Name: Matzo Brei with Cinnamon and Sugar
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 large eggs; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/4 teaspoon table salt; 2 sheets plain, unsalted matzo (about 2 ounces), broken into approximate 1½-inch pieces; 2½ tablespoons unsalted butter

Why This Recipe Works

Matzo brei (Yiddish for “fried matzo”) is an Ashkenazi dish of eggs, matzo (unleavened flatbread made from flour and water), and fat that's eaten during Passover, the Jewish holiday during which observers avoid eating leavened food. To make a scrambled version with hearty egg presence, we used three eggs for two sheets of matzo; that way, the cooked dish was cohesive and boasted tender pockets of egg. Soaking the broken matzo pieces in the whisked eggs cut out the usual separate step of soaking them in water or milk before cooking. For this sweet version, we added just enough cinnamon and sugar for a lightly sweetened and spiced dish that could be drizzled with maple syrup. Adding the cinnamon and sugar directly to the eggs ensured that there were no crunchy bits of sugar or dusty bites of cinnamon. Cooking in butter accentuated the dish's rich, sweet profile.

Before You Begin

The brittleness of matzo makes it challenging to break into uniform pieces; don't worry if yours are slightly irregular. Different brands of matzo hydrate at slightly different rates; start checking for softness at the beginning of the time range in step 1. We like to serve this with maple syrup.

Instructions

Whisk eggs, cinnamon, sugar, and salt in medium bowl until no streaks of white remain. Add matzo pieces to egg mixture. Stir and fold until matzo is thoroughly coated with egg and pieces have softened (they should maintain their shape, but you should be able to break them easily with spatula), 2 to 4 minutes.

Melt butter in 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add matzo mixture to skillet and gently but constantly stir and fold mixture onto itself, scraping along bottom and sides of skillet as needed until eggs are soft and just set, about 2 minutes. Serve immediately.