Gluten Free Toad in a Hole is a simple way to change up breakfast. When you bite into a piece of toad-in-a-hole you get the fluffiness of the pancake, a bit of salty butter and a bite of flavorful sausage.
Making a Toad in a Hole is very much like making a Dutch baby but with the added bonus of breakfast sausage. You can serve this by itself or while it's baking you can make some side dishes, see some of my favorite comfort food recipes to make with this below.
Why you'll love this gluten-free toad in a hole recipe
- Quick and easy to make
- Fun breakfast idea for kids and adults
- Gluten free recipe- safe for those with celiac disease or those avoiding gluten
Ingredients
- Breakfast Sausage- always check that you're using gluten-free sausages
- Butter
- Large Eggs
- Milk
- Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 gluten free flour
- Pinch Salt
How to Make a Gluten Free Toad in the Hole
- Preheat the oven to 425F.
- Using a large Cast Iron Skillet, lightly cook your sausages over medium heat. This will take 5 to 7 minutes.
- While the sausages are cooking, combine the remaining ingredients except the butter in a large bowl, and make the batter. Mix just enough to have a smooth batter, but don't overmix.
- When the sausages are lightly cooked add the butter to the sausages in the skillet and allow it to melt. Then pour the batter mixture from the mixing bowl into the skillet.
- Place the skillet in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven. and serve while still hot.
Storage
Any leftovers should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days. You can reheat in the oven for just a couple of minutes, or in the microwave.
Tips and Variations
- Want to dress these up some more? I make my toad-in-a-hole pretty basic, but you could dress yours up with beans and salsa or sauteed veggies and cheese to really dress it up and change the flavor.
- Instead of breakfast sausage, the English would swap this meat out for other options like beef, mutton, or kidneys, whatever they had on hand to keep the cost of feeding a family down. You can swap the breakfast sausage out for whatever meat you prefer or have on hand.
- Instead of using cast iron, you can use a regular frying pan with a baking dish to transfer everything to in the oven. You'll have an extra dish to clean and it won't turn out the exact same, bu you'll still be able to enjoy this Gluten Free Toad in a Hole recipe.
- We don't use the traditional onion gravy in this recipe, but you can certainly make a gluten free gravy with red onion or white onion and serve it with your gluten free sausage in pancakes.
- Don't overmix the batter, too much air will make dense pancake batter instead of nice and fluffy golden brown ones.
- I love pouring some maple syrup over mine for that sweet/salty combo on my taste buds.
Can You Freeze These?
Sure, I don't see why you can't. Once the dish has cooled, transfer any leftovers to a freezer safe container and freeze for up to 3 months. Let them thaw and the best way to reheat them is in the oven, when you're ready to eat them again.
Where did Toad in a Hole Come From?
Traditional toad in a hole is an English dish that is made with sausage in a Yorkshire pudding batter. It is often served with an onion gravy. Legend holds that at a golf tournament, a gentle putted a ball into a hole and it popped back out of the hole because a toad was in the hole. When the men told the story over drinks at a hotel later, the chef created this dish where the sausages resemble a toad waiting in a hole. While this is just a legend, it seems to be a popular tale about the dish.
Americans have made this dish even simpler by swapping the perfect Yorkshire pudding out for just pancake batter like we do here in this gluten-free version.
What to serve with Toad-in-a-Hole
- Try making some fluffy eggs with salt and black pepper to serve alongside your dish.
- Serve with a side of fresh oatmeal
- Sip on a caramel latte while making these
- Serve with a plate of Eggs Benedict
More Gluten Free Breakfast Recipes
- Gluten Free Pancake Bites
- Gluten Free Savory Crepes with Spinach, Bacon, and Cheese
- Gluten Free Fried Egg Sandwich
- Gluten Free Blintzes (Sweet Crepes)
- Gluten Free Buttermilk Pancakes
Toad in a hole
Ingredients
- 6 Links Breakfast Sausage
- ¼ cup Butter
- 6 Large Eggs (Room temp)
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 cup Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 gluten free flour
- 1 Pinch Salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425F
- Using a large Cast Iron Skillet, lightly cook your sausages over medium heat. This will take 5 to 7 minutes.
- While the sausages are cooking combine the remaining ingredients - minus the butter, and make the batter.
- When the sausages are lightly cooked add the butter and allow to melt. Then pour the batter in the skillet.
- Place the skillet in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven. and serve while still hot.
Notes
I highly recommend using a Cast Iron pan (Like this one) when making this recipe. Though if you don't have one you can still make the recipe by heating up a baking dish in the oven with the butter, lightly cooking the sausages in a different pan and then arranging them in the baking dish before pouring the batter over. It won't turn out quite the same, and you'll have an extra dish to clean, but it will still taste good.
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