I love eating eggs in a frame, yolks slightly runny, with a twist of freshly ground pepper. It’s best with buttered toast cut into fun shapes, which makes breakfast feel like a special occasion. I bought the set of XO♥ cookie cutters for this purpose and have used them for little else. This is how I like to make them:
- Punch a hole out of the center of the slices of bread equal to the volume of one egg.
- Punch out some extra ones for dipping. Might I recommend dinosaur shaped cookie cutters?
- Heat the pan and rub the bottom with the end of a cold stick of butter.
- Place the bread in the pan and rub the slightly melted end of the stick over the tops. Now both sides are buttered!
- Crack an egg in the holes.
- When the egg is mostly set, flip to brown the other side. Flip toast as needed.
Tada! No utensils needed for buttering and no torn bread.