Breakfast Yummy Recipe

CRACKED EGG BREAKFAST PIES - www.williams-sonoma.com

** Substitue Potato flour to make Gluten Free. **Substitue AGED cheddar cheese to lower dairy content. 

Ingredients:

• 18 bacon slices, cooked until crispy
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbs. sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 8 Tbs. (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 3 Tbs. ice water, plus more as needed
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 8 eggs
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
• 1 Tbs. finely chopped fresh chives

Directions:

Place 2 bacon slices in a food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped. Add the flour, sugar and salt and pulse until combined, about 5 pulses. Add the butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 pulses. Add the 3 Tbs. ice water and pulse 2 or 3 times. The dough should hold together when squeezed with your fingers but should not be sticky. If it is crumbly, add more water 1 tsp. at a time, pulsing twice after each addition. Turn the dough out onto a work surface and shape into a disk. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.

Heat oven to 400 degrees. 

Let the dough stand at room temperature for 5 minutes. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into a round 1/8 inch thick. Using the larger side of the circle cutter, cut out 8 rounds, rerolling the scraps as needed. Flour both sides of the dough rounds and prick the dough with a fork. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet.


Flour the muffin tin wells. Place 1 dough round in each well.  Push the dough down into the wells to form the bottom crust. Bake until the crust is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Sprinkle 1 Tbs. cheese over each crust and crack 1 egg into each one. Cook until the eggs are set, 8 to 10 minutes. Using a nonstick heatproof spatula or a mini-pie lifter, carefully transfer the pies to a wire rack.

Repeat the process with the remaining dough rounds, cheese and eggs. Season the pies with salt and pepper and garnish with the chives. Serve each pie with 2 bacon slices. Serves 8.