This Egg in a Hole Bake is a perfect breakfast to make for meal prep, a big family breakfast, or a brunch with friends. These brioche dinner rolls are filled with cheese, bacon, eggs, and green onions. It has quickly become a favorite breakfast dish in our home!
When I was little, my dad would always make my brother and I “Eggs in a Basket” for breakfast. He would take a piece of bread, cut a hole in the middle, crack an egg into the hole, and fry it all on the stovetop.
The egg would cook inside the hole! Then you’d take the bread from around the egg and tear it off piece by piece, dipping it into the over-easy egg as you went. We LOVED this breakfast, probably because it was fun to have the egg cooked in such a unique way.
We would beg for this breakfast and my dad ended up having to make it for us all the time.
A New Version of Egg in a Hole
A few weeks ago, I decided to try making this recipe again… but with a twist!
I had just been given some delicious brioche dinner rolls from Bakerly and knew that they would be fantastic as an Egg in a Basket. So, I put them all together in a baking tray and made the now infamous (at least in my family) Egg in a Hole Bake.
And my oh my, we have been LOVING them. Since developing the recipe, I have made them four more times! We normally make them every Sunday, and then have an awesome breakfast lined up for the week ahead.
This recipe is a delicious, and perfect way to meal prep, serve up breakfast to a big family, or make a perfect brunch. Keep reading for instructions on how to make them!
What is Egg in a Hole?
This Egg in a Hole bake is inspired by the Egg in a Basket breakfast my dad used to make my brother and I when we were younger. Each bun gets a hole cut in the top and the inside scooped out.
You then layer cheese, bacon, eggs, seasonings, more cheese, and green onions on top!
Then, you cut the rolls apart. Each is filled with a cheesy, bacon-y, runny egg heaven. They are so delicious! If you’re looking for a way to really change up your meal prep for the week ahead, this recipe is a great way to do so.
What Ingredients are in this Recipe for Egg in a Hole?
Brioche dinner rolls from Bakerly
Butter
Cheddar cheese, shredded
Bacon
Eggs
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Green onions
For full recipe measurements and instructions, visit the recipe card at the bottom of the page.
How to Make this Egg in a Hole Bake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Frying the Bacon
Start by cutting each piece of bacon in half, creating 12 shorter, half-sized slices. Fry the bacon on the stove for about 5 minutes on each side, until it just starts to curl. You don’t want to cook the bacon all the way, because it will continue cooking in the oven. Instead, cook it just enough to where the fat begins to cook on both sides and it curls up a little. Then remove from the stove to a paper-towel lined plate and set aside.
Grease the inside of a glass 9×13 dish with nonstick spray. Place the dinner rolls in the glass dish, fitting 12 in the pan.
Assembling the Egg in a Hole Bake
Use a knife to cut a circle around the top of each roll. Then, use a spoon to scoop out the middle of the buns. You should scoop out most of the middle so that there is only a thin layer of bun left of the bottom.
Melt the butter in the microwave. Then, use a pastry brush to brush butter in the center of each of the buns.
Add 1 tbsp of shredded cheddar cheese into each bun.
Then add one slice of partly-cooked bacon into each bun. Use your fingers to press down on the bacon to make more room for the egg.
Crack an egg into each roll. It’s okay if the egg whites overflow a bit down the side of the buns.
Sprinkle the raw eggs with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
Put the eggs buns in the oven and turn the timer to 30 minutes. You know that the eggs are done when the whites are mostly set, but still a little runny. The yolks should be runny, too. The eggs will continue to cook once you remove them from the oven. Do not wait for the whites to cook all the way, or the yolk will be overcooked.
Once you remove the eggs from the oven, sprinkle the chopped green onion over the entire tray. Enjoy!
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Can I Use Different Kinds of Meat in this Recipe?
Absolutely! If you don’t want to use bacon, you are more than welcome to change up the meat that goes in the buns.
You can also cut up sausage links and lay them inside, or sprinkle ham in as well. I would recommend cooking these all the way, then putting them in the buns. The egg will cover them completely, so they shouldn’t burn, even if they are cooked all the way before putting them in the oven!
Can I Make this Recipe Vegetarian?
Alternatively, if you’d like to refrain from adding any meat into the Egg in a Hole Bake at all, you can! You can easily make this recipe vegetarian by simply omitting the addition of any meat.
The cook time shouldn’t change at all if you choose to omit the meat portion of the recipe.
How Else Can I Customize this Recipe?
As you might be able to tell by now, I’m all about giving people the freedom to customize the recipes that I post on my site. This Egg in a Hole Bake is no different!
If you don’t like cheddar, use a different type of cheese!
Maybe you want to add vegetables…. That’s a great idea! I would recommend cutting the vegetables up into little cubes, and cooking them until about halfway done, just like we did with the bacon.
Once your vegetables are cooked, layer them on top of the cheese and bacon, underneath the egg.
Make sure, though, that you’re pushing the bacon and vegetables down before adding the eggs. If the filling isn’t pushed down enough before adding the eggs into the buns, the buns will overflow.
Who is Bakerly?
Bakerly is an awesome company that I’ve been working with for a while now. They are well-known for their amazing French bread recipes! The best part is that the founders of Bakerly are from France, but they now live in America. Their mission is to bring the delightful brioche of France to America.
It seems like they’re doing a great job! I’ve had an awesome time making some delicious recipes with Bakerly’s bread. In fact, they’re some of my favorite recipes on my site!
Did you like this recipe for Egg in a Hole Bake? If so, leave a comment on this post letting me know! If you make this recipe, post a photo on Facebook or Instagram and tag @TheForeignFork and @Bakerly and hashtag #TheForeignFork.
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Egg in a Hole Bake
Ingredients
- 12 Bakerly Brioche dinner rolls, can substitute slider buns
- 12 eggs
- 6 pieces of bacon
- 4 tbsp butter, melted
- ¾ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2 tbsp shredded cheddar, to put on top
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- Salt to taste
- Fresh ground pepper to taste
- ¼ cup green onion, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Start by cutting each piece of bacon in half, creating 12 shorter, half-sized slices. Fry the bacon on the stove for about 5 minutes on each side, until it just starts to curl. You don’t want to cook the bacon all the way, because it will continue cooking in the oven. Instead, cook it just enough to where the fat begins to cook on both sides and it curls up a little. Then remove from the stove to a paper-towel lined plate and set aside.
- Grease the inside of a glass 9×13 dish with nonstick spray. Place the dinner rolls in the glass dish, fitting 12 in the pan.
- Use a knife to cut a circle around the top of each roll. Then, use a spoon to scoop out the middle of the buns. You should scoop out most of the middle so that there is only a thin layer of bun left of the bottom.
- Melt the butter in the microwave. Then, use a pastry brush to brush butter in the center of each of the buns.
- Add 1 tbsp of shredded cheddar cheese into each bun.
- Then add one slice of partly-cooked bacon into each bun. Use your fingers to press down on the bacon to make more room for the egg.
- Crack an egg into each roll. It’s okay if the egg whites overflow a bit down the side of the buns.
- Sprinkle the raw eggs with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
- Put the eggs buns in the oven and turn the timer to 30 minutes. You know that the eggs are done when the whites are mostly set, but still a little runny. The yolks should be runny, too. The eggs will continue to cook once you remove them from the oven. Do not wait for the whites to cook all the way, or the yolk will be overcooked.
- Once you remove the eggs from the oven, sprinkle the chopped green onion over the entire tray. Enjoy!
- Leave a comment on this post letting me know what you thought!
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