Over Easy Egg In A Basket Recipes

EGG IN THE BASKET

Steps:

• Cut a circle in the middle of a piece of bread.
• If you don't have a round cookie cutter, the top of a glass will work.
• Heat a skillet or griddle sprayed with Pam or Mazola.
• Place the bread in the pan.
• Put about 1/2 t butter in the hole in the bread.
• Heat the butter until very hot.
• Crack an egg in the hole.
• Use a spatula to move the white around so it gets done.
• When the egg is fairly well set, turn the bread and egg over to cook the other side, being careful not to break the yolk.
• In the meantime, toast the holes from the bread for dipping in the yolk.
• Oh, and salt and pepper as desired.
• I guess you could toast the bread before you put it in the pan, but I've never tried it that way.

FRENCH TOAST VARIATION OF EGGS IN A BASKET

Steps:

• Whisk 4 eggs together in a bowl.
• Cut 2-inch holes out of the center of each bread slice, reserving the cut-outs.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
• Dip bread into the whisked eggs, covering completely on both sides. Place each piece of dipped bread, 1 at a time, into the hot skillet; immediately crack an egg into the hole of the bread. Cook until egg is over-easy, about 1 minute per side.
• Dip the bread cut-outs into the remaining whisked eggs and cook in the hot skillet until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Place the centers back into the center of each piece of bread to complete the top of the "basket".

JEFFREY'S EGGS IN A BASKET

Steps:

• Cut a 2-inch hole in each slice of bread. Reserve rounds. Butter both sides of each slice.
• Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Place 3 slices of buttered bread in the skillet. Crack 1 egg into each hole. Cook until bottom of eggs begin to set and turn opaque, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip; cook until eggs are set and bread is golden brown, about 1 minute more. Repeat with remaining bread and eggs.
• Serve with bread rounds for dipping into egg yolks.

OVER-EASY EGG IN A BASKET

Steps:

• Preheat skillet on medium and add in 1T. butter.
• Meanwhile, tear a small whole out of the middle of the bread, about the size of a half dollar or a bit smaller.
• Butter one side of the slices of bread with the remainder of the butter.
• apply the bread to the skillet butter side up, then crack the eggs and apply in the middle of the bread, one per piece of bread.
• Fry for 2-3 minutes and turn and do the same for 2-3 minutes, Yolks should be runny.