Eggs in a basket or egg in a hole is deceptively delicious. It doesn’t look fancy, but I’d take this over steak and eggs any day! Once you try this, you’ll not only want to have this for breakfast, you’ll want to have it for every meal of the day!
My husband makes this for me every Sunday morning for brunch. Let me describe this heavenly treat for you. It’s a piece of bread with a little egg-sized hole cut out, an egg plus an extra yolk goes into the hole, and then it is topped with chopped bacon or breakfast sausage and cheese! When cooked to perfection, you cut into it and the yoke runs all over your plate. Then you use that little piece of bread that was cut out, which also has bacon and cheese on top, to soak up that rich, runny yoke.
The Eggs
Recently, one of my husband’s co-workers has been bringing us farm fresh eggs. The yolks are almost orange in color. You wouldn’t believe how much better they are than what you get from the grocery store. If you can get your hands on some of these, I highly recommend it! Otherwise pasture raised eggs from the grocery store are the next best alternative. They’re a bit pricey, but I think they’re worth it.
How to Make Eggs in a Basket for Two
- Cook 4 strips of bacon and cut them up into small pieces.
- Separate 2 eggs
- Using a small pliable cup or a biscuit cutter, cut a circle out of the center of 2 pieces of bread.
- Over medium heat, melt a 2 tablespoons of butter in an oven-safe skillet.
- Coat each side of each piece of bread in the butter and coat both sides of the center pieces that were cut out in butter, and toast both sides of the bread and the center pieces in the skillet.
- Add another teaspoon of butter in the center of each piece of bread.
- Next, crack an egg into the center of each piece of bread and add an extra yolk from the separated eggs to the center of each piece of bread.
- Finally, top the whole thing with chopped bacon or breakfast sausage and cheese and broil until the cheese is melted, about 3 minutes.
Cut into that rich, runny yolk and prepare yourself for a heavenly experience! Enjoy!
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Eggs in a Basket
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 4 strips bacon
- 1/4 grated cheddar cheese
- 4 eggs
- 2 pieces bread
Instructions
- Set oven to broil
- Cook bacon strips and cut into small pieces
- Separate 2 eggs, setting yolks aside
- Using a small cup, cut a small hole into each piece of bread
- In a large oven-safe skillet, on medium heat, melt 2 Tbsp butter
- Coat each side of bread and centers that were cut out of the bread in the butter
- Put another teaspoon of butter in the center of each piece of hollowed out bread
- Crack one egg into the hollow center of each piece of bread
- Add one yolk to the hollow center of each piece of bread
- Top each piece of bread and the cut out centers of bread with bacon and cheese
- Broil until cheese is melted, about 3 minutes
