Name: Sheet Pan Egg in a Hole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 strips bacon; 2 tablespoons butter; 6 slices bread; 6 eggs; 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Turn regular breakfast items into a fun and impressive breakfast with this Sheet Pan Egg in a Hole recipe. Using Eggs, Bacon, and Toast this breakfast is a hands off way to make an enjoyable family breakfast!

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Egg in a Hole with Bacon

Egg in a Hole is a fun breakfast but add in bacon and make it easier with a sheet pan and the oven and you have a real winner!

This recipe is a fun way to turn an ordinary breakfast into something a little more fun!

I love it because of the hands off time and your family will love it due to the novelty!

Just promise when you continue to read this and find out I don’t have a biscuit cutter you won’t make fun of me! I live in the north, we don’t make biscuits like the south does 😉

Angled close up shot of a toasted egg in a hole with bacon on a sheet pan.

Supplies for Sheet Pan Egg in a Hole

A pretty simple recipe, you will need:

2 Sheet Pans
Parchment Paper
Biscuit Cutter OR Drinking Glass
Everyday Kitchen Items like plates, knifes, ect…

Close up of two baked egg in a hole toasts on a sheet pan.

Ingredients Needed

Bacon
Butter
Bread
Eggs
Parmesan Cheese

For a complete detailed list of the ingredients continue towards the bottom of the page.

All the ingredients needed for baked egg in a hole laid out on a sheet pan.

How to make Baked Egg in a Hole

You will pre-cook the bacon to start. We won’t be cooking the bacon to crispy yet, just cooked enough to get it started and release grease so that it won’t make the toast too greasy.

Place bacon on a sheet pan in a single layer. Transfer to a cold oven. Turn the oven to 400ºF. Bake 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer bacon to a paper towel lined plate and dab off any extra grease with more paper towels .

Before and after photo for the step of pre cooking the bacon.

While the bacon cooks lightly butter both sides of all the bread. You don’t need to use all the butter. Using a biscuit cutter or the top of a drinking glass cut a hole in the center of each piece of bread.

Cutting a hole in the center of a buttered piece of bread with a drinking glass leaving a hole in the center.

On a clean sheet pan lay down a sheet of parchement paper. Lay the cut bread and circles in a single layer on the parchment paper lined sheet pan.

Transfer two strips of bacon to each hole in a bread making an ‘X’ shape.

Collage showing the steps of adding the bread with holes to a lined sheet pan and then adding the bacon in an 'X' shape in the holes.

Very carefully crack an egg in each hole over top the bacon. Sprinkle the parmesean cheese over the bread and eggs.

Collage showing eggs being cracked into the middle of the holes in the bread and then parmesan cheese being sprinkled over them.

Transfer to the oven and bake 10 minutes or until eggs are set. Serve immediately. Top with salt, fresh ground black pepper, and a fresh herb like parsley or basil!

Cooked sheet pan egg in a hole fresh out of the even with golden toast and set eggs.

Tips, Tricks, and Questions

To keep the eggs from sticking to the sheet pan the parchment paper is crucial here, I tested many different ways to keep the eggs from sticking to the sheet pan and the parchment paper worked best!
You don’t have to use the parmesan cheese, you can use a different cheese, like cheddar! Or the cheese can be left off.
While I love thick cut bacon it doesn’t work great in the recipe since it takes longer to cook. I also have a personal preference of staying away from the sweet bacon, like the maple flavored ones but again that is a personal preference since I think it doesn’t taste that great with the eggs.

Can I use any kind of bread?

Yes, why not?! Of course you will want to make sure it fits on the sheet pan, but there is really no wrong answer to what kind of bread you can use.

Everyday bread, sourdough, some fancy brioche, it should all work!

Close up of an egg in the hole with bacon strips showning a yellow yolk and crispy parmesan cheese.

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Yield: 6 servings

Sheet Pan Egg in a Hole

Turn eggs, bacon, and toast in to this super fun yet easy meal thanks to the handy sheet pan! Sheet Pan Eggs in a Hole is fun to make and a great way to spice up your morning breakfast routine.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

12 strips bacon
2 tablespoons butter
6 slices bread
6 eggs
1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Instructions

Place bacon on a sheet pan in a single layer. Transfer to a cold oven. Turn the oven to 400ºF. Bake 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer bacon to a papertowl lined plate and dab off any extra grease.
While the bacon cooks lightly butter both sides of all the bread. Using a biscuit cutter or the top of a drinking glass cut a hole in the center of each piece of bread. On a clean sheet pan lay down a sheet of parchement paper. Lay the cut bread and circles in a single layer on the parchment paper lined sheet pan.
Transfer two strips of bacon to each hole in a bread making an 'X' shape.
Very carefully crack an egg in each hole over top the bacon. Sprinkle the parmesean cheese over the bread and eggs.
Transfer to the oven and bake 10 minutes or until eggs are set. Serve immediately.

Notes

To keep the eggs from sticking to the sheet pan the parchment paper is crucial here, I tested many different ways to keep the eggs from sticking to the sheet pan and the parchment paper worked best!

Sheet Pan Egg in a Hole