This $1 Device Will Guarantee Perfect Egg And Cheese Sandwiches Every Time

Breakfast sandwiches are one of life's simple pleasures, and spending a little time in the kitchen cranking out a couple is a fun (and tasty) way to spend a lazy weekend morning. Making a perfect breakfast sandwich requires a methodical approach: toasting your sandwich-size English muffins, making your bacon in the oven for even cooking and maximum crispiness, frying the eggs, melting some American cheese over it all, and chowing down. But for breakfast sandwich perfectionists, frying the egg has always been the trickiest part: How do you make sure that the circumference of the egg matches up with the rest of the sandwich? Do you put the egg in the pan and try to awkwardly shape it on the fly? (We all know that that technique never really works.) If you want perfect eggs every time, you need to do what the professionals do and get yourself a ring mold.

Just think about the Platonic ideal of a breakfast sandwich: McDonald's Egg McMuffin. How do those eggs get so perfectly round every time? Ring molds. You just set the mold down in the frying pan over medium heat, add a little cooking spray or butter, crack the egg right into it (and give it a stir if you prefer them scrambled), add a few tablespoons of water to the pan, and quickly cover. After one minute, everything will be set except for the yolk (if you like it runny), and after two minutes it'll be cooked through. It's super-simple, and the end result is a breakfast sandwich that's truly perfect.