Baked Egg in a Hole

recipe courtesy Cooking Light

Baked Egg in a Hole

1 slice bacon 

4 (1-ounce) slices multigrain bread, lightly toasted 

4 large eggs 

4 teaspoons grated fresh pecorino Romano cheese (about 1/4 ounce)

1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Position an oven rack in the middle setting. Place a jelly-roll pan on rack. Preheat oven to 400°.

Place bacon on heated pan, and cook until crisp (about 4 minutes); crumble. Cut a hole into the center of each toast using a 3-inch biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter. Reserve cutouts.

Arrange bread slices on hot pan; crack one egg into each hole. Sprinkle eggs evenly with crumbled bacon, cheese, and sage. Bake at 400° for 5 minutes or until egg whites are set. Sprinkle with pepper, and serve with toast cutout. Serves 4.