Egg Yolk Stuffed French Toasts

When you first slice into this egg yolk stuffed French toast, the yolk breaks and explodes out onto the plate. It’s a moment of pure brunch magic! The rest of the meal will be spent taking bites of egg soaked brioche and sopping up that luscious egg yolk and maple syrup as you shovel it all into your mouth. Hungry yet?

Why I made this recipe

As a kid French toast was my go-to breakfast item on any menu, but these days I find I almost never order it. What happened Unfortunately over the past 10 years I think I’ve eaten so many bad versions that it may have scared me. I thought about what went wrong with this lovely food and there are three major offenders.

The first common mistake, TOO SWEET. You know the sweet I’m referring to, piled high with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and other various dessert toppings. This is not the way I want to start my day, no matter how lazy I plan to be that day. The second mistake, TOO THIN. I think this is a result of the French toast being an afterthought. A restaurant has a breakfast menu; they feel like they should add French toast, so they put out some terrible limp, thin, flavorless version. The third and final mistake I see often, TOO FANCY. I suppose you could call this egg yolk stuffed French toast fancy, but it’s really super basic – yolk, egg wash, and bread. I set out to make this egg yolk stuffed French toast recipe specifically to go against all of these trends.

Let’s make the Egg Yolk Stuffed French Toast!

Step 1 with any French toast is making the egg wash for the bread. I used eggs, milk, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg. Yum! There is extra egg white in here because I used some of the egg whites from the yolks that are inside of the bread. Not all of them though! Check out this page if you need help separating eggs

Whisk this together, then prep the bread

Cutting the bread so it is ready for the yolk

Grab a big uncut brioche loaf and get slicing! The first step is to cut the edges off and then cut it into 4 equal pieces. Then continue to cut the edges off the pieces and create the bread cubes.

After the bread cubes are made, use a pairing knife to cut the top square out of the bread. Now you are ready to make egg yolk stuffed French toast!

Stuffing the yolk into the French toast

Dip the bread into the egg mixture first. It will become somewhat fragile after this, but it is necessary to do this step first. This will soften the bread so that when you put the egg yolk inside it will be less likely to break

Then dip the little bread square and close up the French toast!

Cooking the egg yolk stuffed French toast

Warm up some butter in a frying pan and add the French toast. It’s important to start with the side that has the opening face down. This will seal up the hole and prevent the yolk from falling out.

When you first put these egg yolk stuffed French toasts into the pan they will feel very fragile but as they cook they firm up quite a bit. Make sure you cook them to brown on all sides.

Serving the egg yolk stuffed French Toast

Plate these up with lots of butter and maple syrup! I write this recipe for 4 cubes, 2 per person, but you could also do 1 per person if you have some other things to eat with it.

I love the way these look and honestly I might have to make all my French toast as cubes from now on.

This is the moment you have been waiting for! You make that first cut and the yolk oozes out – so amazing! The egg yolk stuffed French toast almost reminds me of a grown up version of egg in a hole. Not that egg in a hole needs any growing up.

Variations on this dish

I know what you are thinking. NEEDS BACON! Yea, some bacon or sausage on the side of this would be amazing. This might sound weird, but I also like adding espresso to the egg mixture for French toast. It adds a really great bitter flavor to balance the sweetness!

One of my favorite French toast recipes I have made is this tortilla one, so check it out! And if you love BRUNCH like me, check out my brunch archives.