TIE-DYE EASTER EGGS

Using ordinary materials (vinegar, food coloring and whipping cream) that you probably already have on hand you can decorate gorgeous Easter eggs. It's so easy and fun too! You will want to wear gloves so as not to dye your fingers.

TIE-DYE EASTER EGGS
INGREDIENTS
Bowl of Vinegar
Whipped cream
Food coloring
Hard-boiled eggs

• Boils eggs and cool to room temperature.
• In a bowl large enough to hold all the eggs (or work in batches) place the eggs in the bowl and cover with vinegar for 20 minutes. The vinegar allows the dye to adhere to the egg shell better.
• Dry the eggs and set aside.
• In a large baking dish fill it with a thick layer (about 1 inch deep) of the whipping cream.
• Generously dot the cream with various colors of food dye coating most of the surface fairly close together.
• Drag a skewer or chopstick through the cream to create a tie-dye design, kind of like you’re making a marbled cake.
• Place a layer of paper towels on a cookie sheet and set aside.
• Put on gloves to protect your hands from the dye.
• Gently place an egg on the surface of the whipped cream.
• Slowly roll the egg over the surface to coat the shell.
• Place the egg on the cookie sheet and repeat with remaining eggs. DO NOT WIPE ANYTHING OFF!
• Let dry 20 minutes.
• Fill a large bowl with water. The water will remove the excess cream leaving the design on the egg.
• Gently submerge the egg and then GENTLY dry with paper toweling. DO NOT RUB HARD as you might rub off the design.
• Store eggs in refrigerator.

NOTE: This can be done substituting shaving cream for whipped cream, but then they are for decoration only and NOT edible!!