Servings 12 cups
Ingredients
- 12 strips uncooked bacon
- All-purpose flour
- 1 (17.3-oz.) package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 8 large eggs
- 1/4 cup milk or heavy cream
- 2 Tablespoons chives, minced
Instructions
- Divide the bacon slices between two large sauté pans set over medium-low heat and cook the bacon, draining the grease as needed, until it is almost fully cooked but still pliable enough to bend. Set the bacon aside.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Lightly flour your work surface then unfold each of the puff pastry sheets onto your work surface. Using a rolling pin, roll each sheet to seal together any creases.
- Using a sharp knife, cut each sheet of puff pastry into nine squares. Add a puff pastry square to each muffin tin cup, pressing it firmly into the bottom and sides so that the edges hang over the sides of each cup. (You will have six extra squares, which can be re-frozen or used to make quick and easy Puff Pastry Cookies.)
- Place a strip of cooked bacon inside each cup so that the ends stick out of the cups.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs with the milk and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Divide the cheese among the muffin tin cups then ladle the egg mixture into each muffin tin cup.
- Bake the eggs for 18 to 22 minutes until the puff pastry is golden brown and the eggs are cooked through. Remove the egg cups from the oven and let them cool for 5 minutes before using a knife to loosen them around the edges.
- Sprinkle the egg cups with the chopped chives and serve immediately.
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