Thursday, February 4, 2010

Egg-In-A-Hole

My son, Jonathan, and his wife, Mandy, gave me a neat cookbook for Christmas. It is the #1 New York Times Bestseller, The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Ree Drummond (the Pioneer woman) says, "Sometimes it's the simplest things that taste the best." I agree with that statement. So I chose one of her very simple recipes and said to myself, "Why didn't I think of that?"

As many of you know, my husband and I are caregivers for his 97 year old mom. Every morning she wants egg and toast for breakfast so I decided to give it a little twist and serve her Ree Drummond's Egg-In-The-Hole (I call it Egg-In-A-Hole).
Well, Mom loved it. I toasted the piece of bread from the hole and put strawberry jelly on it. She loved that too. I think the round shape confused her because she wanted to know what it was because it was so good (Mom has a sweet tooth!). I had a lot of fun preparing this for her. Can't wait to make it for my grandkids. I think they'll love it too.
It really is the simple things that taste the best!


Egg-In-A-Hole
With a biscuit cutter or a glass, cut a hole in the center of a piece of bread.
Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium heat. Put bread in skillet and let it soak up the butter for about 1 minute. Crack a large egg into the hole. Hence the name "Egg-In-A-Hole". Sprinkle salt and pepper on the egg and cook for another minute.
With a spatula, flip to the other side. Sprinkle with salt and pepper if you'd like. Cook until egg is desired doneness.

4 comments:

  1. Al Roker made this same thing with some kids in the White House kitchen Wednesday on the Today Show. One of the White House cooks helped him.

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  2. Nancee,
    What a fun blog. I can't wait to try some recipes.

    Teresa

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  3. I love the Pioneer Woman blog! So great. I'm sure her book is fab.

    I knew a guy in college who made these Hole-in-one eggs. I've only ever made them once and that was before I had kids. I bet the kids would love it though. Thanks for reminding me of them. :)

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  4. I think I'll make these for breakfast this week, Mom! How fun...thanks for the idea!

    I love the Pioneer Woman as well...I read the photography and homeschool sections of her blog. I haven't tried any of her recipes, but I bet they're fantastic...because SHE's fantastic!

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