Cracker Barrel Egg In a Basket

The Cracker Barrel Egg in a Basket is a favorite breakfast menu item at the restaurant. Did you know you can make this at home in no time at all?

Country Cooking at Its Best

Who doesn’t love going out for breakfast? One favorite place to eat breakfast is Cracker Barrel. This restaurant chain’s full name is Cracker Barrel Old Country Store that reflects the fact that it’s also an old-fashioned country store with a southern theme.

Make the Cracker Barrel Egg in a Basket at Home

Egg in a basket is a classic breakfast dish you may have enjoyed growing up. My mother made eggs in baskets for breakfast many times. It is also called Egg in a Hole and One Eyed Jack.

Cracker Barrel has deliciously reinvented this dish using sourdough bread. The result is simply tasty elegance at its best—grilled sourdough bread with an egg cooked gently inside a toasted sourdough delight.

I probably didn’t try it sooner because I ate eggs in a basket so often when I was younger and I didn’t recognize how Cracker Barrel had made it even yummier.

Cracker Barrel will serve eggs in a basket up with some of their famous fried apples or even their hashbrown casserole – you get to choose. Don’t miss out on this breakfast treat – you won’t regret it. Put your egg in one sourdough basket.

Recipe Ingredients

Here’s a list of what you need:

1. Sourdough bread slice
2. Butter
3. Egg
4. Salt
5. Ground black pepper

History of Sourdough

There’s no historical record of who made the first loaf of bread, but it most likely occurred in Egypt over 4,000 years ago. We can imagine that perhaps someone forgot about some wheat porridge they had made and then decided to use it up by baking it.

That lucky baker discovered sourdough bread, which humans have continued to make on purpose ever since.

How to Make Egg in a Basket

1. Cut a circle in the center of the bread and remove the cutout circle.
2. Spread butter on both sides of the bread.
3. Place the buttered bread into a skillet over medium heat.
4. Crack the egg into the hole of the bread.
5. Cook the bread until it is toasted on the bottom side.
6. Flip the bread over toast it on the other side.
7. Season it with salt and pepper to taste.

Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast

Cracker Barrel believes their breakfasts are so good that they serve them all day. If you are unfortunate enough not to live near a Cracker Barrel, you can still have food that tastes just like theirs.

Cracker Barrel Egg in a Basket is a great way to serve eggs. Your kids will be intrigued with the way it looks, and your whole family will enjoy eggs prepared this way.

Love Cracker Barrel? Try these copycat recipes!

• Coca Cola Cake
• Cracker Barrel French Toast
• Cucumber Tomato Salad
• Egg Bake with Ham
• Glazed Baby Carrots
• Meatloaf with Ritz Crackers
• Pumpkin Custard

Favorite Breakfast Recipes

• Blintz Recipe
• Eggs a la Goldenrod
• French Toast Sticks
• Fried Cornmeal Mush
• How to Cook Oatmeal
• McDonalds McMuffin
• Oven Baked Eggs

Check out more of my easy breakfast recipes and the best Cracker Barrel recipes here on CopyKat!

Cracker Barrel Egg in a Basket

Make the Cracker Barrel Egg In a Basket at home.

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cracker Barrel Recipes, Egg In a Basket, Egg In a Hole, One Eyed Jack

Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 8 minutes minutes

Servings: 1

Calories: 348kcal

Author: Stephanie Manley

Ingredients

• 1 slice sourdough bread
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 egg
• salt
• ground black pepper

Instructions

• Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat.
• Press a small biscuit cutter or juice jar into the sourdough bread slice. Twist slightly to cut a circle in the center of the bread.
• Remove the cut out circle.
• Spread butter on both sides of the bread.
• Place the bread into the pan.
• Crack the egg into the hole.
• When the bread is toasted on the bottom side (it takes about a minute), flip the bread over and allow it to toast on the other side.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 348kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 193mg | Sodium: 490mg | Potassium: 142mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 590IU | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 3.1mg