The ultimate special occasion breakfast! Eggs a la Goldenrod is an old-fashioned egg and toast recipe, with a rich creamy gravy. Once you try it, you’ll know why it’s been a favorite in our family for generations!

Eggs a la Goldenrod

This is a recipe that I grew up eating for breakfast on special occasions. It was my dad’s favorite breakfast and it continues to be a family favorite through the generations. Last week, when I was staying with Stacey and her family, I made it for them.

This recipe was my grandmother’s and she taught it to my mom so she could make it for my dad. My mom has passed on the recipe to all her children and now we are passing it on to you.

I was talking to Granny this evening, and here is the story behind Eggs ala Goldenrod.

My parents married young. My dad was 21 and my mom was 19 and they married at the beginning of the Korean War. My dad was assigned to the Pentagon because he could type. My mom (Granny) found a job as well–with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. How cool is that?

One day, my dad asked my mom, “why don’t you ever make my favorite breakfast?”

My mom asked, “Well, what is it?”

“Eggs ala goldenrod”

My mom, had never heard of it. So she asked the steno pool if anyone knew what this was.

One young woman said she did. She said her mother said it was the only way the kids would eat eggs.

Eventually, my mom got the recipe from her mother-in-law, my grandmother and it became our family favorite breakfast.

You can eat it all year round, but we have our favorite times, such as Easter.

Eggs a la Goldenrod is a great Easter breakfast or brunch because this is a day when you usually have plenty of boiled eggs on hand!

Eggs a la Goldenrod is simply boiled eggs that are combined with a cream sauce. The resulting creamy egg sauce is served over toast, biscuits, or English muffins. It get’s it name from the fact that you garnish the dish with crushed egg yolk on top.

This recipe is easily adapted to be either gluten-free and/or dairy free and still taste great.

For your convenience in re-creating this recipe at home, we’ve included shop-able ad links to some of the products and supplies used. Read our disclosure policy here.

What You Need to Make “Goldenrod Eggs”

Eggs
Butter
All-purpose flour (or rice flour)
Milk
Salt
Pepper

Kitchen Tools Used

Saucepan
Egg Slicer

What is the Best Way to Chop the Yolk?

My original recipe suggests pushing a yolk through a metal strainer. This produces a fine dust that looks like goldenrod. You can do this right before you serve this dish. However, for this picture shoot, I simply crushed a yolk with a fork in a small bowl and it worked great.

What Should You Serve The Eggs With?

In our family we always had it on toast! But I’ve since discovered that other people eat it on other things such as biscuits or English Muffins.

How to Make Eggs A la Goldenrod

Boil your eggs and allow to cool until they are easy to handle. The recipe calls for 5 eggs but it is easily doubled and you can use 10.

Peel the hard-boiled eggs. Reserve and set aside, one yolk. Chop the rest of the eggs into small pieces. About the size you would use for egg salad. An egg slicer makes this step a breeze, but you can also use a knife.

Melt 2 tablespoons of butter on low heat in the bottom of a heavy-bottomed sauce pan. When melted, add the 2 tablespoons of flour and combine. Stir until the mixture is smooth. If it doesn’t spread along the bottom of the pan, you can add a little more butter.

Slowly add two cups of milk to the butter/flour mixture. Switch to a whisk and stir continuously until the mixture thickens and is cooked. This will take a few minutes.

Once the cream sauce is made, add the chopped eggs, 1 tsp. salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper and gently mix into the sauce.

Place the reserved yolk into a small bowl and crush with a fork.

To serve, toast bread or English muffins. Place a heaping serving of Eggs a la Goldenrod on top. Sprinkle with the extra yolk.