Egg In A Hole (Easy Cast Iron Skillet Breakfast Recipe)

This classic breakfast recipe, Egg In A Hole comes together quick with just a few simple ingredients and will easily become a regular in your morning routine. Perfect for busy mornings, this family favorite uses a piece of bread, butter, and an egg to create an easy meal. Cooking your egg in a hole in a cast iron skillet ensures perfectly golden toast and a warm, runny (or cooked-through) egg every time.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Made with just a few simple basic ingredients and cooked right in a 12 inch cast iron skillet, this Egg in a hole is sure to become a go to breakfast recipe.

• Quick and Easy Recipe– Just 3 basic ingredients and 10 minutes. Perfect for kids, teens, or anyone who needs breakfast fast.
• Buttery Toast Flavor– Cooking in a cast iron skillet gives you golden-brown, crispy toast with that irresistible buttery flavor.
• Endless Variations – Keep it classic or add in some bacon, ham, cheese, vegetables or avocado for extra flavor.
• Know by Many Names– What do you call this recipe? It has also been know as ‘egg in toast’, ‘toad in the hole’ or the classic ‘egg in a hole’.

⭐️ Looking for other egg recipes for breakfast? Check out my recipes for Cheesy Tortilla Egg Bake and this classic Breakfast Hash with Bacon, Eggs and Potatoes.

Why I Recommend Cooking Everything in a Cast Iron Skillet

• I love using my cast iron skillet to make a simple dinner, perfect steak as well as for baking like this Brown Butter Pecan Skillet Cookie.
• Cast iron is known for even heat distribution which helps to make a perfectly cooked toast and egg in this egg in the hole recipe.
• Cast iron also has a non-stick surface that helps make cleanup a breeze.

What if I don’t own a cast iron skillet?

You don’t need a cast iron skillet to make this easy egg breakfast recipe.

Just use whatever skillet you have on hand, just be sure to heat it up before you start cooking to make sure that the toast browns up perfectly when cooked.

Ingredients in this Egg In A Hole Recipe

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• Eggs– Fresh, large eggs work best.
• Bread Slices– Use your favorite bread, homemade, white, wheat or sourdough.
• Butter– Spread softened butter on the outside of both sides of the bread to help it brown up and get toasty.

How to Make Egg In A Hole

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Butter The Bread

1. Prepare the Bread– spread softened butter on both sides of the bread. Cut a circle out of the center of the bread with a round cookie cutter or even a drinking glass.

2. Heat the Skillet– place the cast iron skillet over medium heat and allow it to heat up for about 30 seconds before adding butter to the bottom of the pan.
3. Cook the Egg– place the bread and the cut out piece into the heated, buttered skillet. Crack an egg into the hole in the bread. If you prefer a hard yolk, break the yolk of the egg at this time.

3. Flip and Cook– when the bread is golden and toasted, flip the bread over to cook on the other side until the egg is cooked through.

Serving Suggestions

• we like to eat this egg in a hole/toad in the hole with a drizzle of maple syrup, it is so good!
• eat it on its own
• add a slice of ham or bacon between two eggs in a hole for a simple breakfast sandwich

Other Cast Iron Breakfast Recipes To Try:

Did you try this Egg in a Hole recipe?
I’d love to hear how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below and let me know what you think, and let me know what you call this fun breakfast at your house. Don’t forget to snap a picture and tag @feedingyourfam on Instagram so I can see your delicious creations!