If you wonder how to bake an egg in the oven or how to cook an egg in the oven for breakfast quick and easily you can see the easy baked egg recipe for breakfast here.
This is a simple, easy oven baked eggs recipe using ramekins or a small sized baking cup which is great for making easy, quick and nutritious mess free eggs for breakfast!
Another easy baked egg breakfast egg recipe using cheese (in muffin pans) is this easy egg and cheese breakfast muffins which makes a great snack as well!
You can use small individual baking bowls as I have used here, or use ramekins or muffin trays to bake the eggs if you want to bake more than one egg in the oven or if you want to make oven baked eggs for a crowd or party!
You can just add salt & black pepper or just salt or even more add ons like shredded cheese, garlic powder, onion powder etc as you wish.
You can easily bake one or two eggs to make one or two servings.
If you are looking to bake a single egg or a couple of eggs to make a baked egg breakfast it is so easy to do, and you just need a single serving dish which can be used in the oven.
You can use this beautiful set of ramekins to bake one or more eggs separately.
This is a set so if you are a family of four, you can bake one egg in each cup at the same time.
I used a single serving stainless steel cup which is oven safe, but you may use any small sized oven safe single serving dish.
You basically just crack and slip an egg to the greased baking dish and bake it for few minutes until the yellow and white are cooked completely.
It is so easy to do and you don’t need to use many utensils as you just need to use a single oven safe dish to bake the egg.
This method is especially very useful, if you are cooking something in the stove top and so the stove top is not free to fry an egg.
Many of the baked egg recipes call for many number of eggs in the recipes, but if you only need a single egg to be baked or a couple of eggs to be baked (one egg needs one single serving dish), this is the best method to do so.
How many calories in a baked egg?
A large sized average egg contains about 78 calories with 6 grams of protein in it and has many important nutrients, making it one of the most popular breakfast foods.
When you think how many calories are there in a baked egg, if you didn’t use any other ingredients while baking the egg, the baked egg will have the same calories, that is around 78 calories.
However, since we also add a teaspoon of oil here, the calories of one serving of baked egg (one single baked egg) is about 109 calories, if you follow this recipe to bake the egg!
You can see the full nutrition information (approximate values) in the recipe card that is given below in the post (you can see this detailed information in the recipe card as you scroll down the post).
As I mentioned, the ingredients that you add along with the eggs will affect the total calories of baked eggs and if you add things like butter or cheese, the calories will increase accordingly.
How long to bake eggs in the oven?
The time for baking eggs depends on a lot of factors.
In this recipe for easy baked eggs, we can bake the egg in a small baking cup or ramekins & iIt only takes around 12 to 15 minutes to bake.
However, if you use a larger baking pan to bake more number of eggs, the baking time will probably increase.
If you just use more ramekins or more baking cups to bake single servings of eggs, the baking time will remain the same.
Also keep in mind that, the baking time of eggs can slightly vary based on your oven temperatures, since the oven temperatures can slightly vary.
Also, if you prefer soft baked or runny eggs, you will take less time to bake the eggs, while you will take longer time to bake if you want completely cooked eggs!
So here you can see how to bake an egg in the oven following this easy baked egg recipe which will help you to cook an egg easily using the oven.
How to bake eggs in the oven using ramekins or small sized baking cups or mugs?
To make easy oven baked eggs, we need the following things & ingredients.
Things You Need
Baking Cup or ramekins
Tongs or heat resistant mittens
ingredients to make easy oven baked eggs
1 large egg
salt a pinch
½ teaspoon black pepper or as preferred, optional
1 teaspoon olive oil or butter, to grease the baking dish
Step by step instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degree Fahrenheit.
Grease the baking dish with butter or oil.
Gently crack an egg and slip it into the greased baking dish. Sprinkle little salt and black pepper if you like (or more seasonings as you prefer).
Bake for about 12 to 14 minutes until the egg yolk and white are cooked to your preference.
Transfer the baked egg immediately from the oven (you can use good heat resistant mittens or good quality tongs to handle the hot dish), or else it would affect the texture of the egg.
Serve the delicious and easy baked egg for a simple, quick and easy no mess egg breakfast.
You can serve it as it is or you can serve it with veggies like sauteed spinach or oven roasted cauliflower or toast or noodles or anything you wish!
Keep in mind that ovens may slightly differ in temperatures so the total baking time may slightly changed based on your oven temperature, your preference for the texture of baked eggs (like runny, soft baked or baked completely) and also the kind of baking cup you are using.
More egg recipes and easy ways to cook eggs:
perfect boiled eggs in instant pot
steamed boiled eggs in instant pot
breakfast egg and cheese muffins
easy egg fried rice with vegetables
Below you can get the recipe for easy oven baked eggs in detail.
Oven Baked Eggs – Easy Baked Eggs
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degree Fahrenheit.
- Grease the baking dish with butter or oil.
- Gently crack an egg and slip it into the greased baking dish. Sprinkle little salt and black pepper if you like (or more seasonings as you prefer).
- Bake for about 12 to 14 minutes until the egg yolk and white are cooked to your preference.
- Transfer the baked egg immediately from the oven (you can use good quality tongs to handle the hot dish), or else it would affect the texture of the egg.
Notes
Nutrition
Hope you found this post on how to bake an egg in the oven or how to cook an egg in the oven helpful!
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