Baked Bacon & Eggs

Are you looking for an easy and delicious Mother's Day breakfast or brunch idea? This makes a large casserole dish full of cheese-y scrambled eggs, topped with bacon. They are probably the best eggs I've ever had!

I've never thought about cooking eggs in the oven, except as part of a breakfast casserole (which we are quite fond of as evidenced by this, this and this!) - but these are basically scrambled eggs baked in the oven! Convenience...I love it.  I originally got the idea from Finding Joy in My Kitchen when she posted her family's recipe for 'Christmas Eggs'.  I decided I would make them for one of our many breakfast suppers. However, as per usual, I didn't bother to read all of the instructions prior to making the dish.  I realized I was supposed to let the egg mixture sit overnight.  Oops. Time for plan B - I Googled baked eggs and found another recipe at Cooks.com that did not require sitting overnight.  I kind of merged the 2 recipes and came out with a delicious dinner, that did not require sitting overnight!

Baked Bacon & Eggs

1 dozen eggs (I like Eggland's Best)

1/2 cup milk (I use skim)

4 oz. plain yogurt (or sour cream)

1 package pre-cooked bacon (or about 10 slices regular or turkey bacon)

1 cup shredded cheese (your preference, I used a blend of cheddar and Monterey)

salt and pepper - to taste

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

-Whisk together the eggs, milk, salt and pepper. (I omitted the salt since I was adding cheese and bacon.)

-In a large skillet, cook the eggs until set, but not cooked through (Side note - OR you can place your egg mixture into a greased 9x13 pan and place in oven, stirring occasionally so they cook evenly, until done. Approx. 15-30 mins. I opted to pre-cook mine.)

-Remove from the heat and allow eggs to cool. (I stuck mine in the fridge for a few minutes.)

-while eggs are cooling, cook bacon in microwave (if using the pre-cooked). Once done, crumble and set aside.

-When eggs are cool, stir in the yogurt (or sour cream if using).

-Spread the egg mixture into a greased/sprayed 9x13 dish.

-Top with crumbled bacon and cheese.

-Bake for 15-20 minutes until eggs are fully cooked and cheese is nice and melted.

I served ours with grits and biscuits. Delicious! I thought I would have leftovers since it was a dozen eggs for a family of 5 (and Mr. Three will not eat eggs), but nope...that casserole dish was wiped clean!

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