Eggs in a Pancake Nest

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     When my grandchildren come for a visit, one of the things they love is to have special breakfasts.  My next to the oldest granddaughter loves smoothies or pancakes.  Her next younger brother loves what we call "Eggs in a Nest."  My husband calls them "Gashouse Eggs."  There are various names, we've learned, for eggs fried in the middle of bread, which becomes toast and is great for soaking up the yolk.  Plus, you get the extra bonus of having the crustless toast cut from the center of the bread.  
      The last time they were here, we were trying to decide if we wanted pancakes or eggs in a nest when it dawned on us that we could have Eggs in a Pancake Nest!  Genius!  
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•      To make this fabulous and filling breakfast, simply use your favorite pancake recipe or mix and bake your pancakes on a griddle as usual, just don't make them too brown!  
• Bake both sides of the pancake and then, using a biscuit cutter, cut out the center of the pancake.  I found it easier to remove the pancake to a plate to do this.  Then, put the pancake back on the griddle and break the egg into the center of the pancake.  
• Let the egg cook on one side, adding salt and pepper to the egg, and then flip it to the other side  and allow the egg to finish cooking.  You may want to turn the griddle to a slightly lower heat to keep the pancake from over browning.  (This was all trial and error for us! )
• Remove the egg to a plate and add butter and syrup as usual! 

      

I love a good batter bowl for making pancakes, waffles, cupcakes, etc! 
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     We also had some blueberries, so my granddaughter and I were wanting blueberry pancakes!  So, we poured out pancake batter on a griddle and put blueberries on the part that was going to be cut out.  In the photo below, you can see that I decided to have one Egg in a Pancake style and one totally blueberry style pancake.  You can see how I applied the blueberries. 

The result was great!  The inner cut out pancake was filled with blueberries.  So good! 

     Here was my plate pre-syrup!  I almost didn't need syrup! (but I did use it, lol!)
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     So, go ahead and mix it up a bit!  Your grandchildren (or children)  will love it! Mine did! 

Check out these other fun recipes:

• Pancake Sundae Station
• Cherry 7-Up Pancakes
• Cinnamon Roll Pancakes