Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Toast Cups

These were a hit at my house!  How can you go wrong with those ingredients?!

I found this idea on thenoshery.com

Ingredients:

eggs

shredded cheese (any type - I used cheddar)

bacon

bread

butter

salt and pepper

Cholula (the greatest sauce EVER, but it is of course optional!)

Directions:

Using a biscuit cutter (or anything else that will cut a 3 or 4 inch circle) cut your bread slices into circles.

The original recipe said to simply press the circles into a muffin pan sprayed with cooking spray; however, we found that they turned out much too dry this way.  After your circles are cut, spread butter on both sides and press into your muffin pan.

Next, cook bacon (I cook mine in a ridged stoneware pan in the microwave.)  Be sure it doesn't get too crispy because you will need to be able to wrap it around the inside of the toast cup.

Place bacon strips, one per cup, into the toast cups.

Fill with about 1 tbsp of cheese.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 5 minutes, allowing bacon to cook a little more.  Remove from oven.

Crack your egg (you will have to separate out much of the egg white; otherwise it won't fit.)  Drop eggs into the cups, sprinkle with salt, pepper and Cholula to taste.  Place back into the oven and cook until egg white begins to set, about 8-12 minutes (depending on how much egg white.)  The yolk should be creamy.

Enjoy and let me know if you have any other tips!