Recipe: Mom’s Deviled Eggs

Amazing Deviled Eggs

This is another recipe that is close to my heart. Nearly every holiday I can remember, my mom would make these and once I was old enough, I would help. It is a variation of a Southern Living recipe from a cookbook mom’s had since I was small. Most deviled eggs start the same way: hard boiling and peeling eggs, but once the peeling is done, the diversions begin. Some use relish; others don’t. Some use paprika; others don’t.

Feel free to use this as a jumping off point for your creativity because it’s a wonderful recipe my mom’s used for 20 years.

Recipe:

1/2 dozen (6) large eggs

1/4 cup of Duke’s Mayonnaise

1 tsp Mustard

1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar

1 tablespoon Pickle Relish (Optional but if you would really like a sweet crunch, this will add another layer of flavor to your deviled eggs. If this is your first time, try cutting the portion in half and only adding it to the last half of your egg mixture)

Paprika (optional)

Salt & Pepper to taste

1. Place eggs in saucepan and cover the eggs with cold water. Bring to a rapid boil.

2. Add 2 or 3 tablespoons of salt to the water.

**Adding the salt to the cold water is a trick that will make the eggs extremely easy to peel**

3. When the water starts to boil, cover and remove from the heat. Let the eggs sit for 15 minutes.

4. Once the eggs are finished, prepare an ice bath of ice and cold water. Add the eggs to the water and let the eggs sit until cool.

Eggs in the salt water ice bath.

5. Peel the eggs.

6. Once you have peeled the hard-boiled eggs, cut the eggs in half, long ways and separate the yolks from the whites.

Eggs: boiled, peeled, cut in half & yolks removed.

7. In a bowl, mix the egg yolks with apple cider vinegar, mayo, Miracle Whip, salt and pepper, relish and mustard until the mix is smooth.

Eggs separated and ingredients for the yolks.

8. Load the egg mixture into a Zip Lock bag, clip the corner to make a piping bag and pipe the mixture back into the egg whites where the yolks were removed.

9. Sprinkle with paprika if you wish.

Enjoy!