Baked Egg Cup

As I mentioned in the beginning, my diet use to consist largely of fast food. When it came to breakfast, McDonald's was my first choice (crazy not Chick-fil-a huh?). I would always get an Egg McMuffin- cheap, relatively healthy, and quite tasty. Recently, I learned how to easily re-create the Egg McMuffin at home, saving a good bit of money and wasted time driving to McDonalds. Long story short, eating all of these Egg McMuffins (first McDonalds, then my own) has burned me out. I wanted to try something a little different and was excited when I discovered this recipe. 

It is basically the Egg McMuffin sans the mcmuffin. Seems I just can't stay away from them. I chose to whisk the egg in a small bowl before putting it in the muffin tin, but you don't have to. If you don't do it then the yolk will taste the way it does when you boil an egg (if that makes sense). You're choice! You can also use turkey instead of ham. I only had turkey at my house and it worked just fine. The cheese can also be varied. I used cheddar but I think it would also be good with mozzarella, pepper jack, maybe even feta? It's the perfect breakfast to make when you don't have much time to spend cooking. All you have to do it drop the few ingredients in the muffin tin and viola! You have a hot, protein packed breakfast. 

Also good to remember when you have to feed a-bunch of people but still want to look like you put in effort... :)

Ingredients

12 Eggs

12 thin slices of deli ham (round)

1/2 Cup of your favorite cheese (I used Parmesan)

1/2 Cup diced scallions

Directions 

Fresh cracked Sea Salt and Pepper

Preheat the oven to 400.  Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.  

Lay a piece of ham in each hole creating a little ham cup.  

Crack one egg into each hole and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake the eggs for about 12 minutes…until the white is firm and the yolk is still nice and runny.

Carefully remove each egg from the muffin tin and top with grated cheese and scallions.  Serve hot! 

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