Egg in a bagel is how I celebrated national bagel day (FYI it was last Wednesday). How did you celebrate? Did you even know there was such a thing? I didn’t. Shouldn’t everyday be National Bagel Day? In any case, this is a holiday I can really get behind. It’s so inclusive – everyone loves bagels and there are so many toppings – don’t get me started.

I could have celebrated the traditional way with a bagel, lox and cream cheese, or even a bagel and tuna salad – but no lox in the house, and as for tuna, I eat way too much tuna as it is. I didn’t want to celebrate with plain old scrambled eggs and a toasted bagel, that didn’t seem fancy enough. I wanted to really whoop it up and party! Yes, this is how I party – with a bagels! Just ask my friends; they all know it’s true and now the secret is out.

I’m sure you’ve heard of an egg in bread or at least know about it. It’s called so many things. I actually found a website which says it goes by 66 different names so maybe you know it as: an egg in a basket, a rocky mountain, egg in a hole, Popeye, and my all time favorite – moon over Miami!. It’s just like what it sounds like, a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle and an egg dropped in then grilled to a toasty perfection. I’ll post about the traditional one another time but for now, let’s celebrate the bagel!

So there they were, 4 ingredients: a bagel, 2 eggs, and butter, that’s it. Bagels are so prefect for this recipe because they already have a hole in the middle. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before – it was delicious! Really delicious. It has all of the elements you want in a traditional egg in bread – the crispy grilled buttery bread and perfectly cooked oozy yolk, which when cooked together is nothing like eggs with a bagel on the side; this is a marriage. When you cut into the bagel and the yolk breaks, it’s like liquid gold.

Maybe it was the everything bagel seasoning, or the crispy and chewy goodness of the bagel grilled with butter that made this an egg in bread 2.0 – whatever it was, I’m hooked. And hey, it’s not too late to celebrate, I think the bagel deserves a whole week! Don’t you?

So here we go, four ingredients: 2 eggs, a bagel cut in half, and butter for the pan – that’s it.

ingredients
1 everything bagel cut in half (or any bagel you like)
2 extra large eggs
1 tablespoon butter (more if you like a lot of butter)
Salt and pepper to taste
optional toppings or sides: chives, asparagus, avocado, smoked salmon, more everything bagel seasoning!

directions
If the hole in the bagel is too small, take a round cookie cutter and make a larger hole. If you don’t have a round cookie cutter (which you should so please go buy one) just use a knife.

Melt butter in a large frying pan or skillet set to medium heat. Place the bagels cut side down and grill for about 2 minutes. Crack and egg into the hole. Cook for about 3 minutes or until you see the egg white becoming a little opaque. Flip carefully and cook another 3 to 5 minutes depending on how cooked you like your yolk – plate and Enjoy!