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Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe

Breakfast Toad in the Hole
Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: | Makes: 4 servings

This recipe takes the best sweet-savory flavors of breakfast and combines them into one dish. We tweaked the classic British Toad in the Hole recipe to create an Americanized breakfast version. Mix together an easy batter of cornmeal, flour, milk, and eggs, and when you’re ready to eat, heat up a cast-iron skillet and the oven. Brown some breakfast sausages in the skillet, pour in the batter, drizzle with maple syrup, and let the whole thing bake up in the oven into one big sweet-savory pancake. Slice into wedges and serve with extra syrup and some home fries on the side.

Game plan: The batter can be made up to 1 day ahead and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Be sure to whisk it to recombine everything before using.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1/2 cup fine-ground yellow cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick)
  • 14 uncooked breakfast sausage links (12 ounces)
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup, plus more for serving
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl. Add the milk and eggs and whisk until just combined and no streaks of flour remain; set aside. (The batter can be made up to 1 day ahead, covered with plastic wrap, and stored in the refrigerator.)
  2. Heat the oven to 375°F and arrange a rack in the middle.
  3. Melt the butter in a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat until foaming. Add the sausages and cook, turning occasionally, until browned all over and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a large plate.
  4. Whisk the batter to recombine, then pour it into the skillet in an even layer. Arrange the sausages on top of the batter in a single layer and drizzle the measured maple syrup over the surface of the batter and sausages. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until the batter is puffed, cooked through, and golden brown on the bottom, about 15 minutes.
  5. Cut into wedges and serve immediately, passing more maple syrup on the side.
    Write a review | 12 Reviews
  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    5

    Sounds good and I will be making this. We have a friend that comes ever summer and he makes toad-in-the -hole for himself. I will be sending this one to him, I know he will try it and most likely be making it again. Thanks for the recipe Christine. And Joyful, sounds like you live on a diet of lemons and sour grapes. Lighten up, enjoy life. We all know there is a happy you inside you somewhere. waynemuffy

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    5

    Some people are just rude!

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    5

    I made this for New Year's Day breakfast, minus the maple syrup and using patties instead of links. It was a big hit, and drew an immediate request for a future breakfast-table appearance.

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    5

    Gotta love people who write hateful reviews, when they never taste the dish - or dislike ingredients in a recipe (no one said you HAD to make this or HAD to eat it)... BE NICE...... make this a New Year's resolution!

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    1

    Sorry, your tweaking of the English classic Toad in the hole is an epic fail. Sugar? Cornmeal? Baking powder????? Maple syrup? What were you thinking?

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    1

    If ever there was a picture on chow that made me choke on my own vomit it is this one. Get this picture off of your pages sooner rather than later please.

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    5

    Sounds FANTASTIC! Aristotle, are you seriously questioning the greatness of sausage with maple syrup? Real sausage with real maple syrup is the food of the gods, i tells ya!

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    5

    I must say, I'm pretty surprised @ these reviews. This is the second time I've made this & my kids LOVE it. The only thing I didn't do was use the butter when I cooked the sausage. Otherwise this is a cool version of pancakes & sausage. I recommend this recipe.

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    1

    You lost me at maple syrup. I accidentally bought a package of maple flavored sausage links. I threw the whole package out. Revolting. They should just make sausage flavored maple syrup for the sickos who like this stuff.

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    1

    Sausage with maple syrup? You gotta be kidding...

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    3

    This would actually make a decent breakfast-for-dinner option. I'd cook the sausage in advance for a quick weeknight meal. But citrus salad on the side to cut the richness - cant see it with potatoes at all. Update: I made it. Unlike some I like the classic combo of breakfast sausage and maple syrup but next time I would serve the syrup on the side. The pockets of syrup were too intense and the rest of the pancake was bland. It was also slightly dense. Served it with grapefruit halves which was perfect IMO. I like the concept but needs tweaking (probably less cornmeal next time).

  • Breakfast Toad in the Hole Recipe
    5

    No thanks.

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