English Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches
Published May 23, 2020•Updated May 09, 2025
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Love English Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches? This recipe makes it possible to make a batch of these sandwiches at one time on a sheet pan. The result is perfectly toasted English muffins, perfectly cooked eggs, melty cheese, and crispy bacon. These are great for meal prep too!
As a major fan of all things breakfast (and breakfast-for-dinner), I never get tired of looking for new recipes to add to the rotation. And while I always love a good breakfast casserole, sometimes I want a classic breakfast sandwich with all the texture and flavor. But it can be difficult to make more than a couple of them at a time. Enter the sheet pan! This sheet pan recipe gives you sandwiches with all the layers, eggs with cooked whites and soft yolks, melted cheese, and nicely toasted bread.
Love a meal prep breakfast? My other favorites are spaghetti squash egg nests, bread-less sausage and egg breakfast casserole, and mason jar overnight oats.
Here’s How to Make Them
- Prepare pan – Slice English muffins open and arrange them cut-side up on a sheet pan. Hollow out the bottom halves to make “nests” for eggs.
- Toast – Toast the English muffins until golden at 400°F for 6 to 8 minutes.
- Add eggs and cheese – Add cheese to top halves of muffins and eggs to the bottom halves.
- Bake – Bake the sandwiches until the eggs are set, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Add extra toppings and serve!
Ingredients
- English Muffins – Look for thicker English Muffins which make it easier to form the “nests” for the eggs. Bay’s English Muffins work particularly well.
- Eggs – Use large or medium eggs. Extra-large eggs won’t fit in the English muffins.
- Cheese – The sky is the limit. I love classic cheddar or melty Monterey Jack. If the slices are large, tear them apart so they fit on the English muffins.
- Salt and Black Pepper – Don’t forget to season the eggs!
- Crispy Bacon, Arugula, Spinach, Hot Sauce, etc. – Just a few options, but finish the sandwiches with your favorite toppings.
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Crispy Bacon Tips
Bacon is optional on these sandwiches, but if you want to add some, you can prepare it any way you’d like. Sear it on the stovetop OR cook it in the oven. And since the oven is already on for making the sandwiches, the second option might be the easiest. Just line the bacon up in a single layer on a rimmed sheet pan. Cook at 400°F without turning until crisp, 10 to 18 minutes (depending on thickness; just keep an eye on it and remove it when it’s golden and crispy).
Variations
- Use another bread – This cooking method should work well with a variety of other types of bread, including biscuits, croissants, and any thick-sliced sandwich bread.
- Add spread – Skip the cheese and when the sandwiches are done cooking add red pepper spread, Dijonnaise, pesto, or avocado crema.
- Make it vegetarian – Just skip the bacon or substitute another vegetarian-friendly topping.
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English Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches
Equipment
- Half Sheet Pan
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 4 English Muffins (see note)
- 2 Tablespoons Butter, softened
- 4 large Eggs
- 4 slices Cheese
- Salt and Black Pepper
- 8 slices Cooked Bacon (see note)
- Other toppings like arugula, spinach, hot sauce, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper or foil (this is optional but will make it easy to clean up any egg that drips off the English muffin).
- Slice open English muffins and spread them out in a single layer on the sheet pan. Spread the tops halves of the English muffins with butter (leave the bottom halves plain).
- Using your fingers or a spoon, pull most of the bread out of the center of the bottom halves of the English muffins, forming a “nest” for the eggs.
- Transfer the sheet pan to the oven and bake the English muffins until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven. Crack an egg into each of the “nests” you made in the bottoms of the English muffins. (Don’t worry too much if some of the egg drips over the edges.) Add cheese to the top halves of the English Muffins.
- Return the pan to the oven and continue baking until the egg whites are firm and yolks are cooked to your liking, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Season the eggs with some salt and pepper.
- Add bacon and other toppings and then combine the top and bottom halves of the English muffins. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Shouldn’t you scoop out the bread in the middle of the English Muffin halves BEFORE you butter them?
Hi Kazy – in the recipe, you actually just butter the top half of the English muffin. Then hollow out the bottom half for the egg. I don’t usually butter both sides, so it doesn’t matter what order you do it in. Hope that helps!
Hi Jess, do you think these would freeze well?
Yes! They freeze well. Skip the arugula, but the rest of the ingredients can be allowed to cool, wrapped tightly and will reheat well in the toaster oven or even the microwave.
Do you think these would freeze well? Or keep in the fridge well for meal prep?
They’ll keep well in the fridge too! For up to 5 days.