Bacon, Egg and Toast Cups

Brady Evans from Honest Cooking with a breakfast dish that gives you all the meat, eggs, and bread you need in one small cup.

Preparing breakfast for overnight guests is always tricky for me. There's always the crowd pleasing pancakes and waffles, but of course that leaves me stuck in the kitchen. And then there's the issue of battling guilt laden, calorie heavy breakfasts with my natural tendencies towards lighter fare.

These little gems, however, kind of swing both ways. Guests can take as many as they want to fill their appetite. If they want just one, however, they're only obligated to half a piece of whole wheat bread, 1 egg, and half a piece of bacon. Not so bad.

And the cuteness factor was hard to beat! Next time I think I'll add shredded cheese to the mix.

Bacon, Egg, and Toast Cups

Author: Brady Evans, adapted from The Noshery
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients
12 eggs
12 pieces of whole wheat sandwich bread
6 strips of bacon
cooking spray

Instructions
Using a 3″ (7.5 cm) biscuit cutter, cut the center out of each piece of bread.
In a microwave, cook bacon 3 minutes. The bacon will be partially cooked.
With kitchen shears, cut the bacon in half lengthwise.
Prepare a 12 tin muffin pan by spraying with cooking spray.
Place a bread round in the bottom on each muffin tin.
Line the side of the cup with a strip of bacon.
Bake at 350 F (175 C) for tin minutes.
Crack an egg into each muffin tin and return to over to bake for 7-10 minutes more or until set.

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Comments

[Jakesmom]

09:25 AM on 09/01/2011

Rachael Ray's magazine shows something similar, although using prosciutto instead of the bread, and with cheese. I have a feeling this is quite a bit healthier, though. :)

[yappnmutt]

11:53 PM on 08/30/2011

cut a hole out of the center of a slice of bread. butter both sides of the holy slice of bread. place upon a 325-50 grill crack egg into the hole in the slice of bread.. flip the slice over when egg is cooked on that side take off the grill when done to desired doness. add ham or bacon. a variation would be too skip the butter and use the bacon grease from cooking bacon and place the just about done bacon on the egg before you flip it.

[Max Shaw]

12:17 PM on 08/30/2011

I could probably eat like 30 of those right now...soooooooooooo hungry!!

[Alice Radley]

12:13 PM on 08/30/2011

I've been making this for years. Another cool variation is to swap the bread for tortilla. When I do that, I add a spoonful of green chili sauce (new mexico style) to the top when I pull them from the oven. You can also add stuff underneath the egg, like chopped onion, tomatoes or bell pepper. Another good swap is taking out the bacon and adding in prosciutto.

[holdin5aces]

09:42 AM on 08/30/2011

Seems like a lot of work for what is essentially a poached egg on a piece of toast. Cuteness factor aside, cut the bread if you must, put it in a toaster, poach eggs, stack them up, and voila. The same thing with much less hassle. Mickey D's has been doing it a million times a day for years. My apologies to the food snobs amongst us, just sayin'.......

[Alice Radley]

12:10 PM on 08/30/2011

I think you're missing the point of this dish. It's about cooking for a crowd. This allows you to make a bunch dish for up .. well, as many muffin tins fit in your oven, all at once. It would take longer to poach twelve eggs, toast 12 slices of bread etc ..

[Alice Radley]

12:10 PM on 08/30/2011

Just want to add that I notice this recipe says "serves 4". When I've made these, it was for 12 people.

[only1nik]

08:05 AM on 08/30/2011

the problem i see with this recipe is taking it out without breaking the yolk. but looks cute.

[Alice Radley]

12:11 PM on 08/30/2011

The yolk tends to find it's natural center. So, it's easy to just insert a small spoon underneath the bread. They pop out very easily.

[fishnetdiver]

05:10 AM on 08/30/2011

got family coming in for the weekend and would normally do a big southern biscuits, gravy, hash n sausage table. But...this will work!

[four dog mama]

06:17 PM on 08/30/2011

I am sure your family would rather have the normal, I know I would. Nothing tops biscuits and gravy in my book.

[fishnetdiver]

02:51 AM on 08/31/2011

yeah my nephew's already giving me grief! So I'll still do the B'n'G but make a dozen of these on the side!

[Kevin Chung Lin]

01:09 AM on 08/30/2011

that looks SOOOO freaking delicious....who doesn't like bacon and eggs?

[MagicalPossibilities]

11:48 PM on 08/29/2011

Yum! That looks awesome! I like to make mini paninis with bacon, egg, tomato and cheese on whole wheat dinner rolls on the weekends, but this looks like a nice change. I think you could add all kinds of stuff to these between the egg and the bread. Any kind of cheese, diced tomatoes, mushrooms, green onions.

I just got the best sprouted wheat bread at Trader Joes - it's new, and WAY better than Ezekiel bread. I had a tuna sandwich at lunch and it was to die for, almost like rustic bread. Crusty and chewy. I normally am not impressed with Trader Joe's bread.

I will have to make these when the grandkids come over.

[sacmom3]

11:28 AM on 08/30/2011

Forget this recipe, I think I will try your mini paninis instead. lol

[Jakesmom]

09:24 AM on 09/01/2011

That does sound good, thank you!

[camanokat]

11:17 PM on 08/29/2011

I am SO making this tomorrow!

[blarneydude]

06:11 PM on 08/29/2011

You b&%*ard.

I'll eat 50 of these at one sitting; you will have no guilt; and you know it.

Do me a favor. DON'T open a fast food restaurant featuring these. I will camp out by the door. I will quit my job. You do not want this.

[tulsey]

06:02 PM on 08/29/2011

Just throw on some hollandaise, home fries, French roast and a Buck's Fizz and then shoot me. That's my last meal.

[InedaName]

06:43 PM on 08/29/2011

I'd switch out the bacon with smoked salmon but I'm right there with you.

[French Toast]

11:53 PM on 08/29/2011

You called?