Individual Baked Eggs

By Coldsnap46

"A very easy idea with a minimum of fuss for any number of people. Individual Baked Eggs surrounded by a strip of bacon, and topped with a square of cheese. These eggs take on a very pleasing flavor just by baking them instead of cooking them in the more conventional manner. Great not having splatters all over, and being able to do 12 or more eggs at one time." --Recipe by Spokes

Ingredients

• 1 slice bacon
• 1 teaspoon melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1/4 slice Cheddar cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown, but still flexible. Wrap bacon slice around the inside of a muffin cup. Place a teaspoon of butter (or bacon grease) in the bottom of muffin cup. Drop in egg.

Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Place 1/4 slice of cheese over egg, and continue cooking until cheese is melted and egg is cooked.

Footnotes: 1)This recipe is for 1 serving. Scale it to the number of eggs you would like to bake.

2) You can cook 12 eggs in a muffin pan. If you are doing less, try to space them out in the pan for more even cooking.

3) Cooking times vary in different ovens and at different altitudes; adjust accordingly.

Note: Prep video for this recipe on website. Very helpful tips/suggestions from reviews of this recipe availble on website. In my opinion, one of the best reviews is by "Blu Pix" (10/23/10) who stated - in part - "I deviate by wrapping the raw bacon in the tins, and baking them for 5 min. in the preheated oven, then dropping the egg in, making sure to center the yolk. One pan, no splatter, no pre-cooked bacon, and no pre-greasing the tins...I bake my eggs for 12 min. then leave them in the hot oven switched to OFF while I make toast...and when I pop them out they are PERFECT. If I'm including cheese, I put it on in the 9 min. mark, then follow as usual." *Others simply used pre-cooked bacon.