Bacon Muffins

I was intrigued by this idea of an egg baked inside a savory muffin.  I was hoping it might be like an easier form of egg pockets.  The recipe would require a couple changes to work for my purposes: 1.  The recipe calls for the eggs to be baked whole.  This doesn't work for freezing.  Scrambled eggs freeze fine, but when whole, cooked eggs are frozen, the white gets weird.  2. I don't have the giant muffin tins required to make a muffin large enough to have a whole egg inside of it.  So, I decided to create a well in the batter of each standard-sized muffin, fill the well with beaten eggs instead of whole, top with a lid of batter and still have a muffin with cooked egg in the center.  Except it didn't work.

I haven't made the muffins with a whole egg inside of it, but I imagine that since a whole egg kind of holds together that it is possible to top that egg with thick muffin batter and have the egg stay put.  That does not work for beaten eggs.  Since the eggs are liquid and they no longer hold together due to being beaten, the eggs just rise up and run all over when another batter is place on top of them.  Eventually I scraped the idea of having an egg-filled muffin and just cooked the batter as regular muffins.  They still make a delicious and convenient breakfast.  At some point I may revisit them and stir in already cooked, scrambled eggs into the batter and see if I can achieve an egg-filled muffin.

Difficulty: Easy
Category: Breakfast
Recipe Column: R

Get the recipe here: Bacon and Egg Breakfast Muffins

To make them for the freezer, make the batter as called for but ignore the part about putting the egg in the middle.  Just spray your muffin tins with oil and scoop the batter into the tins as you would any other muffin.  Also it's easier to cook your bacon in the oven than on top of the stove.

A triple batch made 2 dozen muffins.  In the future I might make a quadruple batch so I can use up and entire package of bacon.

To freeze:
Freeze the muffins on a sheet tray until solid.  Transfer to a bag or container for storage.

To serve:
Thaw the muffin overnight in the fridge.  Cover and microwave on high for 1 minute until heated all the way through.  Or cover and microwave a frozen muffin for 2 minutes at 60% power.

Breakfast Burritos

My husband eats one or two of these burritos every morning on his way to work.  They are a very convenient and filling breakfast, so I'm making a batch of them every few weeks.  They're also very flexible.  You can change a lot of things to your personal preferences.  You can switch up the meat or eliminate it altogether.  You can leave out the green chiles and add salsa to each burrito as you assemble them.  You can omit the beans and add peppers or veggies.  You can also change up the proportions.  Do some experimenting and find the burrito you like.

Egg Pocket

My kids are little still, so we generally don't have to be anywhere early in the morning.  I imagine that when my kids start school these will be indispensable on busy mornings.  These are delicious and incredibly convenient as they can be eaten on the go.  Even without having to go anywhere immediately, we still have these regularly. Plus they are popular with my kids.