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Egg in the Hole

10/2/2012

 
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For some people growing up, this was a classic breakfast. Those people are lucky. I had never heard of it until I saw it on The Pioneer Woman's Food Network show. My husband looked at me like I was crazy. Apparently it has many different names, too, but this is the easiest for me to remember. The real selling point of this for me is the buttery toasted bread and the egg whites.

I'm pretty sure I'm sinning against the food blog community, but I'm really not a fan of runny egg yolks. I can eat about one or part of one and that's enough. Sometimes I can't even choke down one. I much prefer the whites to the yolk any day. In fact, I went to breakfast once and ordered scrambled egg whites. They charged me an extra dollar for that. Um, excuse me, but shouldn't it be less money because you're not giving me the entire egg?? So confusing. Anyway, I can do cooked yolk a little more than runny but I still much prefer the white. I haven't tried this minus the yolk yet, but I think that's next. I can imagine that this would be a really fun breakfast to make with or for your kids if you have them. It's something different, that's for sure. 

Egg in the Hole Recipe
Makes one (multiply for how many you need)
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1 piece of white bread
1 tablespoon butter
1 egg
Salt and pepper to taste

Use a round cookie cutter or the rim of a glass to cut a circle in your piece of bread. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium high heat and place the bread in the skillet. Crack the egg into the hole, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and let it cook for about a minute until it's set and you can flip it. Flip it, let it cook for about 30 seconds and then move the bread around to soak up the remaining butter. Once your yolk is how you like it, remove the bread to a plate. Place the circle of bread in the skillet, and move it around to butter it and brown it on both sides.

Source: The Pioneer Woman   
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Vanessa @ Cakes and Teacups link
10/3/2012 03:49:48 am

Hi! I saw this same episode and I immediately made it for the family. My sweet boy of course love the circle toast as he calls it. They've enjoyed it! I agree with you, you shouldn't have to pay more when you're actually removing some items from a dish and not adding. I can see the reason to charge the same but not more.. Anyway funny how things work. :)

Ashley - Baker by Nature link
10/3/2012 11:02:32 am

I grew up on "egg in the hole" for breakfast - love it!

Audrey link
10/6/2012 11:12:20 pm

This looks so creative! I would have loved to eat this as a kid! ;D

Phil Naunton link
2/7/2013 05:06:07 am

We did this and also made some with French Toast variation. Just make the French Toast first and then cut the center out and drop the egg in and cook. Double the cholesterol or more. Healthy breakfast!

She Makes and Bakes
2/7/2013 07:28:28 am

That's brilliant. I love your thought process!

jodie
12/10/2013 08:51:48 pm

mmm egg in bread. I fry the bread a little first though and put with tom sauce. had it for years!

flo
1/30/2014 12:37:31 am

we call it hubba hoe eggs

toni
2/9/2014 02:53:27 am

You had to pay more, because with regular scrambled eggs, they just crack the egg and scramble (and for a place that serves a lot of breakfast, they usually crack all the eggs into a container and set it aside so they won;t have to crack during a busy morning). For scrambled egg whites, you just gave the person preparing you dish extra work by having to separate the eggs, so they have to go find you 2 new eggs to separate and scramble.Yes it may seem like some small task, but if the menu item is scrambled eggs and say 25 people come in, in one hour an ask for egg whites only, that is taking up more time


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