This twist on egg and toast makes a great breakfast, lunch or snack. Healthy (if you are using whole grain bread) and full of protein, this recipe even works great with somewhat stale bread.
Ingredients
- Bread
- Egg
- Butter
Instructions
- Melt butter in hot skillet or griddle.
- Cut a circle (or other fun shape) out of the center of the bread.
- Place bread on the skillet. Crack egg in the center of the circle.
- Cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Flip and cook an additional minute. You can toast your circle cut out on the skillet too.
- Serve.
Notes
Even my picky eaters love this fast and inexpensive meal. What are they called in your house?
We always called them “Eggs in a Nest”. So tasty and easy!
Love this! I’ve never had them before but love the ideas of using them for camping and like calling them bull’s eyes and popeyes and toad-in-the- holes! Toooooo cute and gonna have to try it! I think my kids and hubby will like this! I will definitely add cheese and beef the hubby’s up a bit with some bacon and possibly hashbrowns… YUM!! Thanks for the great post!
We had these for the first time yesterday! My kids said we have to call these Bull’s eye, because i scrambled the eggs and put a sausage link half in the cut out>
We call them toasted sunshines, and also eat them with syrup!
When I was little and spent the night with my Mamma, she’d always make these. She simply called them “Egg in a Frame”.
We call them Nesting Eggs, this is one of my son’s only way to eat eggs. We started making them this way when he was a baby and he will not eat any other type of egg, (He’s 20 now) This was actually the first item of food that he learned to cook. This is a WONDERFUL way to get picky kids to eat eggs and bread.
Good ol’ eggs-in-a-basket here (I’m in AL too!).
Mmmmm
That looks yummy! Will definitely give that a go! It’s funny a lot of you call it Toad in The Hole though… over here (UK) we have a dish called Toad in The Hole, but it’s completely different! Sausages, cooked in the oven in a batter mix (the same as what we use for yorkshire puddings!)
We called them eggs-in-a-basket too, growing up. I like the toad in a hole though!
My boyfriend use to make this for me… He called it eggs in a basket. Yumm!! I’m def going to be making these for my current bf!!
Never heard of them, but they look yummy! I’ve got to try these for my family… now, to choose a name! LOL Can’t get over all the different names everyone has for them. But where does “Toad-in-a-Hole” come from? I get the “hole” part… but “Toad”??? Maybe so the boys will think it’s funny and eat them? Well, whatever I go with, I’m glad I found this. Thanks so much!
We call them hole in ones!
Man this brings back some great breakfast with the family memories. My mom use to make this for me and my sister all the time! I had forgotten about them till you posted this. I am going to have to introduce my kids to this.
Ahhhh! I had a kid’s cookbook that called these A “Toad in a hole!”
One of my favorites growing up!
Egg in a Basket