Mini Egg Bites are full of protein with assist from one sneaky supply! Fill along with your favourite toppings for a filling breakfast or snack.
The principle factor you want to find out about Mini Egg Bites is that the opposite day I informed my center little one that I had a particular, after-school snack for him and he requested:
“IS IT EGG BITES?!”
It wasn’t, sadly, however that’s how good these wee, poppable, protein-packed little egg bites are! They’re excellent to bake then eat heat, but additionally terrific for meal prep since they reheat deliciously. Plus like I mentioned – they’re nice for teenagers, and children at coronary heart.
Watch How you can Make Them
Protein-Packed Breakfast or Snack
Mini Egg Bites are primarily mini frittatas or omelets which might be full of protein from the addition of eggs, meat, shredded cheese, PLUS blended cottage cheese in every chunk.
Don’t run away CC-haters! You’d do not know they’re in these mini egg cups. As soon as the cottage cheese is mixed with eggs, they offer every egg cup a wealthy and creamy texture, plus a lift of protein. With egg costs the way in which they’re as of late, cottage cheese additionally helps to stretch the eggs and make them go additional. You’ll get 48 mini egg bites utilizing this recipe, and for WAY much less cash than Starbucks’ egg bites which value $5+ for 2!
Plus, AWWW, take a look at them! Mini Egg Bites are too cute and actually irresistible!
Elements Wanted
All you want is a handful of on a regular basis components to make these egg cups. Raid the fridge for…
- Eggs: you’ll want 8 massive eggs for this recipe.
- Meat: I like making these egg bites with cooked and crumbled bacon, browned breakfast sausage, or finely diced ham.
- Cheese: we at all times have shredded sharp cheddar cheese readily available, however you need to use no matter you’re keen on.
- Cottage cheese: I exploit 2% low-fat cottage cheese, however be at liberty to make use of what you want greatest.
Egg Cup Variations
This can be a nice recipe to combine up and make your personal. If you wish to add veggies to your egg cups, you should definitely saute them till tender earlier than including them to the pan. Listed here are some tasty combos to strive!
- Mushrooms and swiss cheese
- Ham and cheddar cheese
- Broccoli and cheddar cheese
- Bacon and gruyere cheese
- Peppers, onions, and monterey jack cheese
- Spinach, tomato, and parmesan cheese or feta cheese
What Form of Pan To Use
Egg-based recipes are infamous for sticking to steel muffin tins, even after giving them an intensive coating of cooking spray. Ask me how I do know. That mentioned, I HIGHLY advocate you utilize a silicone baking pan for this recipe. They’re dishwasher secure and I can’t consider a single meals that might follow it.
There are a ton of various kinds of silicone mini muffin pans on the market so, relying on the size of the cups in your specific pan, you would possibly get kind of mini egg muffins out of this recipe than I do, and your baking time could be kind of.
For instance, if the cups in your pan are extra broad and shallow vs slim and deep, you may get much less bites and cooking time could possibly be much less. All that mentioned, listed below are two pans I like to recommend:
I like to position the pans on a baking sheet to make transferring them out and in of oven secure and straightforward.
How you can Retailer, Reheat, and Freeze
Like I mentioned, these Mini Egg Bites reheat like a dream. My 6 yr outdated may even place nonetheless many he desires on a plate then microwave them till heat. Breakfast and snack independence, FTW!
- How you can retailer: Cool egg bites on a cooling rack on the counter then switch to a storage dish with a lid and refrigerate for 4-5 days.
- How you can reheat: Place desired quantity of egg bites on a plate then reheat within the microwave on excessive till warmed by way of – 30 seconds to 1 minute relying on what number of you’re reheating.
- How you can freeze: Place cooled egg bites again into the cooled silicone mini muffin pan then freeze till strong. Switch frozen egg bites to a freezer-safe Ziplock bag or freezer-safe/hermetic container and freeze for as much as 3 months.
- How you can reheat from frozen: Place desired quantity of frozen egg bites on a plate then microwave on 50% energy till warmed by way of, 1 – 2 minutes relying on what number of you’re reheating. It’s possible you’ll need to give them a couple of seconds of excessive warmth proper on the finish.
Alright – let’s get these bitty child bites with huge taste onto your desk!
How you can Make Mini Egg Bites
Begin by including massive eggs, cottage, cheese, a pinch of salt, plus black pepper right into a blender. No whisk required!
Mix till the combination may be very clean and creamy – I normally solely need to mix on low to get every part good and clean. Set the egg combination apart.
Subsequent place two, 24 cup mini muffin pans on a baking sheet to make transferring to the oven straightforward, then add a teaspoon or so of the meat of your alternative to every mini muffin cup. I’m exhibiting browned breakfast sausage and cooked and crumbled bacon right here.
Subsequent add a pinch of shredded sharp cheddar cheese to every mini muffin cup. Once more, a couple of teaspoon or so.
Pour the egg and cottage cheese combination to only under the highest of every mini muffin cup.
The egg bites will pop UP a little bit through the baking course of, however they shouldn’t puff OUT an excessive amount of.
Time to bake! Earlier than placing the mini muffin pans within the oven although, place a baking pan on the underside rack then fill it midway up with sizzling water. This can create a steamy baking surroundings which ensures a pores and skin doesn’t type on the highest of your egg bites.
Place the baking sheet with the mini muffin pans inside then bake for 20-25 minutes at 325 levels.
Mini Egg Chew perfection!
Let the bites cool within the baking pan for five minutes, then pop each out and place onto a cooling rack to chill barely.
(Severely, how cute are they?!)
Take pleasure in heat (and with a lot of ketchup, when you ask my 6 yr outdated!) or comply with the directions above and within the recipe card under for refrigerating or freezing them.
I hope these straightforward, poppable egg bites add some pleasure and deliciousness to your subsequent breakfast or snack time – take pleasure in!
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Description
Mini Egg Bites are full of protein with assist from one sneaky supply! Fill along with your favourite toppings for a filling breakfast or snack.
Elements
- 8 massive eggs
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1lb bacon, cooked and crumbled OR 1/2lb breakfast sausage, browned
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Place a baking dish on the underside rack of the oven then fill with a pair inches of extremely popular water. Shut oven door then preheat oven to 325 levels.
- To a blender, add eggs, cottage cheese, salt, and pepper then mix till very clean.
- Place 2, 24 cup mini silicone muffin pans on high of a half sheet pan (see notes re: dimension of mini muffin pan and what number of bites you’ll get in case your pan has completely different dimensions than mine!) Fill every cup with a small quantity of crumbled bacon or browned sausage, and shredded cheese, then fill to only under the highest with the egg and cottage cheese combination.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, rotating the sheet pan midway by way of, or till the facilities of the bites are set. Let cool for 2-3 minutes within the mini muffin pan then pop bites out of the pan and switch to a cooling rack. Take pleasure in heat, or let cool utterly then retailer in an hermetic container within the fridge for 3-4 days.
- To reheat: Place desired quantity of egg bites on a plate then reheat within the microwave on excessive till warmed by way of – 30 seconds to 1 minute relying on what number of you’re reheating.
- To freeze: Place cooled egg bites again into the cooled silicone mini muffin pan then freeze till strong. Switch frozen egg bites to a freezer-safe Ziplock bag or freezer-safe/hermetic container and freeze for as much as 3 months.
- To reheat from frozen: Place desired quantity of frozen egg bites on a plate then microwave on 50% energy till warmed by way of, 1 – 2 minutes relying on what number of you’re reheating. It’s possible you’ll need to give them a couple of seconds of excessive warmth proper on the finish.
Notes
- Totally different silicone mini muffin pans have completely different cup widths and depths, which might have an effect on baking time and what number of mini egg bites you’ll get from this recipe. The silicone mini muffin pans I exploit have a cup width of 1.5” and depth of .9”.
- Be happy to make use of any combo of meat, cheese, and/or veggies you want in these mini egg bites to make them your personal!
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Lady Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
Pictures by Ashley McLaughlin
