffin tin.

overhead image of a muffin tin filled with 12 raw eggs sprinkled with pepper

Soft-boiled oven-baked eggs

Cook time: 10 minutes
Oven temperature: preheat your oven to 350F.
Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with your favorite cooking spray. Gently crack the eggs into the muffin tin.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake the eggs for 15 minutes until the clear art of the eggs are white, and the yolk is still drippy.
Use a butter knife to slide around the edges to remove the eggs from the muffin tin.

You could pop these eggs on top of an avocado toast, a salad, or literally just east it as is. I sprinkled with some simple salt and pepper, but get creative!

Add some shredded cheese or some everything bagel seasoning. Pop some sun-dried tomatoes or little bites of bacon in there.

Other egg recipes you may like:

asparagus & goat cheese quiche
bacon & blue cheese egg muffins
caramelized onion bacon gruyere quiche
southwestern sweet potato egg bake
roasted red pepper sous vide eggs

overhead image of half of a muffin tin with six baked eggs sprinkled with pepper

side angle of a baked egg with yolk dripping out

Ingredients

12 eggs
cooking spray (I like avocado oil spray)
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 350F.
Spray the muffin tins with cooking spray.
Gently crack the eggs into the muffin tins.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake for 10 minutes until the clear part of the eggs are white and the yolk is still drippy.
If you want hard boiled eggs, bake for 20 minutes total.
Use a butter knife to slide around the edges to remove the eggs from the tins.