The Cracker Barrel Egg In A Basket is a favorite menu item of the Cracker Barrel. Did you know you can make these in no time at all at home?
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Country Cooking at it’s 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. The first store was opened in Lebanon, Tennessee. From this small beginning, there were 645 Cracker Barrels in forty-four states as of July 2017. Each restaurant/store has a front porch with comfortable wooden rocking chairs, a stone fireplace, and decorative local artifacts. Cracker Barrel is also known for its sponsorships of country music performers. And, it has received praise for its charitable work, such as its help for victims of Hurricane Katrina and injured war veterans.
Couple Set to Make Cracker Barrel History
As of July 2017, Ray and Wilma Yoder of Goshen, Indiana, were just one store away from visiting all the Cracker Barrels in the country. “I’ve not had a bad experience anytime,” Ray Yoder, aged eighty, told ABC News, “and I’ve always walked away feeling refreshed.” He added, “It’s nice when you’re out there driving that there’s a place that can be so much like home when you’re away from home.” The Yoders kept a record of their visits by circling each location on a map. They now rely on their children to keep them up-to-date on new store openings posted on Cracker Barrel’s website. You can read their full story here.
Make the Cracker Barrel In A Basket at home
Egg in a basket is a classic breakfast dish which you may have enjoyed while growing up. My mother made eggs in baskets for breakfast many times. This dish has been deliciously reinvented by Cracker Barrel with the use of 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 it so often when I was younger and I didn’t recognize how Cracker Barrel had made it even more yummy. Cracker Barrel will serve this recipe up with some of their famous fried apples, or even their Cracker Barrel 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.
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, a bread humans have continued to make – on purpose – ever since.
Health Benefits of Sourdough
If you avoid carbs but love bread, sourdough may be the answer. Sourdough bread involves a lengthy fermentation process that breaks down starches, making it lower on the glycemic index than most other types of bread. Most people don’t need much convincing to eat more sourdough – the complex taste and the crusty exterior contrasted with the airy interior are reasons enough. Click here for a lengthy discussion about sourdough. It even tells you how to make your own if you are an ambitious home bread maker.
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. Click here and CopyKat will show you how to make several wonderful Cracker Barrel recipes. 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.
Cracker Barrel Egg in a Basket
Ingredients
- 1 slice sour dough bread
- 1 tablespoon margarine or butter
- 1 egg
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Use one small biscuit cutter or a small juice jar to press into the sourdough bread. Twist slightly so the bread "cuts" and you can remove the cut out circle. Spread the margarine or butter on both sides of the bread and place the bread into the pan. Place the cracked egg into the hole. When the bread is toasted on the bottom side (it takes about a minute), flip the bread over and allow to toast on the other side. Season with salt and pepper to taste. If you don't live near a Cracker Barrel you can still have a breakfast that tastes just like their does. CopyKat will show you how to make recipes that taste just like restaurant recipes.
Rachael Dunn
My Mama always made this.She called it a peek a boo egg.I never knew it had other names!
Stephanie
What a cute name!
Sarah L
I love this! I made this for breakfast everyday this week. I have never been to Cracker Barrel but it sounds delicious.
Stephanie
For me, it’s a classic from growing up.
Val
I have had cracker Barrel’s Chicken Noodle soup once. It was wonderful. How about yurtake on it? I’d love to make it! Can you send it to me?
Stephanie
Thank you for that great suggestion!
JaCey
we called it a “peek-a-boo” egg…