Here’s a quick breakfast dish that I learned in Girl Scouts.
Cut a hole out of the center of bread. I used a two inch round biscuit cutter. You can use any shape. During Christmas, use Christmas cookie cutters. Cover the bottom of a non-stick skillet with canola oil. Place the bread in the skillet, break an egg into the hole. Cook on both sides. I put the cut out pieces in the pan to brown for toast, also. Serve the toad-in-a-hole along with the toast and homemade muscadine grape jelly from the muscadines off your backyard vines. If you don’t have homemade muscadine jelly, any jelly will do.
Toad-in-the-Hole with Muscadine Jelly
We’ve had so much fun sharing all the names that we know for this great little breakfast dish. Here’s the list:
- Toad-in-the-Hole
- Eggs in a Nest
- Hole ‘n the Bread
- Sunshine Toast
- Chicken and Hens
- Popeye
- One Eyed Jacks
- Georgia Sunrise
- Egg in a Basket
- Peek-a-Boos
- Bird in a Nest
- Spider Specials
- Eggs with Hats (served with the cut-out bread on top of the eggs)
- Camp Eggs
- Eggs With a Hole in the Middle
- Egg in a Hole
- Buckeye Egg
- Owl’s Eye
- Eggs on a Raft (Eggs and Giraffe)
- Frog in a Hole
- Egg ‘n the Middle
- Coal Miner Sandwiches
- Nest Egg
- Egg in a Frame
- One-eyed Egyptian Sandwich
- Cowboy Eggs
- Eggy Bread
- Effie in the Hole
- Eggs and Toast
- Eggs in a Frame
- Sun Toast
- One-eyed Sailor
- Eggie Boats
- Chicken in a Basket
- Egg in a Hat
- Hot House Eggs
- Bregg
- Gold Mine Sandwich
- Eggs in a Blankie
- Hens in a Blanket
- Boy Scout Eggs
- Hens in a Basket
- Poached Toast
- Toasted Eggs
- Pig in a Poke
- Wink ‘ums
- Eggs in a Bread Basket
- Portholes
- Rooty Kazooty Eggs
- Pirate Toast (add ketchup to make blood shot eyes and use one of the cutouts for a patch)
- Elephant Eyes
Michelle Roberts says
My mama made this for me as a kid. As a mom I always made this for my kids, they are 13 and 18 now and I still ask if they want ‘eggy bread’ for breakfast/dinner. Lol
Jackie Garvin says
Added it to the list!
marla jordan says
we call them cowboy eggs..
Jackie Garvin says
Added it to the list! 🙂
Chris Thomas says
We called them “Popeye’s” in NYC. About 40 years ago I decided to kick’em up a notch, so-to-speak. I make a French Toast dip of egg, milk, a splash of vanilla and a tsp. or so of cinnamon schnapps. Yes, schnapps. Cinnamon does not play well with anything but alcohol, and a good extract was prohibitively expensive in the old days. Most of the alcohol will vaporize in the cooking process anyway. Then just prep and cook as you would normally. They can be topped with butter, syrup… whatever. Just remember to give thanks, and enjoy. ^_^
Jackie Garvin says
Chris,
We had Popeye on the list already. Thanks for sharing your delightful version!
Misty says
We called them ‘Wink ‘Ums”. Like they were winking at you and the were so “Ummy Yummy”! 😉
Jackie Garvin says
Added it to the list!
Shannon says
Pig in a Poke. (my husband makes these at least 1x/month)
Jackie Garvin says
Added it to the list!
TLFournier says
we always called it “eggs in a bread basket” and they sure are yummy.
Jackie Garvin says
Added it to the list!
Kris Anderson says
We have always called them portholes. I like mine with marmite on the shutters (bread from hole)
Jackie Garvin says
Added it to the list!
Rhonda says
There were called Rooty Kazooty Eggs at our house…not sure that’s the was you spell it.
Jackie Garvin says
What a great name! Added it to the list.
jim says
Pirate toast! … add some tomato ketchup to a the sunny side up part of the eggs to look like blood shot eyes and the cut out part make into an eye patch !
Jackie Garvin says
Now, that is plum clever! I’m adding it to the list. 🙂
Jan Merryfield says
My aunt was the first one to make them for me and she called them Elephant Eyes. That is what we call them when I make them.
Jackie Garvin says
Thanks, Jan. I added it to the list!
Debbie Young says
We grew up calling theses “goo-goo eye” Our Mom would make them often for me and my sister. It’s funny seeing all the different names for my “goo-goo eye.”
Jackie Garvin says
I will add that to the list! Thank you for stopping by.
Annouska says
We always called them one eyed sandwiches
Martie says
Wow! I had no idea this had so many names! I think I like yours and “Owl’s eyes” the best! I’m going to have to remember this since we have so many fresh country eggs! I wish I had some of that muscadine jelly though…