Lovely Runner Street Egg Bread (계란빵)
Why this food?
The warm, sweet street egg bread that Lovely Runner's Ryu Sun-jae buys on cold streets. Soft corn-cake exterior with a whole baked egg inside — the ultimate K-drama small-gesture food.
🇰🇷 K-Culture Tip
계란빵 has been a fixture at Korean street markets and school-gate vendors since the 1990s. The sweet batter with a whole egg baked inside is designed to be eaten standing up, wrapped in paper, in the cold. Lovely Runner's time-travel premise means street food like 계란빵 carries extra nostalgic weight — it's the same snack across decades.
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Substitute Ingredients
All available at Walmart
| Original | Substitute |
|---|---|
Eggs (whole, for center) 달걀 | Large eggs Small/medium eggs work better — large eggs may overflow the mold Shop at Walmart |
All-purpose flour 밀가루 | All-purpose flour King Arthur The batter should be thicker than pancake batter Shop at Walmart |
Milk 우유 | Whole milk Creates the soft, slightly sweet batter characteristic Shop at Walmart |
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- 4 eggs (1 per bread) Large eggs
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup Whole milk
Instructions
- 1
Mix batter: 1 cup flour + 2 tbsp sugar + 1 tsp baking powder + 1/4 tsp salt + 1 egg + 3/4 cup milk + 2 tbsp melted butter
- 2
Grease a muffin tin or mini loaf pan generously with butter
- 3
Fill each cavity 1/3 full with batter
- 4
Crack one small egg directly into each cavity on top of the batter
- 5
Season egg lightly with salt and pepper
- 6
Bake at 375°F for 12-15 minutes until batter is golden and egg white is fully set
- 7
Eat warm — the runny yolk is the point
